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Silent Auction FOOD and WINE 501 Dîner Chez M. et Mme de la Vauvre Savor a dinner especially created by the Chefs of Griffiths Laboratories for you and five of your friends in the Evanston lakeside prairie style home of Isabelle and Hervé de la Vauvre. Not only will the chefs feature many of the food ingredients developed by their company, you will enjoy viewing the display of Hervé and Isabelle’s art collection, and scintillating conversation with these two global citizens of the world.
Alliance Française Executive Director, Jack McCord, well known for his abilities as a chef, will prepare dinner for eight in your home. After discussing the menu in advance with you, Mr. McCord will do the shopping, cooking and serving of this fabulous meal. The last dinner received five star reviews!
503 Perfect Your Cooking Skills You will be the top chef after completing cooking classes at these three Chicago schools: ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE DE CHICAGO invites two people to one cooking demonstration; COOKING FOOLS, a Bucktown gourmet kitchen and cooking school, invites two people to one cooking class; and WASHBURNE CULINARY INSTITUTE, with classes at Kennedy-King College,taught by professional chefs, invites you to four adult and continuing education classes. Then get out of the kitchen and into the dining room with dinner for four at the Parrot Cage, restaurant of Washburne Culinary Institute, located at the South Shore Cultural Center.
504 In the Kitchen with Madelaine Madelaine Bullwinkel interprets classic French cuisine for the home cook and teaches uncomplicated recipes with clean, vigorous flavors. She is offering an interactive cooking workshop for 8 – 10 persons at Chez Madelaine Cooking School in Hinsdale. The theme is: “Cooking at home with Auguste Escoffier”.
505 Exclusive Cooking Experience Connie Fairbanks is an enthusiastic, accomplished, home chef. You can benefit from her Cookbook, Scratch That, written to give home chefs access to three and four course menus that can be made with ease every day. “Connie’s Notes” will help you through each recipe with phonetic spellings, definitions, and decorating tips on the same page. In addition, you will receive a one hour phone consultation with Connie. As a finale, Connie will host two for dinner on her rooftop in July or August.
506 A Day in the Kitchen at Carlos’ Restaurant Carlos’ Restaurant has consistently been recognized as one of the Chicago area’s finest and most popular restaurants, serving contemporary French Cuisine in an elegant setting. One lucky bidder will spend an entire day learning the art of French cuisine at Carlos’ restaurant in Highland Park. You will return home knowing how to cook creatively, according to the season. The lucky bidder also takes home a Christofle Arpège Earth serving set, designed by Alain Passard.
Summer and early fall in Chicago are particularly nice times to be outside in the evening. Eight to twelve people are invited to enjoy sunset cocktails and hors d’œuvres on the south facing, rooftop terrace of the Ambassador Condominiums. For an extra treat at home, use your set of six Pratesi Slalom cocktail napkins along with your set of six hand painted, modern style Champagne glasses for drinking your one bottle of 1990 Veuve Clicquot, “La Grande Dame” Champagne Brut.
According to Wine Spectator, this one bottle of Château Latour 2000 is, “A young wine that electrifies every taste bud in your mouth. Compacted aromas of crushed currants and minerals, with roses and lilacs. Full-bodied, with masses of silky, refined tannins and a finish that lasts for minutes. Stunning. Best Latour since 1990. Best after 2012. ” 100 Points.
Both Wine Spectator and Robert Parker give this one bottle of Château Margaux 2000 100 points. Robert Parker goes on to say, that Château Margaux 2000 is, “A tour de force in winemaking, the “Wine of the vintage. ”… The exquisite nose reveals blackberries, creme de cassis, and subtle new oak and graphite aromas. The tannin has become more supple, the texture is sensational, and the wine is like a towering skyscraper in the mouth without being heavy or disjointed. The finish is splendid. Anticipated maturity: 2010 – 2050. ”
These three special bottles of wine all stored in the strictest conditions, includes: Château Lafite Rothschild 1999, millennium bottle, rated 95 points by Robert Parker. He writes, “The wine has great finesse and a particular softness imparted by the Merlot. It tends to be firm yet delicate and supple, great elegance develops with age. ”; Château Almaviva 2005, a Rothschild Venture in Chile, rated 95 points by Robert Parker. “… a supple-textured wine …excellent depth and concentration…”; and Dunn Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 1992, Napa Valley, rated 97 points by Robert Parker.
511 Pierre Deux Wine Accessories Serve your wine with your Pierre Deux Pewter wine accessories, including: a wine caddy, a funnel and stand, a corkscrew, a decorative wine cork, a wine ring, and a wine coaster. Take everything home in your quilted, Provençal fabric tote bag. Then take your wine to your one single locker (holds up to 16 cases of wine) for one year at Kent Wine Cellars in Chicago.
Have a party at your house! Start the affair by serving wine from your Case of Chimney Rock Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 and Cheese from Pastoral, Chicago’s most complete cheese shop. Call your guests to dinner provided by this $1,000 gift certificate toward goods and service from Entertaining Company, the caterer of choice for unique, exceptional food and visionary entertaining.
513 Tour de Champagne, Chicago For the true connoisseur of Champagne, two general admission tickets to the Tour de Champagne Chicago, October 18, 2008 at the Drake Hotel includes: a special gift box with a bottle of Bollinger Champagne and two glasses, tastes of the excellent Champagnes, samples from Chicago’s finest restaurants and a fabulous silent auction. After the event, store your two cases of Ritz Paris private label Champagne in your one single locker (holds up to 16 cases of wine) for one year at Kent Wine Cellars in Chicago.
The lucky bidder will eat well at five of Chicago’s most popular French restaurants. Included are: a $150 gift certificate to Le Bouchon (expires May 16, 2009); a $100 gift certificate to Brasserie Jo (no holidays, expires September 15, 2008); a $150 gift certificate to Café Matou (expires May 16, 2009); a $150 gift certificate for a degustation for two selected by chef Didier Duran at Cyrano’s; and a $150 gift certificate for dinner for four at Kiki’s Bistro (no weekends).
515Champagne Cocktail Tour and Two Wonderful Meals Start your evening at Chicago’s very creative restaurant, Tru, with a tour of the art collection, behind-the-scenes kitchen tour and Champagne. Then enjoy dinner for two on a Tuesday – Thursday with your $200 gift certificate at Les Nomades. You will experience exquisite cuisine and wonderful wines in an elegant, intimate setting, in a townhouse off Michigan Avenue. You are also invited to enjoy
A modern restaurant located on the edge of Chicago’s trendy Market District,
517 Cocktail Party by Calihan Catering The Gala caterer, Calihan, known for contemporary cuisine and distinctive service in the tradition of fine entertaining, is offering a cocktail party for 20 guests including passed hors d’œuvre and liquor. This is the perfect way to mark a milestone, celebrate a special occasion or entertain your favorite friends.
Please note, we have made every effort to ensure accuracy of the information presented in this program; however,we cannot be held liable for any errors or omissions.
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