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TALENT PERFORMANCEMAHA
CO-CHAIRS LISA HAGSTROM AND COURTNEY BIRNSTIHLMAHA
BLYTHE WATKINS AND CAMMY WATKINS
VICTORIA PORTILLO AND RAVEN RANDTMAHA
STEPHANIE PATSALIS WITH JIM AND RUTH KEENEMAHA LAUREN OEHM AND SKYLER BENTLEY Photos by Dan Flanigan
topChef food bank for the heartland CelebritY CHeF Food Bank for the Heartland’s 11th annual Celebrity Chef fundraiser presented by ConAgra Foods on February 23rd raised more than $225,000. The event featured Chef Rick Bayless, champion of Bravo’s first season of Top Chef Masters and recipient of multiple James Beard Awards. It drew a crowd of over 900 guests to the Embassy Suites Conference Center in La Vista. Michelle Scott of ConAgra Foods served as the Celebrity Chef event chairperson. Patron partychairs were Melissa Marvin, Kim Reeves and Jayne Timmerman. During the evening’s program, Chef Bayless demonstrated three recipes from his award-winning cookbooks, and these dishes were auctioned.
CHEF RICK BAYLESS, CHAIR MICHELLE SCOTT, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC RELATIONS BRIAN BARKS AND EMCEE MATT SCHICK
CHARLIE AND JOANIE SALTER WITH PATTY AND CHRIS KIRCHER
At Celebrity Chef, the Food Bank launched its Text to Give campaign. Guests were invited to text FEED to 501501 and donate $10 to Food Bank for the Heartland. Over $2,000 was raised from the Text to Give campaign that evening. The campaign will run through 2012. Visit www.FoodBankHeartland.org. Photos by Dan Flanigan
KIM REEVES, MELISSA MARVIN AND JAYNE TIMMERMAN 30
TIM AND KELLY LENIHAN
metroMagazine • JUlY 2012