According to the 5th Harvest Co-Chairs Maggie Kipp and Melinda Knowles,
We, along with our Honorary Chair Chef Stephan Pyles, invite the Dallas community to join us, for the 5th annual Harvest benefiting the North Texas Food Bank (NTFB) on Friday, September 21, 7:00 p.m. at a new venue, the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden. Put on your “garden glamour” attire (think casual chic with wedges for ladies and no coat and tie required for gents) and please support this fall’s premiere event!
Guests will enjoy signature tequila cocktails by Casamigos and wine courtesy of Cockrell Wines and Rose Gold Rosé, as well as a moveable feast featuring an amazing roster of food stations by Dallas’ top chefs and restaurants including our newest additions, a dessert station by Susan O’Brien/ Hail Merry Snacks and savory station by Richard Triptow/ Dallas Fish Market, along with Jeramie Robison/ City Hall Bistro; Anthony Dispensa/ The French Room; Lucy Braddock/ Home Grown Market; Paula Lambert/ Mozzarella Company; Meaders Ozarow/ Empire Baking Company; Tida Pichakron/ Haute Sweets Patisserie; Juan Pablo Silva/ Ritz-Carlton Dallas; Daniel Pittman/ Luck At Trinity Groves; Brian “Butta” Stalters/ The Gaylord Texan; Joanne Bondy/ Stocks and Bondy; Sonny Pache/ Ocean Prime; Janice Provost/ Parigi; Uma Iyer/ Tart-a-Licious; Jacob Williamson/ Five Sixty by Wolfgang Puck; Alex Astani/ Uchi Dallas and Uchib; John Doumas/ Pop Star; Stan Rodriguez/ Sixty Vines At The Crescent; Momo Sow/ Le Bilboquet and Matthew Wilbur/ Up On Knox .
The inimitable DJ Lucy Wrubel will return this year to spin tunes throughout the evening. As well, we hope attendees will bid generously in the silent auction featuring unique packages, such as a four-night getaway to Cartegena including accommodations in Historic Cartagena, breakfast, sightseeing and transfers to the port city of Cartagena located on the Caribbean Coast, 150,000 American Airlines AAdvantage miles towards travel and a $500 VISA gift card; and 18th and Vine Dinner Party for 12 including three-course dinner for 12 with passed appetizers and a champagne reception; choice of dinner featuring Scott’s picks or traditional Kansas City ‘Que; Dallas Stars Packagewith four Plaza level tickets to a 2018-2019 Dallas Stars Regular season home game and a post-home meet and greet; and a “Get Ready for Your Close-Up” package featuring two-hour photo shoot for one with top celebrity photographer Cryste DeShields, top clothing stylist/jewelry designer Tiffany Forsberg, and top hair and makeup stylist Janet Herrera with a piece of jewelry from Tiffany Fine Jewelry to keep.
We want to thank our committee and host committee for their tireless work to date, including Underwriting Chair Jen O’Neal and Advisors/Co-Founders Nancy Gopez and Kristi Bare, as well as Stephan Pyles, our honorary chair and longtime friend to the North Texas Food Bank. All of their work will help us raise important funds to help meet the needs of more than 800,000 food insecure individuals in the Dallas community.
See you on September 21!”
The 5th Annual Harvest benefiting the North Texas Food Bank will be held on Friday, September 21, 7 – 10 p.m., at a new venue, the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden. Sponsorships begin at $500 and individual tickets are $200 each and are available now, ntfb.org/harvest. Or for more information, contact Colbi White, 214.269.0905 or [email protected].
