New York, NY – (June 15^th, 2010) – The T.J. Martell Foundation was proud to welcome back Belgian Master Chef Daniel Joly to the 3^rd Annual New York Gourmet Dinner on June 10^th at the Sony Club in Manhattan.  Enjoying the sunset from thirty-five stories above midtown, sixty guests from the entertainment, finance and travel industries savored a five-course dinner paired with exquisite wines.

Dr. Aaron Katz, Vice Chairman of Urology and Director of the Center for Holistic Urology at Columbia University, gave a brief talk regarding his cutting-edge prostate cancer research funded by the Martell Foundation and his personal experience with cancer in his family. Then auctioneer Robin Treadway, General Manager of Manheim Tennessee, and Foundation Board President Ron Hartenbaum led a very successful live auction consisting of four exciting trips courtesy of Continental Airlines, the official airline of the T.J. Martell Foundation, which raised $20,000 for cancer research. There were also special silent auction items from generous donors such as Marc Jacobs, ICON Collectibles, Calypso St. Barth’s, and Van Cleef & Arpels that raised over $4,000.

Bruce Lundvall warmly introduced Rosanne Cash and her husband John Leventhal, who accompanied her on guitar as the evening concluded with their acoustic performance featuring several of her favorite songs, including
“Sea of Heartbreak” and “I’m Movin’ On.”

The event raised over $30,000 which will directly fund
life-saving cancer research at eight leading hospitals nationwide, including Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Mount Sinai Medical Center and Columbia-Presbyterian Cancer Center in New York.

“Our Third Annual Gourmet Dinner was definitely our best one yet. Dr. Katz really reinforced the importance of raising money to research cancer, the disease of our time. Chef Joly created a delicious meal, then we saw a private acoustic performance by a terrific artist. It really was a lovely evening,” says Foundation Board President Ron Hartenbaum.

Chef Daniel Joly is the owner and Executive Chef of Mirabelle at Beaver Creek in Colorado; he was the guest chef for the T.J. Martell Foundation’s premier New York Gourmet Dinner on September 18^th, 2008, at the renowned Orsay Restaurant on the Upper East Side. 

Rosanne Cash attended the T.J. Martell Foundation’s 34^th Annual Awards Gala in October of 2009 and the foundation is honored to have her be a part of the 3^rd Annual Gourmet Dinner.  Rosanne is a Grammy-winning singer and songwriter. Her fourteen record albums, released over the last twenty-five years, have charted eleven number-one singles.  Her twelfth studio album, The List, was released by Manhattan Records in October; she has completed a memoir entitled Composed to be released by Viking in August.

For more information on T.J. Martell Foundation events or the foundation in general, please contact Kate Fitzpatrick, Communications Manager for the T.J. Martell Foundation, at 212.833.5444 or visit our website at
www.TJMartellFoundation.org

ABOUT THE T.J. MARTELL FOUNDATION

The T.J. Martell Foundation for Leukemia, Cancer and AIDS Research was founded in 1975 by music industry executive Tony Martell and his colleagues in loving memory of his son, T.J., who died of leukemia.  It is dedicated to raising funds for the innovative initial and ongoing research for improved treatments and cures for leukemia, cancer and AIDS.  The Foundation has provided over $240 million dollars for research through a variety of events including concerts, gala awards dinners, family day activities, golf tournaments, wine dinners, and walk-a-thons.  Research facilities funded by the foundation include T.J. Martell Memorial Laboratories at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York City, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Frances Williams Preston Laboratories at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, Columbia-Presbyterian Cancer Center in New York City, Massachusetts General Cancer Center in Boston, The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, and Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University in Atlanta.  This year marks the 35^th anniversary for the T.J. Martell Foundation.