Fourth Annual Food + Wine Tasting
On June 10, 2011, over 500 guests joined together to celebrate the IEF’s Fourth Annual Food + Wine Tasting event. We would like to thank all of our incredible supporters, especially honorary event chair Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, Chef Mauro Mafrici of Pelago Restaurant, Chef Jimmy Bannos of the Purple Pig, Sommelier Chantelle Pabros, and all of our sponsors for contributing to this life-altering cause.
Thank you to our event sponsors!
LEADER SPONSORS ($20,000 +)
Origin Capital Partners | WH Trading
GRADUATE SPONSORS ($10,000 – $19,999)
Chico & Nunes, P.C. | DoubleTake Design, Inc. | Edward Randall Thompson Jr. Memorial Fund | Hackberry Endowment Partners/The Malkin Family | John Atkinson | Stephanie Thompson and Tim Thompson | Willis | WPI Event Partners, Inc.
SCHOLAR SPONSORS ($5,000-$9,999)
Atlantic Trust Private Wealth Management | Chuhak & Tecson | Citadel | ComEd | GS Gives – Vicki & Bruce Heyman | ISAC | Leo Burnett USA | Prairie Capital | SP Media Group | Tom Macey
CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS ($1,000 – $4,999)
Adelstein Liston LLC | Ariel Investments | Charles & Mary Dale | City Colleges of Chicago | Freeborn & Peters | JP Morgan Chase | Metropolitan Capital Bank | MB Real Estate |Microsoft | Omeda | Viti Companies | XL Insurance America, Inc.
Supporting Sponsors ($500 – $999)
Bill Rudnick | DLA Piper
Food & Wine Sponsors
Heaven on Seven Restaurant |Pelago Restaurant | Purple Pig Restaurant | Sepia Restaurant | Audelssa Estate Sonoma | Ben Ferdinand | Champagne Cattier | Erin McGuire Cellars, Alder Springs | Moet Hennessy USA | Niche Wine & Spirits | Novovino | Old Bridge Cellars | Pilizota Croatia | Pullus Slovenia | Vinum USA, Importers of Fine Croatian & Slovenian Wines | Yabby Lake | Wine Australia
In-kind Sponsors
Agile Trade Show & Event Furnishings | Classic Party Rental | DoubleTake Design, Inc. | FASTSIGNS of Arlington Heights | Hart Davis Hart | Kehoe Designs | Laudi Vidni | Limelight | Sound Investment | Sugar Fly With Me | Tabula Tua | VIP Valet | Vosges Haut-Chocolat | Windy City Linen | WPI Event Partners | Zhou Brothers | Zhou B Art Center
DONORS
Todd Anixter | Josh Barnett | William Barry | Lee and Norma Braude | Callahan-Abruzzo Family Charitable Fund | Peyton and Jon Callahan | Gregory Carlin | Gloria Castillo & Neal Novak | Craig Chico | Brian and Karen Cohn | Joel and Melissa Eckhause | The Field Foundation | First Midwest Bank | Craig Freedman & Grace Tsao-Wu | Barry and Rebecca Friedland | Barry and Jill Golden | Michael Golden | Ron and Sheri Golden | Paul and De Gray | Mark and Hollis Hanover | Hollister Co. | Herrendorf Family Foundation | Gary Hirschberg | Jeffrey and Erika Hlavacek | Hodes Family Foundation | Nicholas Isaacson | Missy Lavender and Kim Redding | Tim LeBreque | Susan Martin | Mixed Company A Salon | Christopher Morin | Clarisse Perrette | Dan Proft | John and Mary Rogus | Scott and Laurie Rose | Dave Scherer and Rose Lizarraga | Katie Spring and Chris Fuchs | Sheri Spielman | Robert and Eileen Stein | Stephanie Thompson | Anne and Marcus Wedner | Judy Wise and Sheldon Baskin | Dean Vallas | Larry Zall