Celebrity chefs dine for Share Our Selves

B.W. COOK

The 13th annual Celebrity Chefs dinner, sponsored by Costa Mesa’s

Share Our Selves, was held at the Robert Mondavi Food and Wine

Center.

Co-chaired by Michael Kang and Max Wood, the dinner netted

$150,000 to fund the Share Our Selves Orange Aid Project.

The event was a “who’s who” of culinary talent, with Paul

Squicciarini serving as head chef. Other celebrity chefs

participating were Franco Barone, Chris Garnier, Jason Pena, Andrew

Sutton and Alan Greeley.

Newport-Mesa support for the event came from Linda and John

Roberts, Jim and Pat Doyle, Jean and Frank Forbath, Bob and Fay

Harbison, Jim and Gwen Johnson, Joanne and John Kasper, Kathy and

Mike Lewis and Joe and Lilly McElroy.

FASHION SHOW

The Balboa Bay Club Resort was the setting for a designer fashion

show by Fendi. In the private members’ Grill dining room overlooking

the Newport Harbor, the Sound of Music Guild of the Orange County

Performing Arts Center invited members and guests to a luncheon

social featuring the winter fur collection of Fendi.

Co-chaired by Kelly Hague and Eve Kornyei, the luncheon by the bay

raised thousands of dollars to underwrite the Sound of Music gala set

to take place in 2004.

Underwriting chairs Harriet Sandhu and Kimberly Feinberg announced

that $150,000 in underwriting had been raised to date, ensuring a

major donation to the Center from the guild. Dining on a luncheon of

salmon, the ladies watched a parade of designer furs flown in from

New York and modeled by exquisite young women showing off the

copyrighted designs of Fendi, represented by Margaret Kirby of the

South Coast Plaza Fendi boutique.

Spotted in the crowd were elegant-jewelry designer Diane Cruzan,

Kathie Porter, Robin Newton Iacona, Jennifer Condas, Patsy Marshall

and the very chic Sally Crockett.

BE A BETTER PARENT

One of the nations leading experts in parenting will be lecturing

at the Harbor Day School, Newport Beach on the evening of Dec. 4.

Dr. William Sears, author of 24 books on parenting including his

most recent published work, “The Successful Child” will address the

crowd on his “10 Tips for Successful Parenting” as well as the

importance of nutrition in nurturing your child’s intelligence

quotient. Volunteer Viviane Oglevie of Bayshores reports that Sears

has appeared on more than 100 television shows, including “20/20,”

“Good Morning America,” “The Today Show” and “Oprah.”

Trained at Harvard Medical School, Sears serves as a associate

professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School’s Children’s

Hospital in Boston, Mass., and he is also an associate clinical

professor of pediatrics at the UCI School of Medicine.

His address is open to the public, and seating is limited. Please

call Oglevie at (949) 645-8004 to make a reservation.

CANDY CANE BALL

Holidays in Newport are synonymous with the Candy Cane Ball. The

55th annual Candy Cane Ball sponsored by the Junior Auxiliary of the

Assistance League of Newport-Mesa will take place Dec. 5 in the grand

ballroom of the Balboa Bay Club & Resort Hotel.

The elegant holiday affair will have an element of nostalgia as it

returns to the Balboa Bay Club. The very first Candy Cane Ball in

1948 took place the year the original bay club opened. After three

years of reconstruction, the new bay club ballroom will once again be

graced by Assistance League supporters inaugurating a new chapter in

Candy Cane Ball legend.

Chaired by Michelle Tingler and Marilyn Bendetti, with support

from Bonnie Savard and Vivian Browne, Cameron Bryson and Sandy

DeYoung, the evening is expected to attract a capacity crowd of more

than 500 guests raising needed funds to support the charities of the

Assistance League.

The Wayne Foster Orchestra has been tapped to entertain the

black-tie event, which will feature a martini bar, a sit down dinner

and one of the grandest live and silent actions on the California

Riviera. Reservations are still available at $150 per person. Please

call the Assistance League office at (949) 645-6929 to join the

celebration.

* THE CROWD appears Thursdays and Saturdays.