Celebrity Chef Dinner Fights Childhood Obesity

Our local Top Chef, Ariane Duarte, will be teaming up with Chef Amanda Freitag from Food Networks’s CHOPPED, and Carla Hall from ABC’s The Chew, for an evening of food, wine, friends, and charity. 

Louie’s Kids, a nonprofit dedicated to fighting childhood obesity, is introducing  a new athletic mentoring initiative, Run Buddies, to the NJ/NY area. Founder of Louie’s Kids, Louis Yuhasz, explains, “We are the folks who find the fix that fits for any kid who needs us.” 

Ariane and Carla met Louis at the Charleston Wine + Food Festival.

“It was simple for us,”” says Duarte, “because you can’t be a chef, mom or American for that matter and not understand this critical health problem that affects millions of children today.” 

According to Yuhasz, “when Ariane and the ladies found out we’d be launching a new athletic mentoring program called Run Buddies in New York City in the spring of 2012, they wanted to help. This benefit dinner is right up their alley and an excellent way to welcome us to the New York and New Jersey areas. We strive to get kids into kitchens and learn to cook healthy, affordable food.”

For more information on Louie's Kids, visit the Louie's Kids YouTube Channel.

The event, taking place on Tuesday, November 15, 2011, will be hosted at CulinAriane, and will feature a wine paired dinner and charity auction. The evening will begin with a champagne toast at 7 p.m. Ariane and Chef Freitag will collaborate on courses, and Michael Duarte will finish the evening with a culinary finale!

Among the many luxury items for auction will be an extraordinary weekend for two in Charleston, South Carolina, including airfare from Southwest Airlines,  hotel accommodations donated by The Charleston Place Hotel, dinners at award winning restaurants, Fig and HUSK, and a Charleston harbor tour, and a carriage ride.

The cost for the dinner $125 per person. For reservations call CulinAriane at (973) 744-0533.

CulinAriane

33 Walnut Street

Montclair, NJ 07042