Culinary Productions, Inc. - Events
Best Charity Event
(Runner Up)
"Gourmet Dinner Night"
Every other month since August 2010, CPI continues to present a bi-monthly one-of-a-kind themed "Gourmet Dinner Night". Voted "Best of the Coast" 2012, "Gourmet Dinner Night" is a chance for CPI to showcase our culinary skills, promote local artists and musicians, and raise awareness about local charities. CPI teams up with other sponsors and vendors who have an opportunity to promote their services.
Each dinner night has a theme and corresponding gourmet menu. Guests enjoy a gourmet buffet style dinner with passed apps and dessert as well as complimentary beer, wine, a signature cocktail, and non-alcoholic beverages. At this social event, guests can peruse the featured artist's work which is for sale, bid on silent auction items, and win door prizes, all while listening to live music.
CPI has raised over $18,500 for local charities through proceeds from silent auctions and door prize drawings. Charities that have benefited from "Gourmet Dinner Night":
Students for Suicide Awareness, UWF
Escape Community Art Center
The Christopher E. Campbell MS Foundation
Speech & Hearing Board
The Arthritis Foundation
The Leaning Post Ranch
SEASTARS Aquatics, Inc.
Pensacola Movember
Guitars for Vets
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SAVE THE DATE!
Friday, February 22, 2013
"Art from the Heart"
Gourmet Dinner Night
to promote artists and musicians for Jef Bond's Art Party X
and to benefit the HelpHOPELive Fund
Venue: 5Eleven Palafox
Time: 7pm ~ until
(silent auction ends at 10:30pm)
Enjoy a heart-inspired gourmet buffet dinner, beer / wine / signature cocktail and non-alcoholic drinks, artwork and live music by featured artists and musicians for the upcoming Art Party X fundraiser. There will be a silent auction and 50/50 drawing to benefit the HelpHOPELive Fund (formerly National Transplant Assitance Fund) in honor of Jef Bond (2009 kidney transplant recipient).
Featured artists:
Contemporary artist Rafi Perez
Klee Angelie Jewelry Design
Live music by Chica & the Man
Proceeds from silent auction and drawing will benefit HelpHOPELive Fund
RESERVE YOUR SEATS BY CALLING THE CPI OFFICE
AT (850) 469-0445! We accept cash, check, or charge.
You must RSVP and pay for your seats in advance!
Single seats $35
Table of 6 for $200
Table of 8 for $250
Table of 10 for $300
Special BOGO pricing for Art Party X Committee Members and artists!
Guests are encouraged but not required to dress from the heart and wear something red!
DOWNLOAD HEART-INSPIRED MENU HERE!
Thank you sponsors:
5Eleven Palafox
Rogue Events, LLC
North Hill Chair Covers & Linens
News Radio AM1620
Squarebox Photographics
Gulf Coast Entertainment App
Pixie Productions
Art Party X Committee
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PREVIOUS GOURMET DINNER NIGHTS:
Holiday Soiree
Friday, December 7, 2012
on Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
to benefit the Pensacola Chapter of Guitars for Vets
View from the Pensacola Beach Marina
Our Holiday Soiree tookplace at the Pensacola Beach Marina, located at (655 Pensacola Beach Blvd.) on the top floor with a breathtaking view overlooking Villa Sabine!
Guests enjoyed an Orient-inspired menu, dessert by Nouveau Pastries, beer by Pensacola Bay Brewery / wine / Blue Angel signature cocktail / non-alcoholic drinks, live music, artwork display, door prizes and silent auction.
Specialty cake and desserts by Nouveau Pastries;
Edible centerpieces by The Cupcake Emporium & Plant & Flower Boutique
Linens provided by North Hill Chair Covers & Linens
Live holiday musical performance by one of Pensacola's favorite jazz singers, Kitt Lough with a special performance by "Three Bean Soup", an acoustic duo featuring veteran Mike Domulot and daughter Jamie Weis.
Kitt Lough sang holiday tunes
Three Bean Soup performed
Artwork display by photographer Amber Fletcher.
The raffle and silent auction raised $1800 to benefit Guitars for Vets, Inc. (G4V), a federally registered 501(c)(3) non-profit
organization that enhances the lives of ailing and injured military veterans by
providing them with guitars and music instruction.
Thanks to our sponsors: Pensacola Beach Marina, Rogue Events, LLC, Nouveau Pastries & Catering, Plant & Flower Boutique, The Cupcake Emporium, North Hill Chair Covers & Linens, Squarebox Photographics, Pensacola Bay Brewery, Aloha Wine & Liquor, News Radio AM 1620, Dunn Media, Kitt Lough, & Gulf Coast Entertainment App.
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Fall "Grill 'N Chill" Gourmet Dinner Night
& Pumpkin Party Preview was held on Friday, October 5, 2012 at the Museum of Commerce. CPI chefs grilled while our guests chilled! Savory desserts were baked by artist and Chef Lindy Verdin!
Chef Dave Bain, Billy Howell, Chef Lindy Verdin, & Chelsea Thomas
This was also a preview night to Strong Street Studio's 6th Annual Pumpkin Party Weekend Sale! Our guests got first pick of the harvest of colorful pumpkins and acorns that were adorned on our tables with centerpieces from Fiore atop linens provided by North Hill Chair Covers & Linens.
Photos courtesy of Jef Bond
Proceeds from the silent auction, door prize drawing, and live man auction benefited Pensacola Movember to raise awareness about men's health issues. Guests of all ages, both male and female wore mustaches in honor of the charity! CPI raised $1528 for Pensacola Movember!
Rhys Sharp, Campbell Hodnette, Andrew Walson, & Mike DeSorbo
will participate in a shave-off on Nov. 1 to kick off Movember - details TBA!
Rob & Jen Slocumb of Martha's Trouble performed
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:
West Florida Historic Preservation, Inc.
Rogue Events, LLC
North Hill Chair Covers & Linens
Fiore
Square Box Photographics
News Radio AM1620
Pensacola Bay Brewery
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All You Need Is Love
Our last Gourmet Dinner Night on Friday, August 17, 2012, our "Yellow Submarine" Beatles Inspired Dinner Night was a HUGE success, raising over $4,500 for SEASTARS Aquatics, Inc.!
Our dinner featured the artwork and tasty gourmet seafood appetizers from artist and Chef Dan Dunn, Executive Chef for H20 Hilton Pensacola Beach, gourmet dinner by CPI chefs, a skillfully crafted Yellow Submarine cake by Adonna's Bakery, tasty beers donated by Pensacola Bay Brewery, classy wines and vodka for our "Day Tripper" signature cocktail donated by Aloha Wine & Liquor, and rockin' favorite Beatles tunes by Not Quite Fab's Lennon & McCartney duo! The silent auction and door prize drawing raised over $4,500 - the most any dinner night has ever seen thanks to the hard work of SEASTARS, who gave a compelling speech about their swimming programs for children with disabilities. The majority of guests were decked out in 60's & 70's mod groovy attire and danced into the night! Thanks to all who were involved!
Pensacola Celebrity Chef Dan Dunn of H2O
Artwork by Chef Dan Dunn
Northwest Florida's ONLY Beatles cover band Not Quite Fab performed
Proceeds from the silent auction and door prize drawing benefit SEASTARS Aquatics, Inc.
Thank you to our sponsors:
Floral arrangements provided by Blooms A Million;
Decor provided by North Hill Chair Covers & Linens;
Events Planning & staff provided by Rogue Events, LLC
Photo opportunities with Square Box Photographics;
Lighting provided by Blackhawk Entertainment
Tent, Lounge, and decor provided by Kent's Special Events
Special thanks to our other sponsors:
5Eleven Palafox
News Radio AM 1620
Gulf Coast Entertainment App
Pixie Productions
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Our "Bluegrass & BBQ" was a benefit for The Leaning Post Ranch was a big success! On May 11, guests enjoyed an evening of acoustic music as the 18 String Army returned for a stellar performance, our Wild Wild Western menu - one of the best culinary exhibits ever, savory desserts by Chef Lindy Verdin of Austin, TX, a brilliant artwork exhibit by Fluid Metalworks artists, and more!
The silent auction and door prize drawing proceeds of over $1600 were donated to The Leaning Post Ranch, a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide equine assisted activities and therapeutic riding to individuals with disabilities and at-risk youth in Northwest Florida. They offer health, hope and healing through horses.
Special thanks to our sponsor Converge Media Marketing who filmed our latest promotional video, Pony Parties of Pensacola who brought "Sunshine" to give free horseback rides, Rogue Events for helping plan the event, Plant & Flower Boutique for providing our florals for decor, Pixie Productions for creating the floral arrangements, Pensacola Bay Brewery for providing two of their tasty homemade brews, Square Box Photographics for taking photographs, all our staff, and of course all of those who attended the event!
Designed by Fluid Metalworks, Inc.
Special thanks to our sponsors:
Rogue Events, LLC
West Florida Historic Preservation, Inc.
Chef Lindy Verdin
Plant & Flower Boutique
News Radio AM1620
The 18 String Army
Fluid Metalworks, Inc.
Bond Photographics
Pixie Productions
Gulf Coast Entertainment App
Pony Parties of Pensacola
Converge Media Marketing
Pensacola Bay Brewery
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Our 2nd Annual Mardi Gras "Masquerade" on Feb. 17 was a BIG success! Special thanks toour sponsors, artists, and guests for attending the event. Everyone enjoyed a gourmet cajun meal finished with King Cake and truffles followed by a moving speech by honorees of The Arthritis Foundation - Jeannette Schultz and Haley. Everyone headed out to the corner block to check out the Krewe of Lafitte Parade and returned to 5Eleven to get down with DJ Ramsey Coates.
Arthritis Foundation honoree Haley and her father
(photos courtesy of Tamara Prudhomme)
Raela and Jeannette listen as Haley speaks
about living with arthritis
$1624 was raised through the silent auction and a donation of $1000 by a special guest was received that night in Haley's honor! To learn more abou the Arthritis Foundation, click on the logo below:
Special thanks to our artists, photographers, & DJ! Pictures will be posted this week!
Rob Winchester & Jef Bond
AnyDayDJ.com
Painting by Rob Winchester
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Pixies pose with "Tiny Tim" of Pony Parties of Pensacola
at the "Midsummer Night's Dream" Gourmet Dinner Night
July 2011
