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CITY HARVEST RAISES OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS AT 17TH ANNUAL
BID AGAINST HUNGER EVENT TO HELP FEED HUNGRY NEW YORKERS
Renowned Culinary Experts Daniel Boulud, Eric Ripert, Marc
Murphy, and More
Served Savory Bites
at Annual Tasting Event
New York,
New York
– October 19, 2011
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City Harvest held its 17th Annual Bid Against Hunger benefit
on Tuesday, October 18th, at the Metropolitan Pavilion. This
walk-around auction and restaurant tasting provided guests
with the opportunity to see some of the city’s top chefs in
action. Guests also had the opportunity to bid on exclusive
prizes in both the live and silent auctions, including
exclusive dinners with top chefs, private parties, vacation
packages, and cooking classes.
A few live auction highlights included a one-of-a-kind
American Chopper built by the team at Orange County
Choppers, which sold for $20,000; an in-home clambake feast
for 15 people prepared by superstar chef Marc Murphy, which
sold at $22,000; and an intimate wine class and party for 15
people with wine director Aldo Sohm and four-star chef Eric
Ripert at world-renowned restaurant
Le Bernardin, which sold for an astounding $40,000.
This year’s event featured some of the city’s hottest
restaurants, including Blue Hill, Craft, landmarc, Le
Bernardin, and Tribeca Grill. A few of the notable attendees
and chefs included: Alyssa Campanella, Miss USA 2011;
Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann, Daniel Boulud, Eric Ripert,
Marc Murphy, Alexandra Guarnaschelli, Scott Conant, Ron
Ben-Israel, and François Payard, among others.
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 30 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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