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.
