Table for Ten’s 13thannual 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 TangonanmegCelebrity Chef Pascal Olhats and Chef Donald Lockhart, AVEO Table + Bar, Monarch Beach ResortHonorary Executive Chef Chair Manfred Lassahn, center, representing Watertable at Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach with table sponsors Steve and Sheral BurkeThe Teen Project Founder/Executive Director Lauri Burns with Dr. Sandra Morgan, Director of Vanguard University’s Global Center for Women and JusticePatricia Eckert, Dr. Peter and Val Smrecek, KUDOS Newport Beach Publisher Ana Launes, Randy Harding, and Adam Martindale of Oceania CruisesShelley Komarov and Mona Lee Nesseth, responsible for donating designer dresses to The Teen Project girls to wear to the eventTitle Sponsor Mike Danzi (Chairman/CEO of Legacy Pharmaceuticals, Int’l) and Ludivine ForteVenue Host Executive Chefs John Tesar and Salvatore Giuliani, The Outer Reef, Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resortaguna Cliffs MarriottTable Sponsor Mary Murfey, right, with her son Ryan NewKathy Hamilton, Donna Bianchi, Table for 10 Founder/Director Kristin Martin, Georgeana Ireland, Barbara EidsonKathy Hamilton, Donna Bianchi, Table for 10 Founder/Director Kristin Martin, Georgeana Ireland, Barbara EidsonPrego Mediterrean Chef Ugo Allesina, second from left, with his teamQuilts donated by Sue Peters of Beach City Quilters to The Teen Project girls seated at the StillWater restaurant tableFifty-seven bottle wine tree raffle, donated by Mona Lee Nesseth
