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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
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Chef Bill Telepan and Chef Craig Koketsu
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Chef Jacques Torres with signature chocolates
