Atlantic Cape Community College Restaurant Gala

The 29th annual Atlantic Cape Community College Restaurant Gala will take place 6:30 p.m., Thursday, March 22, at Bally’s Atlantic City Hotel and Casino. The event celebrates food by highlighting thousands of hors d’oeuvres prepared by students at the Academy of Culinary Arts and showcasing the specialties of 40 of the area’s best restaurants at a progressive dining experience. With a theme “Dine Like Royalty,” the award-winning Gala will be the region’s crowning event in 2012. Each year hundreds of people attend the event, which also features live music and an elegant dessert reception. Since 1984, the Gala has raised more than $2.5 million for student scholarships and Atlantic Cape Foundation operations. Tickets to the Gala are $200 per person and can be ordered by contacting Lauren Canzanese at (609) 463-4672, acccfdn@atlantic.edu, or online at www.atlantic.edu/gala.