Tickets are still available for the Evening with Master Chefs event on Sunday, Feb. 24 to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

The 5 p.m. dinner at The Carolina Club in Chapel Hill includes a reception with cocktails and appetizers, a multi-course meal and a silent auction. The chefs cooking for the event include: Dave Gaydeski of the Governor's Mansion, Walter Royal of the Angus Barn, Joe Lumbrazo of Backyard Bistro, Oscar La Fuente of The Carolina Club, Clifton Vogelsberg of Winston's Grille, Ian Sullivan of Urban Food Group, Virgil Wilson of Virgil's Jamaica and chefs from The Chef's Academy, a culinary school in Morrisville.

The silent auction includes a chance to have Chef Masatoshi Tsujimura of Waraji come to your home and prepare a sushi dinner and sake tasting for 10 guests.

Tickets cost $200. To purchase tickets or learn more about the event, go to
cff.org/Chapters/carolinas/ and click on Chapter events or call 919-845-2155

Raleigh's Backyard Bistro is offering a ribs, pork, chicken and hush puppies feast to the public free of charge starting at 4:45 p.m. Tuesday (Aug. 28.).

A film crew for new cable network, Destination America,  will be on hand filming for a grilling series that will air in November or December.

The theme of the show is "over-the-top barbecues." In that vein, the folks at Backyard Bistro, the restaurant closest to PNC Arena and Carter Finley Stadium, will be serving a 125-pound pig, beer can chicken, smoked chicken wings, ribs, Italian sausage, kielbasa, grilled salmon, potatoes, grean beans, hush puppies and deep-fried desserts.

There is one caveat. The film crew asks that NO team jerseys be worn to the event.

The restaurant is at 1235 Hurricane Alley Way. For more information, call 919-851-6203.

If you love baseball or if you just like the idea of helping give  kids a chance to play, then you won't want to miss Thursday's launch of Midweek Miracles.

Backyard Bistro and Pepsi Bottling Ventures will co-host a carnival from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday - rain or shine - in the restaurant parking lot to start the Midweek Miracles fundraising campaign for the Miracle League of the Triangle.

The Miracle League of the Triangle is celebrating its fifth season of helping children with special needs play baseball.

Until this week, the Triangle's hole-in-one competitions have largely been limited to one-time charity events or contests within tournaments.

Starting Friday, golfers will be able to try their luck in series of hole-in-one contests for a chance at a $100,000 prize.

The inaugural Triangle Hole-in-One Series Presented by Backyard Bistro begins Saturday with Round 1 at the Crooked Creek Golf Club in Fuquay-Varina. Golfers can try their luck from noon until 4 p.m.