Martina McBride
Numerous country artists, including
Dierks Bentley,
Martina
McBride and
Blake Shelton, attended a gourmet dinner at the Hutton Hotel in Nashville
on Monday night (April 25), helping to raise more than $170,000 for cancer research on behalf of the T.J. Martell Foundation.
Other guests at the 12th annual Eco-Energy Best Cellars Dinner included
Big
Kenny of
Big & Rich,
Clint Black and
Lisa
Hartman Black,
Kix Brooks,
Laura Bell Bundy,
Jonathan Cain of Journey,
Amy Grant, Charles Kelley of
Lady
Antebellum, members of
Little Big Town,
Kellie
Pickler and Joe Don Rooney of
Rascal Flatts. The four-course gourmet meal was prepared
by guest chef Ken Frank, executive chef and owner of La Toque in Napa, Calif., while the wines were chosen from private collections
across the U.S. Proceeds from the event will help the T.J. Martell Foundation's mission of funding cancer research at the
Frances Williams Preston Laboratories at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. The event has raised more than $2 million since
its inception in 1999.
