Ted Allen, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy’s Food & Wine Connoisseur, will serve as the celebrity judge of a Holiday Cook-Off benefiting Center on Halsted and Gender Public Advocacy Coalition Dec. 11. Celebrity chefs include Art Smith, chef to Oprah Winfrey; Shelley Young, Founder of the Chopping Block School; Dave Samber, Chef of Polo Café and Catering; and Mark Graham, Food Stylist Chef for the Chicago Tribune. Hosts Jeff Grinspoon and Jon Foley. The event is open to the public with reservations ahead of time. Call (202) 462-6610, gpac@gpac.org.