Top Chefs and Foodies Party Together at the Farmers Market: A $238,000 Event for the Food Bank
BY Linden Wilson Jobe // 09.20.17Bites from Parigi
What: 4th annual Harvest
Where: The Shed at the Dallas Farmers Market
PC Moment: As DJ Steffi Burns commanded the turntables, more than 400 fashionable foodies gathered to sample cocktails and cuisine from top Dallas chefs and restaurants, including Le Bilboquet, Parigi, Ocean Prime, Meddlesome Moth, Wheelhouse, The Ritz-Carlton Dallas, The Rustic, and Mudhen Meat & Greens.
Guests also bid on big-board and silent auction items, including dinner for 10 at Javier’s; a $1,000 gift card to Elements; a Dallas Stars game in a luxury suite; and a lavish weekend at the Ritz hotel.
The epicurean event raised more than $238,000 for the North Texas Food Bank, effectively providing more than 700,000 meals for its Feeding Children and Feeding Seniors initiatives.
Who: Chairs Tia and Bedford Wynne, North Texas Food Bank president and CEO Trisha Cunningham, Lynn and Allan McBee, Nancy Gopez, Shannon Wynne, Shelle and Michael Sills, John Pickens, and Amy Camp.