Table for Ten’s 13th annual gourmet lovers delight attracted 320 guests to the Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort & Spa for a sumptuous six-course repast with superb wines prepared tableside by 43 top participating chefs and restaurants. The evening netted $340,000 for The Teen Project and its new Vera’s Sanctuary in Silverado Canyon to help sex trafficked girls. Photography Bob Hodson, Tony Lattimore
Cannery Seafood of the Pacific, Newport Beach, Table by Chef Philip Tangonanmeg Celebrity Chef Pascal Olhats and Chef Donald Lockhart, AVEO Table + Bar, Monarch Beach Resort Honorary Executive Chef Chair Manfred Lassahn, center, representing Watertable at Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach with table sponsors Steve and Sheral Burke The Teen Project Founder/Executive Director Lauri Burns with Dr. Sandra Morgan, Director of Vanguard University’s Global Center for Women and Justice Patricia Eckert, Dr. Peter and Val Smrecek, KUDOS Newport Beach Publisher Ana Launes, Randy Harding, and Adam Martindale of Oceania Cruises
Shelley Komarov and Mona Lee Nesseth, responsible for donating designer dresses to The Teen Project girls to wear to the event Title Sponsor Mike Danzi (Chairman/CEO of Legacy Pharmaceuticals, Int’l) and Ludivine Forte Venue Host Executive Chefs John Tesar and Salvatore Giuliani, The Outer Reef, Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resortaguna Cliffs Marriott Table Sponsor Mary Murfey, right, with her son Ryan New
Kathy Hamilton, Donna Bianchi, Table for 10 Founder/Director Kristin Martin, Georgeana Ireland, Barbara Eidson
Kathy Hamilton, Donna Bianchi, Table for 10 Founder/Director Kristin Martin, Georgeana Ireland, Barbara Eidson Prego Mediterrean Chef Ugo Allesina, second from left, with his team Quilts donated by Sue Peters of Beach City Quilters to The Teen Project girls seated at the StillWater restaurant table Fifty-seven bottle wine tree raffle, donated by Mona Lee Nesseth