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On Tuesday, May 23rd, 100 of Vetri Community Partnership’s supporters gathered in the garden at the Fitler Club for the Friends of Marc Dinner. This second annual fundraising dinner featured VCP co-founder Chef Marc Vetri and three other chefs that he considers friends. In this case, these friends were Chefs Bobby Flay, Michael Symon, and Esther Choi.
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Each chef prepared a course for our guests, starting with a pickled ramp pancake with crispy pork belly. The menu also included a blue crab and eggplant meatball, a beet goat cheese plin, and beef cheeks with roasted bone marrow. The dinner ended with a lively live auction during which we auctioned off two private dining experiences with Chef Marc Vetri and wrapped it all up with dessert.
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Thanks to the generosity of our guests and sponsors, the Friends of Marc Dinner raised more than $350,000 for nutrition education in Philadelphia! Thank you to all who joined us and sponsored the dinner–we simply could not be more grateful. Until next year…cheers! 🥂