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The Gala LIVE AUCTION SILENT AUCTION
Click here for more information about:        The Ritz Paris        L'Ecole Ritz Escoffier        Colin Field & the Hemingway Bar        Djordje Varda & l'Atelier Floral du Ritz

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about the Award:        Le Grand Mérite de l'Alliance Française

Invitation:        Download the invitation (pdf)

Click here for more information about        The evening program for May 16th

 

 

 

 

 

OUR SPONSORS:

Grifith LaboratoriesMr. & Mrs. Hervé de la Vauvre

Anonymous
Rhoades Foundation
Veolia Environmental Services
Cantor Fitzgerald

Marilynn Alsdorf
Axa Assistance 
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Baer
Bell and Boyden 
Bessemer Trust

Mr. and Mrs. Victor Elting
Ms. Lili Gaubin
Mrs. William B. Graham
Northern Trust

William Blainr & Company

Mr. and Mrs. John Doane Nichols,
Diner Wines & Spirits

Mrs. Lisbeth Stiffel,
Décor, Djordje Varda, l'Atelier Floral du Ritz

Mr. & Mrs James Bay,
Bar Hemingway Signature Cocktails

Mrs. Miryiam Bransfield,
Live Orchestra and Dancing

Mrs. William B. Graham,
Ritz Champagne for the Evening

Mrs. John K. Notz,
Silent auction Display
Calihan
heffernan
Van Cleef and Arpels
united
Evian Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Urbani Truffles
Civic Opera House

Calvados Lecompte Chateau LaTour Martillac 2005 HallsBBJ Linen

The Woman's Board of the Alliance Française de Chicago Presents

Une soirée de Gala, Un Diner Gastronomique


Colin Field, best barman in the world

On May 16, guests will begin the evening with famous original cocktails expertly created and prepared by Colin Field in person.

Writers, movie stars, fashion icons, designers and musicians have always headed to the Ritz to taste the famous cocktails of the Hemingway Bar. The bar has been home to some of the greatest barmen. It was here that Frank Meier invented the Ritz Sidecar in 1932, the most expensive cocktail in the world and Bertin, Head Barman and friend of Hemingway, created the famous Bloody Mary here for Hemingway.

In the line up of great Ritz barmen, Colin Field, creator of cocktails and author of the successful book “The Cocktails of the Ritz Paris”, excels each evening at the Hemingway Bar. Voted best barman in the world twice over by the magazine Forbes, and overflowing with talent and creativity, Colin has become the confidant of the great of this world.

Fleur du lobby

 

 

 

 
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