Food and Wine Tasting, Cooking Competitions, and Culinary Workshops to Benefit GIANTS OF GENEROSITY Huge Success

Giants of Generosity, a Bergen County-based charitable organization, in partnership with Gunter Wilhelm Cutlery was sponsored by BMW of Tenafly, and Doug Singer of Daily Food & Wine, Chef Maneet Chauhan's manager. The two-day Celebrity Food & Wine Show was held on Saturday, March 8th and Sunday, March 9th at the Clinton Inn Hotel, 145 Dean Drive in Tenafly, N.J. Featured guest, Chef Maneet Chauhan, author, restaurateur, and a judge on the Food Network's "Chopped" program demonstrated her cooking style as the audience got to sample her Malai chicken sliders prepared by the chefs of Palmer's Crossing at the Clinton Inn. Executive Chef Guy Mitchell, producer of the White House Chef Tours emceed a two-chef, culinary student cook-off competition, and ABC Eyewitness News Anchor Ken Rosato welcomed the crowd. This two-day event included multiple sessions for the general public to take part in the Grand Tasting with dozens of local restaurant fare and wine tastings. The guests enjoyed the cooking competitions and culinary workshops, while accompanied by live music from The Tim Gysin Band, Acute Inflections featuring Elasea Douglas and Sadiki, and also the NJ Gordon Band. A good time was had by all.

This event raised money for the NJ Metro Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church of Tenafly, the Office of Concern food bank of Englewood, (YCS) Youth Consultation Service of Hackensack, SMA Fathers of Tenafly, and of course The Host organization, Giants of Generosity, Inc., a 501(c)3 public charity. Two recipients of Giants of Generosity were in attendance. Attendees were asked to bring non-perishable items that will be collected at the door for the food bank.

Founded in 2007 by Executive Director D. Jane Albanese, Giants of Generosity (GOG) is a 501(C)3 organization based in Cresskill, N.J. GOG's mission is to provide emergency-relief funding to people experiencing critical, life-altering situations. Through the Robin Hood Foundation, the Religious Action for Reform Judaism, KidCare, and Michael Bolton Charities, they helped 500 families in the Rockaways after hurricane Sandy. Giants of Generosity is wholly supported by donations from people like you plus corporate grants. Details about its work are at www.giantsofgenerosity.org.

Chef Chauhan's culinary journey began in her homeland of India, where she graduated at the top of her class at The Welcome Group Graduate School of Hotel Administration. After interning at India's finest hotels and kitchens, she attended The Culinary Institute of America and graduated with high honors. Chauhan served as executive chef at some of the finest restaurants in Chicago and New York before founding Indie Culinaire, an avant-garde culinary and hospitality company. The only Indian female ever to compete on Iron Chef and a fierce competitor on The Next Iron Chef, Chef Chauhan is now a full-time judge on the Food Network hit show, Chopped. She has just published her first cookbook, "Flavors of my World: A Culinary Tour through 25 Countries." For more information visit www.maneetchauhan.com.

Guy Mitchell, a graduate of The Culinary Institute of America, is an official chef trainer for such places as the White House, the Vice-President's residence, Camp David, and U. S. Naval Command. Chef Mitchell trains these chefs using Gunter Wilhelm Cutlery. He was executive chef for the Philadelphia Eagles and various television and film productions, and has hosted the Atlantic City and Philadelphia Food and Wine Festivals. He founded Chef Guy Mitchell Productions as a full-service events company; a signature program is White House Chef Tours, a one-of-a-kind cooking show featuring former White House chefs. For more information about Chef Guy Mitchell Productions or for Mitchell's complete bio, visit http://chefguymitchellproductions.com/. For information about the White House Chefs Tours, call 215-262-3224

Ken Rosato is anchor of Channel 7's top-rated Eyewitness News This Morning and Eyewitness News at Noon. Ken joined the Eyewitness News Team as a freelance reporter in 2003. He came to WABC-TV from New York's WNYW-TV, where he was a reporter and anchored the morning and midday news. Before that he worked as a news anchor and reporter at WFOR-TV in Miami/Fort Lauderdale, where he covered the 2000 Presidential election vote-count stalemate and the year-long Elian Gonzales standoff. While there, he was nominated for a Suncoast Emmy Award. Earlier, Ken worked as an anchor for WETM-TV in Elmira/Binghamton, NY where he was honored with a New York State Associated Press Award. He also worked as News Director and anchor at Long Island's WLNY-TV and regularly appeared as a commentator on WLIW-TV's "21 Edition." On radio, Ken anchored the news on the nation's premiere all-news radio station, 1010 WINS and was News Director and main anchor at Long Island's WBLI-FM.

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