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Alex's Lemonade Stand to host annual Great Chefs Event Philadelphia

Alex's Lemonade Stand prepares for it's 16th annual Great Chefs Event Philadelphia
Alex's Lemonade Stand prepares for it's 16th annual Great Chefs Event Philadelphia 03:39

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Alex's Lemonade Stand is gearing up for its 16th annual Great Chefs Event Philadelphia. With over 30 chefs from around the country coming together, it's sure to be an amazing event.

Chef Marc Vetri took CBS News Philadelphia behind the scenes in the kitchen of his restaurant Vetri Cucina in Rittenhouse Square.

"This is where all of the meat is made, the fish is made," Verti said. 

Vetri is the mastermind behind some of the region's most popular Italian restaurants and the annual Great Chefs Event, which is a food lover's dream that he conceived 16 years ago.

"They wanted to do an event to support Alex's Lemonade, and they wanted to bring chefs in to cook, and then people would buy tickets and come and try food from the chefs," Jay Scott said. 

Jay Scott is the Co-Executive Director of Alex's Lemonade Foundation and Alex Scott's father. 

Four-year-old Alex was battling cancer when she decided to set up a lemonade stand to raise money and to find a cure for other children. 

When she passed away at the age of 8 in 2004, she had raised more than $1 million. 

"She was the visionary," Verti said. 

The foundation is now the largest childhood cancer charity in the world, and now 16 years since the first Great Chefs Event, this food event alone has raised tens of millions of dollars.

"What means a lot to me is when I see kids that are helped with what we're doing," Scott said. "We literally know kids that have been saved from the research that we've done, that we've funded." 

"I couldn't have imagined any of this," said Verti. " When you're sitting there listening to what all of this money that you helped raise, solved."

Every meal, every morsel going towards their mission.

"We could do all of this, if it's not helping the kids, then it doesn't mean anything, so it's all about the kids and making a difference," Scott said. 

The family-friendly fundraiser will take place on Saturday, June 10 from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. at Urban Outfitters HQ on Broad Street. Tickets can be purchased through their website

Along with great food, there will be an auction.

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