C-cap Benefit 2002

The Careers Through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP) will be honoring Jacques Pipin at its fourth annual Benefit on Tuesday, February 26, 2002 from 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM at Abigail Kirsch PIER SIXTY at Chelsea Piers. Jacques Pipin will receive the C-CAP Honors Award, an original stainless steel sculpture created especially for the occasion by Philip Grausman. "C-CAP will be recognizing Jacques Pipin for his unique contribution to the industry and his support of C-CAP's mission to nurture and train the next generation of culinary professionals," says C-CAP's Founder and President,
Richard Grausman. "He has raised the standards of professionalism in restaurants and homes by bringing classic techniques to the average person with his groundbreaking cookbooks La Technique (1976) and La Methode (1979). These works alone, reissued in one volume last summer, have perhaps done more to change the way food is prepared in America today than any books that came before or after."

The Gala Benefit is being chaired by Barbara Fairchild, Editor-in-Chief of Bon Appetit Magazine, with restaurateurs Ken Aretsky and Diana Lyne (Patroon, Butterfield 81, 92) and C-CAP founders Richard and Susan Grausman serving as event co-chairs. At this year's Benefit, Preview of Spring Dining, guests will get a chance to sample Spring menu items from thirty-six of New York's top restaurants. Participating chefs will be on hand with C-CAP students to assist them. Marcus Samuelsson of Aquavit and Michael Lomonaco of Windows on the World will serve as Chef Committee Co-Chairs.

Participating chefs include:
Julian Alonzo, Brasserie 8 1/2
Alison Awerbuch, Abigail Kirsch PIER SIXTY
Dan Barber, Blue Hill
Florian Bellanger, Fauchon
Philippe Bertineau, Payard Bistro
David Burke, Park Avenue Cafe
Scott Campbell, @SQC
Floyd Cardoz, Tabla
David Coleman, Atlas
Gary Coyle, Tavern on the Green
Craig Cupani, Patroon
Troy Dupuy, La Caravelle
Jonathan Eismann & Timothy Byres, Thom
Todd English & Victor LaPlaca, Olives
Bobby Flay, Mesa Grill
Claudia Fleming, Gramercy Tavern
Diane Forley & Michael Otsuka, Verbena
Joseph Fortunato, The Tonic
Gerry Hayden, Aureole
Anita Lo, Annisa
Sarabeth Levine, Sarabeth's
Waldy Malouf, Beacon
Nobu Matsuhisa, Nobu
Fortunato Nicotra, Felidia
Wayne Nish, March
Alfred Portale, Gotham Bar & Grill
Deborah Racicot, Picholine
Douglas Rodriguez, Chicama
Michael Romano, Union Square Cafe
Paul Sale, Blue Fin
Marcus Samuelsson, Aquavit
Pierre Schaedelin, Le Cirque 2000
Bill Telepan, JUdson Grill
Christophe Toury, Fifty Seven Fifty Seven
David Walzog, Monkey Bar
Michael White, Fiamma
Champagne by Gosset
Wines by Robert Mondavi


Sponsors include Zabar's, Zagat Survey, The Institute of Culinary Education, Food & Wine Magazine, Loews Hotels, Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, Union Square Hospitality Group and illy caffh.

Guests will enjoy the grand tasting of savories and sweets, while drinking wines from Mondavi and Champagne by Gosset, and participating in a silent auction offering exciting culinary and travel packages. Al Roker of NBC's The Today Show will be the Master of Ceremonies.

The Gala Benefit is open to the public. Tickets are $300 (limited availability), $500, and $1,000. For tickets or more information about the event, call 718-279-0331 or visit our website at www.ccapinc.org.
About C-CAP: The Careers Through Culinary Arts Program, Inc. (C-CAP) is non-profit organization whose mission is to promote and provide career opportunities in the foodservice industry for inner-city youth through culinary arts education and apprenticeship.

C-CAP operates in over 200 schools in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Tidewater, VA, Arizona, Chicago, and Los Angeles and reaches over 10,000 students nationwide. Since its founding in 1990, C-CAP has awarded