Meat-loving guests mingled at the Meat Me in Memphis Gala, which was held October 29th at the Renasant Convention Center.

Vendors prepared dishes using meat as a main ingredient at the annual fundraiser for the Monogram Foods Loves Kids Foundation, founded by Karl Schledwitz and Wes Jackson.

This year’s lineup included master chocolatier Philip Ashley, who contributed bacon bourbon pecan pralines.

Sound Fuzion from University of Memphis provided music to eat meat by.

Jade Church and Jacob Burns at Meat Me in Memphis Gala. (Credit; MIchael Donahue)
Rob and Mica Averwater at Meat Me in Memphis Gala. (Credit; MIchael Donahue)
Caden Batty, Austin Talton, Shelby Taylor, Katie Craig at Meat Me in Memphis Gala. (Credit; MIchael Donahue)
Lee Miles, Russell Carr, Ben Wilson at Meat Me in Memphis Gala. (Credit; MIchael Donahue)
Alex and Eric Wilson at Meat Me in Memphis Gala. (Credit; MIchael Donahue)
NIck Black at Meat Me in Memphis Gala. (Credit; MIchael Donahue)
Stephen and Leslie Moten at Meat Me in Memphis Gala. (Credit; MIchael Donahue)
Hillary Vawter ,Erian O’Neal, Connor Lorino, Jacob Almanzar, Cuong Dao at Meat Me in Memphis Gala. (Credit; MIchael Donahue)
Eric Hill, Jade Williams, Mossilean Williams, Richard Williams, Jaz Williams at Meat Me in Memphis Gala. (Credit; MIchael Donahue)
Greg Carlson and Christopher Cummins at Meat Me in Memphis Gala. (Credit; MIchael Donahue)
Jeff Morris, Jennifer McGrath, Brett Batterson at Meat Me in Memphis Gala. (Credit; MIchael Donahue)
Kara Doyle and Kacee Hudson at Meat Me in Memphis Gala. (Credit; MIchael Donahue)
David Lynch and Gwen Smith at Meat Me in Memphis Gala. (Credit; MIchael Donahue)
Ron Coleman, Karl Schledwitz, Calvin Anderson at Meat Me in Memphis Gala. (Credit; MIchael Donahue)

Michael Donahue began his career in 1975 at the now-defunct Memphis Press-Scimitar and moved to The Commercial Appeal in 1984, where he wrote about food and dining, music, and covered social events until...