JFCS supporters wined and dined at annual food and wine tasting
The Jewish Family & Children’s Service of the Suncoast held its Celebrity Chefs Food & Wine Tasting on March 21 at the Resort at Longboat Key Club.
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Niki Kottmann
| 8:55 p.m. March 21, 2017
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Guests at the 2017 Celebrity Chefs Food & Wine Tasting were in the giving spirit the second they walked under the big white tent.
The more than 700 people that attended the March 21 event at the Resort at Longboat Key Club had the unique opportunity to learn exactly where their donations to the Jewish Family & Children’s Service of the Suncoast will go.
Along with an impressively large silent auction that featured everything from two weeks of Blue Apron meals to an eight-day river cruise from Paris to Normandy, the event featured a table full of items that the organization buys with donor money. A $40 donation, for example, can provide a monthly birthday cake for seniors in the JFCS senior outreach services program, and a $100 donation can provide healthy fruit and vegetable snacks to at-risk youth attending the JFCS summer enrichment program at Booker Middle School and Lincoln Middle School.
Event-goers also had the chance to strike a pose in the photo booth, get their portraits drawn and taste beer, wine and gourmet bites from over 26 of the area’s best restaurants and beverage providers, all while listening to the smooth jazzy sounds of Michael Ross Band.
Co-Chairs Eve and Marc Kanoff
JFCS CEO Heidi Brown and JFCS Board Chairman Steve Seidensticker
The Longboat Key Club & Resort served key lime tarts and chocolate truffle cake at the Celebrity Chefs Food & Wine Tasting on March 21 at the Resort at Longboat Key Club.
Mark Anderson, Bob Bruso and Dan Wade
Joe Mendels and Scott Levine
The Jewish Family & Children’s Service of the Suncoast held its annual Celebrity Chefs Food & Wine Tasting on March 21 at the Resort at Longboat Key Club.
Joseph Gianguzzo and Brian Lipton
Bob Well and George Kehrt
Kelly Fried pours a glass of Marques de Caceres Verdejo at the Celebrity Chefs Food & Wine Tasting on March 21 at the Resort at Longboat Key Club.
Othaila Al Saifi and Aida Goniche
Sharyn Nassau and Michael Richker
Members of the Michael Ross Band perform at the Celebrity Chefs Food & Wine Tasting on March 21 at the Resort at Longboat Key Club.
Steve Ashman and Saint Cacchiotti
Judy and Bruce Gibbs
The staff of Beulah Restaurant serves vegetable lasagna at the Celebrity Chefs Food & Wine Tasting on March 21 at the Resort at Longboat Key Club.
Chris and Lynn McNamee with Max and Kevin, Southeastern Guide Dogs
Marie Tinsley and Debbie Stekloff
The staff of Jack Dusty served grilled halloumi, tuna, compressed watermelon and mint at the Celebrity Chefs Food & Wine Tasting on March 21 at the Resort at Longboat Key Club.
Bill Coleman, JFCS CEO Emerita Rose Chapman and Audrey Coleman
Laura Hawken, Tammie Sandoval and Brady Polk
Staff members from Morton’s Gourmet Market served house-smoked pastrami sliders at the Celebrity Chefs Food & Wine Tasting on March 21 at the Resort at Longboat Key Club.
Jerry and Wendy Feinstein
Eric and Laura Spencer
Staff members from Louie’s Modern served smoked trout deviled eggs at the Celebrity Chefs Food & Wine Tasting on March 21 at the Resort at Longboat Key Club.
Caricaturist Michael White does a portrait of Michael Herney and Claudia Cardillo at the Celebrity Chefs Food & Wine Tasting on March 21 at the Resort at Longboat Key Club.
Karin Grablin and Veronica Brady
Staff members from Apollonia served rack of lamb at the Celebrity Chefs Food & Wine Tasting on March 21 at the Resort at Longboat Key Club.
The first table that guests saw upon entering the event had a display explaining where their donations can go such as how a $40 donation can provide a monthly birthday cake for seniors in the JFCS senior outreach services program.
The first table that guests saw upon entering the event on March 21 at the Resort at Longboat Key Club had a display explaining where their donations can go.
The first table that guests saw upon entering the event on March 21 at the Resort at Longboat Key Club had a display explaining where their donations can go.
