Lamar Educational Award Foundation to hold Men Who Cook Feb. 16

The Lamar Educational Award Foundation will hold its annual Men Who Cook culinary event Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013.

According to a press release from the Lamar Consolidated Independent School District, "Jeff Council will be the auctioneer for the evening and the Ken Mondshine and the Brotherhood Band will provide the evenings musical entertainment. Proceeds from the evening are used to support the creative ideas and classroom projects by Lamar CISD teachers that would otherwise go unfunded. L.E.A.F. also offers scholarships to graduating Lamar CISD students and to paraprofessionals working on their teaching certificates."

The event will also include food from 49 celebrity cooks.

The event, which begins at 6:30 p.m., will include a live auction.

The cost is $60.

The event will be held at the Texas Ballroom at Safari Texas Ranch, 11627 FM 1464, Richmond

For more information, call 832-223-0334.