Merry Beardsmas, Everyone! Chef Kevin Gillespie’s Holiday Gifting Extravaganza Now Underway

Turn to the Santa sporting a red beard and apron for chef-inspired holiday gifts. Atlanta chef, restaurateur, speaker and cookbook author Kevin Gillespie’s Beardsmas is back for its second year, and the Beardsmas bag spills over with new delights and returning favorites. Head to Red Beard Merch for these gifts or other hats, t-shirts and Red Beard items that are the perfect additions to your holiday checklist.

What’s New:

• Gunshow Golden Ticket bidding begins Cyber Monday, Nov. 28 at redbeardmerch.com. Bid on a one-of-a-kind “golden ticket” redeemable for an immediate 7:30 p.m. reservation for four (private event nights excluded), glass of complimentary Champagne for each guest and a complimentary round of cocktails any time you dine at Gunshow through 2017. Bidding starts at $1 and lasts for 72 hours with a portion of the winning bid benefitting the nonprofit Share Our Strength: No Kid Hungry campaign. Sorry, dinner and additional drinks are not included.
• Shop the Peachtree Road Farmers Market with Kevin explores the state’s largest producer-only farmers market on May 13, 2017. Chef Kevin and a small group begin with a pre-opening tour followed by time to shop and meet the farmers and capped by a post-market cooking demo with Kevin (15 spots available; $99 each).
• Personalized Voicemail/Audio Greeting by Chef Kevin lets them think the chef is answering your phone. Keep it to a clean 30-second message ($25).
• Gunshow’s Joey Ward Chefs Dinner in Your Kitchen, a four-course dinner for 10 with wine to impress friends or business clients. (Three will be sold, $5,000 each).

Beardsmas Back by Demand:

• Go Hog Wild with Terminus City BBQ for 100 served up by Chef Kevin and a keg of Kevin’s favorite beer ($6,000)
• Pair of 2017 Hired Guns Season Tickets for Gunshow’s guest chef series ($1,000)
• Private Dinner with Kevin for you and 10 friends, with customized signed menus and autographed cookbooks ($10,000)
• Gunshow Cocktail Class ($75 per class)
• Red Beard Restaurants Stocking Stuffers – a few of Kevin’s Red Beard faves all packaged up in a company-branded bag ($40)

Red Beard Restaurants is the parent company for Gillespie’s restaurants Communion, Gunshow and Revival, his BBQ pop-up Terminus City and all of his merchandise.

Gobble Up Restaurant Gift Card Bonus Deals

Atlanta restaurants simplify holiday gifting, garnishing their gift cards with bonus cards, discounts and even bottles of sparkling brut. Buy a batch to give and keep one for the little elf in yourself to enjoy during the hectic holiday season.
 
Marlow’s Tavern gift cards come with a bubbly holiday bonus. Purchase $50 in Marlow’s Tavern gift cards and receive a complimentary bottle of Michelle Brut Sparkling Wine. Up it to a $100 gift card purchase and take away the bottle and a complimentary $20 Marlow’s gift card. Thanks, Marlow’s, for the $20 incentive to slip into one of your comfy booths and relax over heartwarming food and spirits after a day of frenetic holiday shopping. Online gift card shoppers will receive a voucher to redeem for their bottle of Michelle Brut at the Marlow’s Tavern location of their choice. Take advantage of this gift with gift card purchase Nov. 25 through Dec. 31 – it’s one of the “toast-iest” gift ideas in town!

Receive a $15 bonus gift card for yourself with every $50 gift card purchase at any Southern Proper Hospitality Restaurant:Gypsy Kitchen, The Southern Gentleman, Milton’s Cuisine & Cocktails, The Big Ketch Saltwater Grill or Smokebelly BBQ. Bulk buy and spend $1000 or more on gift cards to receive 20 percent off. Email info@sphospitality.com for bulk orders. Offers cannot be combined. Redeem gift cards at any restaurant location; bonus cards must be redeemed at restaurant where purchased.

Scoop up bonus cards for Ray’s Restaurants gift card purchases through Jan. 31 (good to know in case Santa inadvertently leaves someone off the list). Ray’s gift cards are available in any denomination. Receive a 20 percent bonus, on a separate card, with all gift card purchases of $25-$975 or a 25 percent bonus on gift card purchases of $1000 or more. Unsure which location – Ray’s in the City,Ray’s on the River, Ray’s at Killer Creek or Ray’s Rio Bravo -- is someone’s favorite? No problem. Ray’s gift cards are sold and accepted at all four locations.  Shop online and see usage details at raysrestaurants.com/gift-cards.
 
Secreto Southern Kitchen & Bar in Alpharetta throws in an extra $20 gift card with the purchase of any $100 gift card. Walk away with two separate cards. Give one as a much appreciated gift and enjoy a little Secreto gift for yourself.
 
Seed Kitchen & Bar, Stem Wine Bar and Drift Fish House & Oyster Bar are all in on giving holiday gift card shoppers a 20 percent bonus on gift card purchases of $50 or more through Dec. 30. Cards never expire and are reloadable in store at any time. Useable for food and beverage only, not gratuities. In-store offer, not available online.
 
Tin Lizzy’s Cantina “tacos” 20 percent off any gift card purchase over $25 during November and December. How about buying a bunch for the office staff to use at their favorite lunchtime or end-of-day cantina watering hole? A whole lot easier than trying to fit Tin Lizzy’s skillets or taco baskets in their stockings.
 
5Church Atlanta in Midtown throws in a $10 bonus when you buy a $50 gift card. Available to use immediately.

Buy a $100 gift card to LDV Atlanta’s American Cut, Dolce Italian, Corso Coffee or The Regent Cocktail Club and receive a $20 gift card to keep or present to someone else. Offer valid Nov. 15, 2016-Jan. 1, 2017.