'Iron Chef' host Alton Brown is coming to Athens with 'Alton Brown Live! The Edible Inevitable Tour'

ATHENS, Ga. – Alton Brown, “Iron Chef” host and renowned television personality is taking his brand of quirky humor and culinary science on the road with “Alton Brown Live! The Edible Inevitable Tour.” Brown will appear at The Classic Center Theatre on Tuesday, Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets go on sale next Friday, May 16 at 11 a.m.

A University of Georgia graduate, Brown’s tour promises to be an eventful evening of stand-up comedy, talk show antics, multimedia lecture, live music and food experimentation. Be prepared. Ponchos will be involved. The show will offer an interactive component in which audience members will have the opportunity to serve as Brown’s trusted assistants on stage. For those hoping to sip at the pure source of Brownian wit and wisdom, this is a must-see extravaganza for the whole family.

"I've been cultivating material for this show for about a decade, so it'll feel pretty darned good to finally get it out of my head and onto a stage,” said Brown, who was recently named Best Food TV Personality at The Munchies: People's Choice Food Awards. “I feel we've come up with some pretty amazing food demos, and the multi-media segments are solid … but I do have to say I'm a bit nervous about the singing parts."

Premium tickets for the show are $105 and include a prime seating location, a meet and greet before the show, a 8 x10 signed photo and a special premium pass. Standard tickets range from $38-$58, plus applicable fees.

Visit ClassicCenter.com to buy tickets, call 706.357.4444 or stop by The Classic Center Theatre box office at 300 N. Thomas Street in downtown Athens.

For more information on Alton Brown, visit AltonBrownTour.com.

About Alton Brown
Although Alton Brown spent plenty of time in his mom’s kitchen growing up, his real interest in food sparked in college at UGA when he discovered that girls who said “no” to dates sometimes said “yes” if he offered to cook for them. His social life never ignited, but the food spark did and after spending a decade behind the camera in the commercial industry, he headed to culinary school in hopes of one day creating a new kind of cooking show. “Good Eats,” the show that Brown would go on to write, produce and host ran for 13 straight years on Food Network before making the jump to the Cooking Channel where it airs to this day. Combining food science, pop culture, skit humor, innovative cooking and the occasional belching puppet, “Good Eats” has millions of fans and garnered a coveted Peabody Award for broadcast excellence in 2007.

Brown has also served as the culinary commentator of “Iron Chef America” for 11 seasons, and hosted “Next Iron Chef” for five. In 2012, he joined the cast of “Food Network Star” as a mentor and yes ... one of his team members won. Brown took home the James Beard Award for top food show host in 2011 and the medal bookends match nicely with the one his first book nabbed in 2002. Speaking of books, he’s written seven, the last three of which made the New York Times Best Seller List.

Brown’s newest venture is his touring stage show which combines many of the elements that made his television shows so unique with some new tricks such as live music, highly unorthodox culinary demonstrations, multi-media presentations and lots of audience participation.