Monday night: Food & Friends's Chef's Best @ The Hilton

Monday, June 16th. VIP Reception at 5:30pm. Doors Open at 6:30pm

Online Ticket Sales are Now CLOSED. Tickets Will Be Available for Sale at the Hilton Washington on Monday. Please Come to Will Call to Purchase Your Tickets. Join Food & Friends for our Chef's Best Dinner & Auction on Monday, June 16th. Featuring 60 of the region's brightest culinary stars, you'll enjoy innovative, one-of-a-kind tasting opportunities at the Hilton Washington and have the chance to bid on exciting live and silent auction items. A Washington tradition for 18 years, Chef's Best raises critical funds for men, women and children facing HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life-challenging illnesses in the District of Columbia and 14 counties in Maryland and Virginia. The only agency in the region to provide these life-sustaining services, Food & Friends hopes that you'll join us for our signature event. About Our Organization Established in 1988, Food & Friends was founded to provide home-delivered meals and friendship to people living with HIV/AIDS. These services remain at the core of our mission: fostering a community caring for men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life-challenging illnesses by preparing and delivering specialized meals and groceries in conjunction with nutrition counseling. Food & Friends helps family members, friends and loved ones provide care and support for our clients and, when possible, promotes self-sufficiency. Food & Friends is the only nonprofit organization in the Washington, DC, region providing these services. Our chefs and registered dieticians design meals that meet the special dietary needs of persons living with a broad range of life-challenging illnesses. Our confidential services are free of charge to individuals and families living throughout the District of Columbia, seven counties in Maryland, and seven counties and six independent cities in Virginia. With continued support, Food & Friends will continue to provide services to even more members of the community; as long as people are facing life-challenging illnesses, Food & Friends will be there. Our 2008 Celebrity Chefs Jim Swenson, 4th Estate at the National Press Club Manny Badu, 15 Squares American Bistro Jeff Tunks, Acadiana Christopher & Michelle Poteaux, Bastille Mitch Berliner, Berliner Specialty Distributors Danny Wells, BlackSalt Fish Market & Restaurant Darren Hendry, Bobby Vans Grill Michael Harr, Butterfield 9 Jacques Poulain, CACAO Fine Chocolates Geoff Tracy, Chef Geoff's / Lia's Peter Brett, Circle Bistro/Notti Bianchi Ranu Benassou, Couscous Café & Catering Dean Gold, Dino Morou Ouattara, Farrah Olivia by Morou Tim Recher, Finn & Porter Alexandria Daniel Bortnick, Firefly Peter Moutsos, Food & Friends Eatwell DC, Grillfish, Logan Tavern, Logan at the Heights, Merkado Andre Cote, Hilton Washington "1919 Grill" Michael Hartzer, Indebleu Ernesto Pabico, Indigo Landing Xavier Deshayes, International Trade Center and Aria Jeff Gaetjen, Kinkead's Stefano Savino, La Tomate Abi-Najm Family, Lebanese Taverna Carmine Marziano, Luiginio Tim Elliot, Mie N Yu Bryan Yealy & Abdul Hass Housh, Neyla Kevin Reading, Nage Robert DeCoste, Olives Robert Weland, Poste Ian Douglass, redDog Cafe Alison Swope, Restaurant K Benjamin Lambert, Restaurant Nora Massimo Fabbri, Ristorante Tosca James Muir, Rosa Mexicano Yolanda Ruiz, Ruth's Chris Steak House Douglas Anderson & Mmike Abt, Seasons at The Four Seasons Hotel Cesare Lanfranconi, Spezie Patrick O'Connell, The Inn at Little Washington Shannon Overmiller, The Majestic Kelly Shima, The Melting Pot Rodney Scruggs, The Occidental Nicholas Legret, The Willard Room Anthony Chittum, Vermilion Jeffrey Buben & R.J. Cooper III, Vidalia/ Bistro Bis Graham Bartlett, Zengo