The 15th Annual Nashville Best Cellars Dinner paired music and decadent wine and food Monday evening (April 28) in Nashville. Hosted by the T.J Martell Foundation, the event benefited the Frances William Preston Labs at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.
The event included artists Martina McBride, Chris Young, Kacey Musgraves, Brett Eldredge, Clare Bowen, and John Oates. Guests also enjoyed a gourmet dinner created by Chef Michael Kornick, founder and owner of mk the restaurant in Chicago, as well as world-class wines from private collectors.
The inaugural dinner was created in 1999 by Nashville wine enthusiast and music executive Billy Ray Hearn.
Pictured (Back row, L-R): Martina McBride, Brett Eldredge, Laura Heatherly (CEO, T.J. Martell Foundation), Chris Young, Susannah Herring, Kacey Musgraves, Senator Bill Frist, John Oates, Train’s Jimmy Stafford, Nancy Hearn; (Front row, L-R): Clare Bowen, Co-chair Bill Hearn (President, EMI Christian Group), Co-chair John Esposito (President & CEO, Warner Music Nashville), Chef Michael Kornick, Co-chair Tom Black, Founder Billy Ray Hearn (Founder, EMI Christian Music Group). Photo: Rick Diamond / Getty Images for T.J. Martell Foundation
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