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TacoMania 🌮 Party with Purpose
TacoMania 2025
📅 Thursday, October 9, 2025
📍 The Rusty Rudder, Dewey Beach
⏰ VIP Entry: 5:00 PM | GA Tix: 6:00 PM
NEW THIS YEAR: TACOMANIA IS A 21+ EVENT
🌮 The tacos are wild. The margaritas are wilder.
Get ready for Dewey Beach’s most anticipated night of the year—TacoMania 2025 is back and bigger than ever!
Brûlé Bakery & The Dewey Post are joining forces to make a dessert taco accompanied by the BEST margarita!! (Shameless plug, vote for us!)
🔥The best competitors. One epic showdown. Who will take home the crowns this year?
Join The Developing Artists Collaboration for an all-out celebration of food, flavor, and creative community as 25+ local restaurants, chefs, and mixologists compete for the title of best taco and margarita in the 302. You taste. You vote. You decide who takes the crown.
But it’s not just about the food.
🎵 Hot Sauce Band and DJ JY bringing the great tunes and vibes. Explore the Skull Gallery, a stunning silent auction of 20 hand-crafted ceramic skulls created by DAC Artists—raising critical funds to support artist development, youth programs, and free community art experiences across Sussex County.
Tickets:
🎟️ General Admission: $75 (Entry at 6 PM, unlimited tastings)
🎟️ VIP Access: $100 – Early entry at 5 PM (beat the crowd!), tequila tasting, special TacoMania gift, first look at the Skull Gallery, unlimited tastings all night
Why It Matters:
TacoMania is the Developing Artist Collaboration’s only annual fundraiser. Every ticket helps power DAC’s mission to elevate artists and build a thriving, creative economy.
Dessert Demo 🍎 Stag Run Farm
HLFM celebrates apples with a special 10 am Demo featuring Dru Tevis, of Brûlé Bakery, and Lenore Brady of Stag Run Farm. Lenore will talk apples—varieties, history, and much more. Chef Dru will feature an apple recipe. As usual, there will be samples of his deconstructed apple pie at the Demonstration.
Learn more about Stag Run Farm HERE!
Meals On Wheels | Beach Brunch
Casual indoor, outdoor experience with amazing food and beverages overlooking the bay. Mix and mingle during the cocktail hour, then sit with your guests to enjoy creative brunch dishes. Enjoy music and a live and silent auction.
All to support a great cause – Meals on Wheels Delaware.
Seated format with a predetermined gourmet menu created by the chefs.
Beach Brunch is Presented by Fulton Bank.
Thompson Island Brewing 🍺 Beer Dinner
Birthday 🍺 Beer Dinner
More information to come!
📅 Thursday, October 16
⏰ 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Tickets for this 4-course event are $TBD
Tix link coming soon!
MENU
COMING SOON
Featuring Chef Raul Rodriquez, Head Brewer Jimmy Valm, & ME!
Schellville 🎃 Wicked Brew Bash
Click HERE for more information and to buy tickets!
Come visit brûlé bakery’s booth on Candy Cane Artisan Lane, say “Hi” to Pastry Chef Dru, and get your favorite baked goods!
Signup below to get notified by text for pre-order menu and pickup any time during your visit!
Please visit Schellville’s website for more information by clicking HERE.
Schellville 👻 Spooktacular
Click HERE for more information and to buy tickets!
Come visit brûlé bakery’s booth on Candy Cane Artisan Lane, say “Hi” to Pastry Chef Dru, and get your favorite baked goods!
Signup below to get notified by text for pre-order menu and pickup any time during your visit!
Please visit Schellville’s website for more information by clicking HERE.
One Coastal 🍷 Wine Dinner
One Coastal Wine Dinner
One Coastal WINE DINNERS ARE BACK YA’LL! Kicking off on October 22nd, we will be offering a 5 course tasting menu paired with some incredible wines. 🍷
This is a private event so be sure to call the restaurant at 302-537-4790 to book your table, please leave a detailed message and our kickass team will report back post haste.
We can’t wait to see our regulars again and to make new friends! See ya soon
📍 One Coastal - Fenwick Island
📅 Wednesday, October 22
⏰ 6:00pm TBD
MORE INFORMATION TO COME
MENU
COMING SOON!
Featuring Chef Matt Kern, the One Coastal Team, & ME!
Schellville 🎅🏼🎄⛄
Come visit brûlé bakery’s booth on Candy Cane Artisan Lane, say “Hi” to Pastry Chef Dru, and get your favorite baked goods on the nights they’re open from 5-9pm, see dates below!
Signup below to get notified by text for pre-order menu and pickup any time during your visit!
Please visit Schellville’s website for more information by clicking HERE.
Ocean View Brewing 🍺 Beer Dinner
Oktoberfest 🍺 Beer Dinner
Ocean View Brewing’s annual Oktoberfest Beer Dinner has arrived in Ocean View, and it's time to break out the lederhosen and dirndls! This four-course dinner, perfectly paired with our Oktoberfest beers, celebrates traditional German cuisine with our unique twist.
📅 Thursday, September 25
⏰ 6:00pm
Tickets for this 4-course event are $78 per person (gratuity included).
Click HERE to BUY TICKETS!
MENU
First Course
Krautstrudel
Beer-Braised Red Cabbage, Crispy Bacon Lardons, Caraway Seeds, Puff Pastry, Horseradish-Dill Cream
Belgian Ale
Second Course
Kartoffelpuffer
Crispy Potato Pancakes, Local Apple Compote, Creme Fraiche, Smoked Salmon Caviar, Chives
Falling but Floating Dark Czech Lager
Third Course
Beef Rouladen
German Mustard, House Gherkins, Caramelized Onions, Herbed Spaetzle, Krautsalat, Beef Au Jus
OceanFest Marzen
Dessert Course
Apple Butter Cake
Pumpkin Ganache, Brown Butter Cheesecake Cream, Pie Dough Crumb, Salted Caramel, Pepita Crunch
Boo Ya! Pumpkin Pie Ale
Featuring Chef Maggie Williamson, Head Brewer Taylor Smith, & ME!
Dessert Club @ Benvenuto
Benvenuto welcomes Chef Dru Tevis of Brûlé Bakery, Food Network Baking Champion Season 9!
📅 Wed, September 24, 2025
⏰ 6:00pm - 9:00pm
📍 Benvenuto | 249 NE Front St, Milford, DE
Join us for a sweet evening as he does a demonstration for Benvenuto Dessert Club Members. Seating is open to the public, but is extremely limited. Make your reservations for dinner and sample some of Dru’s amazing creations.
☎️ Call 302-265-2652 for more details and/or reservations.
Benvenuto is open Wednesday - Saturday, from 4-9pm and will return your call upon opening if you leave a message.
Delaware Seafood Festival 🦀
Come visit brûlé bakery’s booth, say “Hi” to Dru & Chase, and get your favorite baked goods!
Signup below to get notified by text for future pre-orders and updates!
Please visit Delaware Seafood Festival’s website for more information and to purchase tickets to the event by clicking HERE.
The Farmer & The Chef
Visit Chef Dru with Brûlé Bakery!
🍽️✨ We’re proud to be part of this year’s The Farmer & The Chef event with the Food Bank of Delaware!
Join us on Thursday, September 11 at 5:30 p.m. at the Food Bank’s Milford Garden as we serve up fresh, local flavors alongside other amazing chefs and farms, all to support a great cause: fighting hunger in our community. 🌽🥕
[Restaurant or Farmer could add who they’re partnering with and what they’ll be serving]
🎟️ Grab your tickets now by visiting www.fbd.org/farmer
Can’t make it? You can make an online donation to help Delaware families in need: https://app.betterunite.com/foodbankofdelaware-farmerandthechef/eventitems
📅 Thursday, September 11; 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
📍 102 Delaware Veterans Blvd., Milford
🎟️ $75/person (portion is tax-deductible); price includes small plates from each vendor, beer, wine, spirits, entertainment and fun!
Chef Dru is teaming up with Henry Bennett of Bennett Orchards and are planning a creating Peach Fritter Doughnut Focaccia.
Cookie Kindness Project Fundraiser 🍪 Sasha Bruce Youthwork
Cookie Boxes 🍪 for sale to support a great cause!
I’m honored to be part of a collective of Mid-Atlantic pastry chefs, bakers, food writers, and culinary creatives who believe in the power of kindness — and cookies. The Cookie Kindness Project brings together passionate professionals from kitchens and communities across the region to bake with a mission: to raise funds for local organizations that uplift underserved youth and families. Every cookie we make is more than just a treat — it’s a step toward equity, nourishment, and opportunity.
Whether you’re joining us as a supporter, a partner, or simply a cookie enthusiast, your contribution helps us turn something sweet into something deeply meaningful.
Dessert Demo 🍑 Bennett Orchards’ Peaches
Everything will be peachy in the demo tent at 10 a.m., when Henry Bennett, a sixth-generation farmer from Bennett Orchards, talks about what it takes to grow Bennett peaches. Then, Pastry Chef Dru Tevis and Chase Cline, owners of the new Brûlé Bakery, will take those peaches and make a fabulous dessert. Tevis will be preparing caramel vanilla bean panna cotta with fresh Bennett peaches.
Historical Lewes Farmers Market’s 🎂 20th Birthday Party
Join the Facebook event by clicking HERE