Chefs and Champagne – James Beard Foundation – New York

Diadema Wine & Champagne is honoured to partecipate to Chefs and Champagne by James Beard Foundation, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization, on July 25th at Estate Vineyard, Sagg Road Sagaponack, New York (more details below), donating its brand products for the Silent Auction to raise funds for the philanthropic work of the Foundation.

 Chef & Champagne is the James Beard Foundation’s annual summer gala. The event is a sumptuous tasting party featuring flowing Champagne, the wines of Wölffer Estate Vineyard, and culinary offerings from a select group of over 30 fine chefs, many from JBF Award winning restaurants.  The Christian Wölffer Scholarship program to support food and wine studies will also be announced.

Chefs & Champagne^® New York  

Date:    Saturday, July 25, 2009

Time:   4:30 pm to 5:30 pm:  VIP reception – 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm: Chefs & Champagne main event

Location:  Wölffer Estate Vineyard, Sagg Road (just North of Route 27) Sagaponack, NY.

Guests of Honor: Alex von Bidder and Julian Niccolini

For reservations and more information, please contact the James Beard Foundation at          (212) 627-2308         .

 Chefs: 

Alain Allegretti, Allegretti, NYC; JBF Award Winner Paul Bartolotta, Bartolotta Ristorante di Mare, Las Vegas, NV; Dale Carty, Tasty’s Restaurant and the Dune Preserve Restaurant, Anguilla; Rebecca Charles, Pearl Oyster Bar, NYC; Maneet Chauhan, At Vermilion, NYC; Jeremy Culver,  Fulton, NYC; George Faison and Marc John  Sarrazin, DeBragga.com, NYC; Marc Forgione, Marc Forgione, NYC; Amanda Freitag, The Harrison, NYC; Pastry Chef Colleen Grapes, The Harrison and the Red Cat, NYC; Eric Hara, The Oak Room, NYC; Kerry Heffernan, South Gate, NYC; Craig Hopson, Le Cirque, NYC; Joe Isidori, Harbour, NYC; JBF Award Winner Christopher Lee and Pastry Chef Jennifer Yee, Aureole, NYC; Susur Lee and Doron Wong, Shang, NYC; Eddy Leroux, Daniel, NYC; Pastry Chef Tiffany MacIsaac,  Allen & Delancey, NYC; Waldy Malouf, Beacon Restaurant, NYC; Paul Marshall, Dean & Deluca, NYC; Julian Medina, Toloache and Yerba Buena, NYC; Fred Mero, The Four Seasons Restaurant, NYC; Seamus Mullen, Boqueria, NYC; Akhtar Nawab, Elettaria, NYC; Damien O’Donnell, Harbor Bistro, East Hampton, NY; Pastry Chefs Sandra Palmer and Kiyomi Toda-Burke, Three Tarts, NYC; Missy Robbins and Pastry Chef Jennifer McCoy, A Voce, NYC; Jeff Rogers, Quail Lodge Resort & Golf Club, Carmel, CA; Michael Rozzi, Della Femina, East Hampton, NY

 www.jamesbeard.org/chefsandchampagne

see photos of last year event at  www.jamesbeard.org/index.php?q=photo-event/gallery/461