The Avenues of Art & Design at the Pacific Design Center will be hosting a dynamic culinary arts and design event on Friday May 30, 2008, with proceeds benefiting Inner-City Arts.
Tables of Ten: Dining for a Cause will bring world-renowned restauranteurs, chefs, designers and showrooms together at the outdoor plaza of the Pacific Design Center to create a unique dining experience. In its second year, sponsorship participation for Tables of Ten has doubled to raise a total of $27,000.
Guests will feast in luxury at tables that are outfitted by extinguished designers and showrooms, while enjoying fabulous and unique gourmet dishes by some of the most talented chefs in California.
Chefs include Ben Ford of Ford’s Filling Station, Javier Plascencia of Romesco, David Schanhals from The Palm West Hollywood, Michael Bryant, David LeFevre of Water Grill, Yoshinura Kojima and Wolfgang Puck from Red Seven by Wolfgang Puck, Kerry Simon from Simon L.A., Antonia Lofaso of SBE’s Foxtail (and contestant on BRAVO TV’s hit show “Top Chef”), Evan Kleiman with Café Angeli, Crustacean Beverly Hills. For a truly unique experience, each chef will be put in charge of creating a unique cuisine for one table.
Designers, special guests and showrooms in charge of creating the tables will include Willard Ford of Ford/Bradley, FIDM: Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Leslie Frankenheimer for Architectural Digest, Daniel Vandenbark for Dezine, Inc., Hutton Wilkinson for Baker Furniture, Brooke Ziccardi, Michael Berman, Tracy Murdock, Karen Brady for RL Homes, and Inner-City Arts, featuring tables decorated by the children.
The tables will remain on display until Saturday, May 31, 2008 during the Avenues of Art & Design’s Art and Design Walk. 300 fashion boutiques, restaurants, design/furniture showrooms, and fine art/antique galleries will open their doors to guests for this free event, which will take place along Melrose Avenue, Robertson and Beverly Boulevards from 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
In addition, the launch of the Avenues will be celebrated, the Avenues of Art & Design’s new magazine. The magazine, which will be a twice yearly publication, aims to highlight businesses and events of the district.
Avenues of Art and Design:
Adjacent to Beverly Hills, Avenues of Art and Design is located in West Hollywood and is the destination on the West Coast for interior design, showrooms, art galleries, high-end retail and top-rated restaurants.
About Pacific Design Center
Housing more than 140 showrooms and 2,200 interior product lines, the Pacific Design Center is the leading resource for interior design trades on the west coast. PDC provides public and private conference spaces for lectures, meetings, special events, exhibitions, screenings and receptions. The PCD is also where Elton John hosts his AIDS Foundation Academy Awards viewing party and was recently featured on Bravo TV’s “Top Design.” https://www.pacificdesigncenter.com.
About Inner-City Arts:
Founded in 1989, Inner-City Arts is a non-profit organization that helps kids by providing them with opportunities to build artistic self-expression. Kids are given tools to enhance their ability to perform not only in environments that challenge their academic skills, but their artistic and creative skills as well. https://www.inner-cityarts.org.
Sponsors of Tables of Ten include City of West Hollywood, the West Hollywood Marketing and Visitors Bureau, Architectural Digest, Shelter Magazine, Fiji Water, Asahi Beer, Pacific Wine and Spirits, and SenowA.
To take part in sponsorship opportunities, email Patricia Keaney at [email protected] or call (310) 289-2534.
Pacific Design Center is located at 8687 Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood. Tables of Ten will take place on May 30, 2008 from 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m., with tickets running for $750. For tickets, call (310) 712 – 6339.
