The Embassy Chef challenge is like no other DC gala. Sample the same cuisine served to heads of state and regional delicacies from around the world. Embrace your inner foodie while sipping a cocktail from the top shelf open bar.
This is your chance to be served by more than a dozen chefs who will vie for your votes. A panel of celebrity chefs and food critics select the winner of the Judge’s Choice Award, while you cast a ballot for the People’s Choice winner. Rounding out the evening is a live and silent auction, featuring world-class items steeped in international flavor, including private embassy experiences. It’s an evening like none other!
Embassy Chef Challenge began behind closed doors with Challenge Hungary—a private preliminary competition. This cook-off – held on February 10, 2013 at Occasions Catering – was a Top Chef-style competition that challenged each chef to create a main course in two hours with one common ingredient and a basket of surprise ingredients determined by 2012 Embassy Chef Winner and 2013 judge, Hungarian Chef Viktor Merényi. The judging panel has reserved the name of the winner to be announced the night of the Embassy Chef Challenge gala.
The Embassy Chef Challenge reconvenes the night of the gala on March 14, 2013 when all chefs offer their best hors d’oeuvres for a second round of judging at the Ronald Reagan Building. The scores from the preliminary cook-off and the gala hors d’oeuvres battle determine the Judge’s Choice Award winner. Guests at the gala will vote for the People’s Choice Award.
The gala includes:
- Silent and live auctions showcasing culturally diverse food and adventure packages, with proceeds benefitting the free programs and events offered by Cultural Tourism DC
- Exciting, diverse and fabulous cuisine prepared by embassy chefs from various countries
- Top shelf open bar for all guests
- Judging by celebrity chefs and food critics
- People’s Choice winner selected by guests of the gala
- Mingle with the largest diplomatic community in the world
Thursday , March 14th 6:30 – 10 PM
Bell Haven Country Club
Emceed by WJLA’s Britt McHenry
Awards ceremony will honor Anne Marie Chotvacz, Laura Fortsch, Meghan Metzbower, and Lonnie Rich
Grab your friends for a night of fashion, shopping, sipping, and noshing!
All proceeds benefit the Camapgana Center
Tickets $50 in advance
www.campagnacenter.org
The Arlington Young Democrats are auctioning off more than 20 of the metro area’s most eligible bachelors and bachelorettes. Additional items up for auction include gift certificates, VIP opportunities and more. A portion of proceeds benefit Doorways for Women and Families, an Arlington-based charity organization.
WHERE: Clarendon Grill, 1101 N Highland St, Arlington, VA (Clarendon Metro on Orange Line)
DETAILS: Admission is free. Bid cards which include raffle tickets are $10. Those donating any new and unopened supplies such as water bottles, saran wrap, aluminum foil, Tupperware or baby monitors will receive additional raffle tickets.
Clarendon Grill has the following drink and food specials for all in attendance:
$1.50 draft and bottle specials (until 9!)
$1.00 off appetizers (until 8!)
For more information and video interviews of auctionees, visit:
Go-Go Music: The History and Evolution of DC’s Legendary Beat
Monday, March 18, 7 p.m.
$8 members; $10 public
Join Kip Lornell, Adjunct Professor of American Music and Ethnomusicology at George Washington University and co-author of The Beat: Go-Go Music from Washington, DC, as he chronicles the development and ongoing popularity of go-go music, the only musical form indigenous to Washington, D.C. In the mid-1970s, Chuck Brown pioneered the iconic go-go sound, influenced by local Latin percussion ensembles, disco, Grover Washington’s hit single “Mr. Magic,” and funk. By the mid-1980s, bands such as Rare Essence (RE), Trouble Funk, and Junk Yard Band had emerged. Today we are in our third generation of go-go, and the music tradition continues to evolve and thrive in the district, with most recent bands playing what’s known as “bounce beat” go-go. Dr. Lornell’s talk will highlight this nearly 40-year history with musical excerpts and video clips.
EW!’s salute to youth literacy and its enormous influence on our society’s future will celebrate our children, mentors, community leaders and corporate partners through a remarkable evening of celebrity readings, award presentations and auctions.
This annual fundraiser is a cornerstone in the financial framework that has made Everybody Wins! DC the largest children’s literacy and mentoring program in the Washington Metropolitan Area.
Join EW in support of its efforts to reach out to underserved youth and transform their lives through the power of reading and the inspiration of caring mentors.
The event includes a:
- Cocktail Reception and Silent Auction
- Program and Live Auction
- Dessert and Coffee
The reception will include cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, musical entertainment, and a silent auction
As well as a program wto include a Keynote with speaker: Ted Leonsis, Founder, Chairman, Majority Owner, CEO, Monumental
Sports & Entertainment
EMCEE: CNN White House Correspondent, Brianna Keilar
Event Details
Who: Local and celebrity chefs from the Washington DC metropolitan region
What: 1st Annual Chris4Life’s Eat4Life: A Celebrity Chef Cook-Off Hosted by the Chris4Life Young Professional Board and Rock Harper
When: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Where: Crios, 2120 P Street NW, Washington, DC
Attendance: Approximately 150
Invited and Confirmed Chefs: Rock Harper, Winner of Fox’s Hell’s Kitchen; Scott Drewno, The Source by Wolfgang Puck; Sebastian Archambault, Blue Duck Tavern; Carla Hall, ABC’s The Chew; Mike Isabella, Graffito and Bandolero; Eric Ziebold, CityZen with others to be added
Additional Information: The goal of Chris4Life’s Eat4Life is to provide guests with healthy meal options, to showcase you and your restaurant and to raise funds and awareness for C4L. Chefs will prepare dished based on colon-friendly and cancer friendly ingredients. The event will consist of stations and each chef will have the opportunity to discuss preparation of the item being served and will have the opportunity to market his or her restaurant to guests of the event all while supporting C4L and its patient programs.
Ladies in Red Fundraising Happy Hour
Guests will be treated to a live fashion preview from Walish Gooshe designer, Greg Taylor. There will also be an exclusive blogger lounge, and specialty cocktails such as “The Red Bottom.”
6:00pm til 9:00pm, Wed Mar 20 @ Hotel Rouge, 1315 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20036
The Ladies in Red Fundraising Happy Hour will be held on Wednesday, March 20th at the Hotel Rouge (1315 16th St. NW DC) from 6-9pm. The event is to benefit the Red Sprinkle Fashion Camp, a nonprofit fashion program that teaches teens about entrepreneurship and the creative arts industry. Guests will be treated to a live fashion preview from Walish Gooshe designer, Greg Taylor. There will also be an exclusive blogger lounge, and specialty cocktails such as “The Red Bottom” RSVP to info@redsprinkle.com
On March 21, PeacePlayers International will host a charitable fundraiser to coincide with the beginning of the Men’s NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament. All proceeds from the event will go directly to support PPI programming around the world. The organization is dedicated to bridging divides, developing leaders and changing perceptions by bringing together children in areas of conflict through basketball
PeacePlayers International (PPI) is a global non-profit organization that brings together children from divided areas to play basketball. PPI coaches and mentors work year round to unite, educate and inspire young people to create a more peaceful world. PeacePlayers International operates year round programs in Cyprus, Northern Ireland, the Middle East and South Africa. Through PPI’s Sports and Peace Innovation Network (PPI – SPIN), PPI has worked with organizations in Afghanistan, Yemen, Argentina, Ethiopia and Chicago, providing training and consulting services to others seeking to harness the power of sport for youth civic engagement, leadership development and conflict transformation.
PPI is excited to build on the excitement of the start of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament and host a fun party that will also benefit the children in the regions were it works. The event will be held in Washington, DC, at the popular Capitale restaurant and lounge – 1301 K Street, NW. Tickets are $75 each ($90 at the door) and include open bar, appetizers from Hill Country BBQ and an entry into a bracket competition. The event will run 6-9 PM. Tickets and sponsorship opportunities are currently available on the PPI website at, http://www.peaceplayersintl.
The Leukemia Ball will take place on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, with entertainment by Dana Carvey, and Jim Belushi and the Sacred Heart Band. The event is expected to raise $3.1 million for LLS’s mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. Sponsorship opportunities are available at a variety of levels. For more information visitwww.leukemiaball.org.
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Leukemia Ball Presented by Bio in Partnership with Genentech
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Entertainment Provided by Dana Carvey, and Jim Belushi and the Sacred Heart Band
6:00 p.m. – VIP Reception
6:30 p.m. – General Reception & Silent Auction
7:30 p.m. – Dinner, Entertainment, Mercedes-Benz Raffle