“When in Rome ... A Feast of Italian Flavors” is the theme of the 23rd Annual Hunger Relief Dinner and Auction that this year adds a festive, interactive marketplace backdrop. Save the date of April 25 for the event that benefits the Hunger Foundation of Southern Ocean. The new location is The Mainland at the Holiday Inn, Route 72, Manahawkin.

Also new this year is the schedule that makes way for interactive demonstrations, even dancing. That’s in addition to a multi-course gourmet meal amid the decor of a Roman marketplace. What hasn’t changed is the reason for the event staged by some of the region’s finest chefs. The nonprofit, all-volunteer Hunger Foundation donates the proceeds to seven area food banks with the goal of “a community where all of our neighbors are free from hunger.”