Chef's Best

I volunteered for Chef's Best on Tuesday. It is a fundraiser for Food and Friends:

Chef's Best Dinner & Auction is Food & Friends' signature fundraiser. More than $850,000 will be raised through the generosity of sponsors, table hosts, auction bidders, ticket purchasers, friends and guests.


This year, 60 of the region's most talented chefs will generously donate their time and talent to provide tastings of their specialties in order to support the more than 2,800 individuals who will receive 1.2 million specialized meals from Food & Friends this year alone.

I helped out with the Silent Auction. I walked around the tables answering questions and as one person put make sure the items didn't develop legs. It was a very fun time. Here are some of the items up for bid. Also some of the food too.

Preparing for the Guests

A great deal went into preparing the food at the different stations. Since I was there before people came in I got to see the set up. It was impressive.

In the Main Ballroom

I got a break and headed down to the main ballroom where the food was everywhere you looked. I met up with my friend Louise who I volunteer with at Food and Friends. She'd been before so I just followed her lead on how to sample all the wonderful food.

More Food in the Main Ballroom

Many stations to get to and so much food to sample.

This was one of my favorite stations. They had the best ravioli!