Food for Haiti Fundraiser
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Food world celebrities are banding together to raise money for the United Nations World Food Programme Fund for Haiti this Saturday in Westport.
Food Network's Daisy Martinez will emcee and auction off dinner for four with her at famed Puerto Rican dining establishment Don Coqui in New Rochelle, N.Y. She'll also personalize two copies of her latest cookbook for winning bidders.
Over 40 cookbook authors and food personalities have donated items for auction (auction items below). Auction winners will be announced at 3:15 p.m. on the day of the fundraiser.
The United Haitian-American Society will have an informational table and provide helpers for the event. The school will provide children's activities. There will be musical performances by popular local musicians JP Ruggieri and Lisa Heile. Attendees can also pick up some tasty treats at the onsite bake sale, shop for children's books (from Scholastic Press) and pick up a t-shirt, all to benefit Haiti.
The event will be hosted by Westport resident, food writer, cookbook author and chef Ramin Ganeshram, Saugatuck Nursery School and Saugatuck Congregational Church. Ramin, who is of Trinidadian and Iranian descent, took a special interest in organizing this effort because of her Caribbean heritage. She was extremely gratified by the outpouring of support from her fellow food writers and chefs, and particularly the Saugatuck Nursery School's generous willingness to help this cause. It is the hard work of school director Ellen De Huff and the Saugatuck Nursery School parents that remarkably brought together the event in little time, and when the need was greatest.
What: Food for Haiti Celebrity Cookbook Auction & Food Festival
When Saturday, January 30th from 10 AM - 4 PM
Where: Hoskins Hall, Saugatuck Congregational Church
Tickets: Tickets are $7 per person, children under 12 attend free.
Selected Auction Items:
• Dinner and drinks for four with Food Channel Celebrity Chef Daisy Martinez at Don Coqui Restaurant in New Rochelle, N.Y.
• Dinner for four at a winner's home prepared by Iron Chef America's Sous Chef, Lorilynn Bauer.
• Signed Celebrity Cookbooks from Ted Allen (Top Chef Judge, Chopped Host), Julie Powell ("Julie & Julia") Molly O'Neill ("New York Cookbook").
• Signed book and garden tour by "Life on Mars" television host, Mar Jennings.
• $250 gift certificate from the Institute of Culinary Education in New York
Selected Sale Items:
• Food4Haiti fundraiser t-shirts.
• Children's books from Scholastic Press at 20% off cover price, full price for signed editions.
• Cookbooks from more than 40 food a2thors, including Melissa Clark, Gale Gand, Amanda Hesser, Michael Colamenco and many more. 20% off cover price, full price for signed editions.
100% of the proceeds will go to the United Nations World Food Programme Fund for Haiti.
Food for Haiti Fundraiser:
Hoskins Hall, Saugatuck Congregational Church
245 Post Road East
Westport, CT 06880
Food Network's Daisy Martinez will emcee and auction off dinner for four with her at famed Puerto Rican dining establishment Don Coqui in New Rochelle, N.Y. She'll also personalize two copies of her latest cookbook for winning bidders.
Over 40 cookbook authors and food personalities have donated items for auction (auction items below). Auction winners will be announced at 3:15 p.m. on the day of the fundraiser.
The United Haitian-American Society will have an informational table and provide helpers for the event. The school will provide children's activities. There will be musical performances by popular local musicians JP Ruggieri and Lisa Heile. Attendees can also pick up some tasty treats at the onsite bake sale, shop for children's books (from Scholastic Press) and pick up a t-shirt, all to benefit Haiti.
The event will be hosted by Westport resident, food writer, cookbook author and chef Ramin Ganeshram, Saugatuck Nursery School and Saugatuck Congregational Church. Ramin, who is of Trinidadian and Iranian descent, took a special interest in organizing this effort because of her Caribbean heritage. She was extremely gratified by the outpouring of support from her fellow food writers and chefs, and particularly the Saugatuck Nursery School's generous willingness to help this cause. It is the hard work of school director Ellen De Huff and the Saugatuck Nursery School parents that remarkably brought together the event in little time, and when the need was greatest.
What: Food for Haiti Celebrity Cookbook Auction & Food Festival
When Saturday, January 30th from 10 AM - 4 PM
Where: Hoskins Hall, Saugatuck Congregational Church
Tickets: Tickets are $7 per person, children under 12 attend free.
Selected Auction Items:
• Dinner and drinks for four with Food Channel Celebrity Chef Daisy Martinez at Don Coqui Restaurant in New Rochelle, N.Y.
• Dinner for four at a winner's home prepared by Iron Chef America's Sous Chef, Lorilynn Bauer.
• Signed Celebrity Cookbooks from Ted Allen (Top Chef Judge, Chopped Host), Julie Powell ("Julie & Julia") Molly O'Neill ("New York Cookbook").
• Signed book and garden tour by "Life on Mars" television host, Mar Jennings.
• $250 gift certificate from the Institute of Culinary Education in New York
Selected Sale Items:
• Food4Haiti fundraiser t-shirts.
• Children's books from Scholastic Press at 20% off cover price, full price for signed editions.
• Cookbooks from more than 40 food a2thors, including Melissa Clark, Gale Gand, Amanda Hesser, Michael Colamenco and many more. 20% off cover price, full price for signed editions.
100% of the proceeds will go to the United Nations World Food Programme Fund for Haiti.
Food for Haiti Fundraiser:
Hoskins Hall, Saugatuck Congregational Church
245 Post Road East
Westport, CT 06880
