Just a Few Celebrity Chef Spots Left for 2017 Pie Social at Hance Park

We can't wait to tell you who's participating in the 2017 Roosevelt Row/Phoenix New Times Pie Social, November 19 at Margaret T. Hance Park.

By Amy Silverman

September 25, 2017

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Hey Phoenix, are you ready for pie?

The eighth annual Roosevelt Row/Phoenix New Times Pie Social will be held at Margaret T. Hance Park at 2 p.m. on Sunday, November 19.

We're not quite ready to release our list of participants, because we have just a few more slots to fill in our celebrity chef category — professionals who bake in a commercial kitchen.

To participate in the celebrity chef category, you must be available from noon to 5 p.m. the day of the event, and bring 15 pies, same size and same kind (meat and dairy are allowed).

Claim your spot by emailing New Times managing editor Amy Silverman at [email protected]. We'll send you all the details about permitting, materials, and other rules of engagement.

Even if you don't qualify for the celebrity chef category, there's room for all. Community bakers can bring two pies (no meat or dairy, please) and get five tasting tickets in exchange. Tasting tickets will be sold for $15 for five. Proceeds from this year's event will benefit Phoenix Union Bioscience High School, Arizona School for the Arts, Hance Park Conservancy, and Roosevelt Row CDC.

Stay tuned for more details about entertainment and other pie-related merriment. We can't wait to tell you who's participating!

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Amy Silverman is the former managing editor of Phoenix New Times. She is a two-time winner of the Arizona Press Club’s Journalist of the Year award. Her work has appeared on the radio show This American Life and in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Lenny Letter, and Brain, Child.