Technically Not Tech: Open Chefame debuts tonight

Anyone who has ever went drinking with friends has probably stumbled across this exact scenario: someone posits a “wouldn’t it be cool if …” idea to which everyone commits to.

For most people, the excitement of the idea only lasts until the next round, but the creators of Chefame aren’t most people.

Indy Hall co-founder Bart Mroz, Srcasm‘s Jesse Middleton, musician Louis Brice and corporate finance worker Evan Kaplowitz have put their heads together to combine their love of food and karaoke to create an open-mic night for chefs.

Open Chefame (pronounced “Chef-A-Me“) does to food what karaoke does to music. The event takes an amateur chef, and gives them the kitchen of a local restaurant for a night to cook whatever they wish. The amateur chef serves a meal to attendees who are free to comment, praise, critique and heckle the work of the amateur. It may sound like a new reality show on the Food Network, but the pie-in-the-sky idea that began as a joke among friends four weeks ago has since blossomed into a sold out event.

While you won’t be able to attend tonight’s Open Chefame at Langostini Restaurant, the group has ambitious plans about upcoming Open Chefame events.
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