Seventeen years is a long run for anything in Dallas dining, and DIFFA Dallas brings Burgers + Burgundy back on Thursday, October 1, on the Glen Lawn at The Village Dallas. John Tesar built the thing and still hosts it. The setup hasn’t changed much either. Chefs take stations on a lawn, each one builds a burger, the wine keeps coming, and the money goes to organizations doing HIV/AIDS work across North Texas.
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DIFFA Dallas is excited to announce the return of the 16th Annual Burgers + Burgundy, hosted by MICHELIN Star Chef John Tesar. This year’s celebration brings a country-western flair while continuing the tradition of pairing celebrity chef–crafted sliders with perfectly matched wines, all to support DIFFA Dallas and its mission to fund AIDS Service Organizations across North Texas.
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On the evening of Thursday, December 5, 2024, DIFFA Dallas kicked off the holiday season and welcomed the community to the 30th Annual DIFFA Dallas Holiday Wreath Collection event at The Empire Room to support its critical mission to combat HIV/AIDS.
Guests were welcomed at the entrance by a candy cane and peppermint balloon arch and reindeer games where guests had the opportunity to ride a mechanical reindeer before entering the venue.
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DIFFA Dallas is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated return of the 15th Annual Burgers + Burgundy event, hosted by the esteemed MICHELIN Star Chef John Tesar. This culinary extravaganza will showcase an impressive lineup of celebrity chefs from the vibrant Dallas food scene, each presenting their unique interpretations of the perfect slider, paired expertly with fine wines.
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The DIFFA Dallas Wreath Collection, considered by many to be the official kickoff of the holiday events season in North Texas, returns Thursday, November 17 at The Empire Room in the Dallas Design District. Tickets are $75 and can be purchased at diffadallas.org.
For 27 years, the Design Industries Foundation has invited top designers and artists from across the world to craft one-of-a-kind holiday wreaths to raise money toward the DIFFA Dallas mission of creating the first AIDS-free generation. Each custom wreath is available for guests to bid on during a silent auction sponsored by Champion Healthcare of North Texas.
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FOMO meets food this Friday at the DIFFA Dallas signature culinary event Burgers & Burgundy. Celebrity chefs create their ultimate burger creations and favorite wine pairings for a feast like no other. Bring your fashion-forward, or casual self along with your appetite. The food and wine flows nonstop.
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The Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA) is one of the largest and most successful fundraising organizations in the fight against HIV/AIDS with chapters in Dallas, New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. The Dallas chapter, formed in 1984, is the largest in the DIFFA family and the premiere HIV/AIDS organization in Texas that provides funding to local HIV/AIDS Service Organizations within our community.
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‘Twas a magical Friday evening in Klyde Warren Park, where some of Dallas’ most acclaimed chefs gathered for the annual Burgers + Burgundy celebration. At Burgers + Burgundy, chefs offer samples of their signature burgers and pair them with wines of their choices. Each year, Burgers + Burgundy has a theme, and this year’s was Feather Fete. Attendees arrived to Klyde Warren in their most fabulous feathered attire.
This year’s Burgers + Burgundy was hosted by chef John Tesar (Knife) and Terri Provencal, publisher and editor in chief of Patron Magazine. Tesar sampled his signature Ozersky burger and paired with a lovely bugundy. Continue reading
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