"Massachusetts Chefs For Obama" Fundraiser Features Gov. Deval Patrick, Chef Ming Tsai

Campaign 2012 event has a culinary competition, food tasting, and a special cookbook...
A staunch supporter of President Obama, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick will be taking a page from the Eater in Chief's playbook next week when he gets in some foodie action during an Obama for America fundraiser. On Tuesday, Jan. 31 in Boston, Patrick will be a judge for a Top Chef-esque cook-off courtesy of Massachusetts Chefs For Obama, a collective of restaurant stars who are stirring the pot for Campaign 2012. Acclaimed chef Ming Tsai, of Blue Ginger restaurant in Wellesley, will also be a judge. The James Beard Award-winner is no stranger to Obama cook-offs: He was one of the contestants last November in a competition spotlighting First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! campaign. (Above: The President and Patrick during a May, 2011 fundraiser in Boston)

Gov. Patrick's wife, Diane Patrick, and Massachusetts State Treasurer Steve Grossman will also be judges for the cook off, which will be at 6:30 PM at the Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts. The event includes a food tasting, and the 13 participating chefs have also created a cookbook to raise cash for President Obama's war chest, titled "Massachusetts Chefs for Obama." It features handy-dandy pull-out recipe cards, and is being sold for $100 by OFA. (Above: The cover of the cookbook)

Tickets for the fundraiser are $250 for general admission; $500 for general admission and a cookbook; and $1,000 for Host Committee, which includes a cookbook and a pre-reception with the chefs. Ticket information is here.

The chefs...
Tsai's fellow Obama-loving chefs for the fund raiser and cookbook are Jody Adams of Rialto and Trade; Jamie Bissonnette of Toro and Coppa; Chris Coombs of Deuxave and DBar; Evan DeLuty of Stella; Tiffani Faison of Sweet Cheeks; Will Gilson of The Herb Lyceum; Gordon Hamersley of Hamersley's Bistro; Barbara Lynch of No. 9 Park and B&G Oysters; Barry Maiden of Hungry Mother; Seth Morrison of The Gallows; Marc Orfaly of Pigalle and Marco; Brian Reyelt of Franklin Cafe, The Citizen & Tasty Burger; and Ting Wen Yen of Oishii. (Above: White House assistant chef Sam Kass emceed The Great American Family Dinner Challenge; he's watching Tsai finish a dish)

The Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts is at 539 Tremont Street, Boston, MA. Proceeds go to the Obama Victory Fund.

*Top photo by AP; second by Eddie Gehman Kohan/Obama Foodorama