FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Released: 4/18/2011 3:00 PM EST
Source: Cancer Research Institute
29th Annual “Through the Kitchen” Party at The Four Seasons
Raises $692,000 for the Cancer Research Institute
“Notable New Yorkers” Themed Dinner Supports Young Scientists in Immunology and Tumor Immunology
Event name
29th Annual “Through the Kitchen” Party to benefit the Irvington Institute Fellowship Program of the Cancer Research Institute, which funds young scientists working in immunology and tumor immunology.
Guests
230 guests attended
$ Raised
$692,000 raised from ticket sales, donations, and live auction.
Party Theme
Theme was “Notable New Yorkers” and included tables featuring: Liza Minnelli, Bette Midler, Andy Warhol, Woody Allen, Gloria Steinem, Tony Bennett (who actually sat at his table last night), Ed Koch, Robert De Niro, Vera Wang, Martha Stewart, and others. Funniest tables included the Joey Buttafuoco table (replete with wrenches, car oil, red panties, and gloves) and “Your Plastic Surgeon” with mannequin heads studded with syringes and smothered in bandages. A Lady Gaga look-a-like floated in the pool all evening.
Trivia
“Through the Kitchen” is the only charity event for which The Four Seasons opens up its famed kitchens and allows guests to walk through.
Auction
2 paid internships at Bloomberg, internships at “W” magazine and Tribeca Productions, and a table for 6 at Rao’s
Décor
DeJuan Stroud, designer
Notable Guests
15-time Grammy Award winner Tony Bennett and wife Susan Benedetto, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Diana Taylor, Police Commissioner and Mrs. Ray Kelly, Evelyn and Leonard Lauder, Jo Carole and Ronald Lauder, Aerin Lauder and Eric Zinterhofer, Debra and Leon Black, Lauren and John Veronis, Jane and Jim Stern, Marlene Hess and Jim Zirin, Cathie Black and Thomas Harvey, Patty and Gustavo Cisneros, Peter Duchin and Virginia Coleman, Allison and Leonard Stern, Pat and Victor Ganzi, Gail and James Citrin, Jeanne and Herbert Siegel, Perri Peltz and Eric Ruttenberg, Jamie Niven, Liz and Jeff Peek, Mickey and Paola Schulhof, Andy and Tom Mendell, Denise and Michael Kellen, Susan and Martin Lipton, Cathy and Alan Greenberg, Shasha and Mickey Targoff, Ann and Geoffrey Coley, Diane and Thomas Tuft, Charlotte Moss and Barry Friedberg, and Sherry and Robert Wiener.
Photos
Photos available for viewing here. Photos for printed publications available through Patrick McMullan & Co. here: http://bit.ly/ttk2011