The Garden to Plate Wine Dinner was hosted March 8 at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.
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Kayleigh Omang
| 9:00 a.m. March 9, 2019
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Wine flowed and food was served March 8 at the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.
The occasion – a long, decorated table for 130 people to wine and dine at the annual Garden to Plate Wine Dinner. Each year, guests convene in the gardens for an elegant, yet semi-casual evening in the gardens. Hors d'oeuvres, three courses and dessert were served as well as seven varieties of wine and Champagne. The menu was created by Michael's On East Executive Chef Jamil Pineda and Pastry Chef Catherine Tighe.Â
The evening started with hors d'oeuvres and a choice of wine or Champagne. This game guests time to mingle in the gardens, surrounded with Selby's newest exhibit, Gauguin: Voyage to Paradise. Dinner followed as the sun set and the lights above the table took over.Â
Rob and Executive Director Jennifer Rominiecki
Co-Chairs Ken and Jenny Pendery with Nora and Billy Johnson
The table was set up in the middle of the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.
The Garden to Plate Wine Dinner is hosted each spring.
The table sat 130 guests.
Floral arrangements hung above the table.
The cocktail tables each were adorned with a centerpiece.
Co-Chairs Billy and Nora Johnson
Elisabeth Waters and Sandra Chororos
Marc Mannino played guitar during social hour.
Wendy Deming and Deb Kabinoff
Each guest was given a soy candle from Mark and Deb Welle.
Ron Kendall and Pat Naggiar
Diana and Luca Conte
Terri Klauber and Cornelia Matson
Rebecca Donelson, Joy Norwood and Mary Beth Goddard
Wine was served with each course throughout the evening.
Jacqueline and David Morton
Wine Host Craig and Kimberlee Leslie with Kelly Fried and Sean King
