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Cesare Casella (Salumeria Rosi
Parmacotto), Eric Ripert (Le Bernardin),
Gail Simmons (Top Chef: Just Desserts), Marc Murphy (Landmarc) and City
Harvest Executive Director Jilly Stephens attend the 2010
City Harvest’s
16th Annual Big Against Hunger
Photo By: City Harvest |
New York, New York - On Tuesday, October 18th, City Harvest
will hold its 17th annual Bid Against Hunger restaurant
tasting event at the Metropolitan Pavilion (125 West 18th
Street, New York, NY). The VIP Hour will begin at 6:00 p.m.
and the tasting & silent auction will take place from 7:30
p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
This walk-around restaurant tasting and
auction provides guests with the opportunity to see some of
the city's top chefs in action. This year's event will
feature some of this city's hottest restaurants, including
Blue Hill, Craft, landmarc, Le Bernardin and Tribeca Grill,
among others. Guests will have the opportunity to bid on
exclusive prizes in both the live and silent auctions,
including exclusive dinners with top chefs, vacation
packages, sports memorabilia and concert tickets. VIP Room
guests will enjoy an exclusive tasting of regional
purveyors? foods, passed hors d'oeuvres and high-end wines.
Last year, Bid Against Hunger featured over 70 of New York
City's top restaurants and raised nearly $1,100,000 to help
City Harvest provide food for more than 4.5 million meals
for New York's hungry. Participating restaurants included Le
Bernardin, Tribeca Grill, Craft, Blue Hill, Buttermilk
Channel and Landmarc.
Ticket prices range from $350 - $1,400 and sponsorship
packages from $5,000 - $25,000. For more information call
(917) 351-8725 end_of_the_skype_highlighting or email
events@cityharvest.org
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About City Harvest
Now serving New York City for more than 25 years, City
Harvest
( www.cityharvest.org
) is the world's first food rescue organization, dedicated
to feeding the city's hungry men, women, and children. This
year, City Harvest will collect 28 million pounds of excess
food from all segments of the food industry, including
restaurants, grocers, corporate cafeterias, manufacturers,
and farms. This food is then delivered free of charge to
nearly 600 community food programs throughout New York City
using a fleet of trucks and bikes as well as volunteers on
foot. Each week, City Harvest helps over 300,000 hungry New
Yorkers find their next meal.
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