Cheftopia: The 30th Annual Chefs’ Tribute To Citymeals-on-Wheels Raises $880,000

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Nearly fifty iconic chefs gathered at Rockefeller Center in New York City to celebrate a remarkable milestone – Cheftopia: The 30th Annual Chefs’ Tribute to Citymeals-on-Wheels. This year’s benefit honored the event’s founding chefs Larry Forgione and Jonathan Waxman who, 30 years ago, conceptualized the inaugural Chefs’ Tribute event as a birthday celebration for chef and Citymeals Co-Founder James Beard.

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Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto, Chef Ken Goto, Chef Alice Waters, Beth Shapiro, Executive Director of Citymeals-on-Wheels, and Chef Jacques Torres

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Event Honoree Chef Larry Forgione

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Event Honoree Chef Jonathan Waxman

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ChefDaniel Boulud, Co-President of the Citymeals Board of Directors and Chef Aaron Bludorn

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Chef Alfred Portale, Chef Alice Waters, Chef Jimmy Schmidt, Event Honoree Chef Jonathan Waxman, Chef Stephan Pyles, Iron Chef Marc Forgione, Citymeals Co-Founder & Board Chair Gael Greene, Event Honoree Chef Larry Forgione, Citymeals Board Member and Grand Host of the event Nick Valenti, CEO of Patina Restaurant Group

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Spring Macaron Collection from Chef Francois Payard

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Citymeals Board Member Chef Charlie Palmer and Event Honoree Chef Larry Forgione

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Iron Chef Marc Forgione

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John Rodgers, Beth Shapiro, Executive Director of Citymeals-on-Wheels and Janet K. Rodgers, Citymeals Board Member

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Chef Markus Glocker

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Chef Silvana Vivoli

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Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto

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Aliyyah Baylor, Citymeals Board Member

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Event emcee Sara Gore

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Sandy and Cori Goldfarb

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Beth Shapiro, Executive Director of Citymeals-on-Wheels and Marcia Stein, Founding Executive Director of Citymeals-on-Wheels

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Citymeals Co-Founder & Board Chair Gael Greene

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Chef Nancy Oakes

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Chef Markus Glocker, Citymeals Board Member Drew Nieporent, Rick Smilow, and Chef Daniel Boulud, Co-President of the Citymeals Board of Directors

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Chef Class Photo with Chef Alice Waters

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Citymeals Board Member Dennis Riese and Randi Riese, who also served as co-chairs of the event

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Beth Shapiro, Executive Director of Citymeals-on-Wheels, Citymeals Board Member Suri Kasirer, and Liz Neumark

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Chef Jarett Appell plating Tomato-Braised Veal Meatballs with Sheep’s Milk Ricotta

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Beth Shapiro, Executive Director of Citymeals-on-Wheels, Aaron Goldman, Citymeals Board Member and Stephanie Goldman

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Beth Shapiro, Executive Director of Citymeals-on-Wheels, Event emcee Sara Gore, and Anne E. Cohen, Co-President of the Citymeals Board of Directors

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Chef Daniel Boulud, Co-President of the Citymeals Board of Directors, Citymeals Board Member Suri Kasirer, and Rick Smilow

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Chef Jimmy Schmidt

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Citymeals Board Member Chef Charlie Palmer and his team

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Beth Shapiro, Executive Director of Citymeals-on-Wheels, Chef Alice Waters, and Event Honoree Chef Larry Forgione

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Chef Sebastien Archambault, Chef Scott Conant, Beth Shapiro, Executive Director of Citymeals-on-Wheels, and Chef Daniel Boulud, Co-President of the Citymeals Board of Directors