Chef Art Smith's Fall Feast

[janetdwms]

Join Host Chef Art Smith, along with Chefs Eric Ziebold of Cityzen, Cathal Armstrong of Restaurant Eve, Spike Mendelsohn of Good Stuff Eatery, Morou Ouattara of Kora, and Todd Gray of Equinox as they prepare a

Fall Feast

to celebrate Nelson Mandela's legacy and to support the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund, USA.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Art and Soul Restaurant

@ The Liaison Capitol Hill, an Affinia Hotel

415 New Jersey Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.

6:30 p.m. Cocktail Reception and Silent Art Auction

7:30 p.m. Dinner, Awards and Acknowledgements

Attire: Festive

Reservations and Fall Feast Information: +1 (866) 748-4547

To Purchase Tickets Online

For Sponsorship Opportunities: joy@nmcfusa.org

For more information about the Fund and event:

http://www.nelsonman...ensfundusa.org/

Honorary Co-Chairs

Ms. Zindzi Mandela and Chef Art Smith

21st Century Children's Champion Award

Marian Wright Edelman

Founder and President, Children's Defense Fund

[DanielK]

$300 tickets, btw.

[goodeats]

$300 tickets, btw.

Um, that's $300 if you purchase before October 20. After that, it's $350. Chef Art Smith IS very dedicated to making sure no child goes hungry, though. Maybe this falls under the "venture at your own risk" category?

[janetdwms]

Before we head down the "bad ole rich chef" road, just so you know, this event benefits the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund. The chefs do not receive any of the proceeds. In fact, the Liasion Hotel is donating the space, Chef Art is donating most of the food (with the other chefs donating the rest), and a South African wine maker is donating the wine.

Relative to other large charity events, the price is reasonable, and this one features the talents of a number of popular chefs.

This event, in addition to a very small fund raiser to be held in NY is the major source of funding for the NMCF, USA this year. 100% of the proceeds after expenses will benefit the lives of children through various programs including working with children with disabilities, developing leadership and excellence skills and improving the lives of orphaned children. The Fund strives to support the overall wellbeing of children.

Please do not turn a charity event for a very worthy cause into something sorrid.

[DanielK]

Before we head down the "bad ole rich chef" road...

Please do not turn a charity event for a very worthy cause into something sorrid.[sic]

Nobody was going there. I simply posted the cost of the event, because it's an important piece of information that was missing from your post.

[goodeats]

Nobody was going there.

I agree. From my prospective, Chef Smith's Common Threads program in Chicago has done nothing but great stuff, and it's apt that he heads this event.

[DonRocks]

Nobody was going there.

And it's ALWAYS nice to have a little original text explaining just how important these things are, rather than simply cutting-and-pasting a press release.

[Michael Landrum]

What could be more original than a brand new word, "sorrid," a portmanteau I'm guessing of "torrid" and "sordid." Sounds like the kind of thing I'd like to get in on, if it didn't already pretty much describe my private life.