2005 Savor the Reds! 
Beaujolais Festival

In Partnership with the Greater Philadelphia 
Restaurant & Purveyor Association


 
"Home from Market" by Jennifer Garant
Published by Wild Apple Graphics Ltd., Woodstock, VT.

Hosted by the Loews Philadelphia Hotel

Thursday, November 17, 2005

 Over 600 guests attended our most popular event.







Tom Jordan, winner of the Raffle Grand Prize, a trip for two to Paris, with Joe Deeney, Deborah Masgrau and Carolyn Baur
of Air France.






The team from Caviar Assouline/Assouline and Ting. *

Vins de Georges Duboeuf, the world's largest producer of
Beaujolais Nouveau. *







Master Chef/Owner Walter Staib, Paul Bauer, Marketing Director, and friends from the City Tavern. *

Shula's Steakhouse provided delectable fare.

Bassett's Ice Cream Company was a huge hit! *







Guests bid on 44 luxurious silent auction prizes.

FACC President Peter Tucci and our Announcer, Bill Harris.
 

* Pictures by Top Guns Corporate Photography


Thanks to our generous sponsors:

Our Gracious Host:

The Loews Philadelphia Hotel and their superb staff

Premier Vintage Sponsor:
Rohm and Haas Company

Sommelier Sponsors:
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP
Fish & Richardson PC
HSBC Bank USA
KPMG LLP
Marsh USA
Pepper Hamilton LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Saint-Gobain Corporation
SEI Investments
Sovereign Bank
SYSCO Philadelphia

Connoisseur Sponsors:
Arkema
Asher & Company Ltd.
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP
Fox Rothschild LLP
Sartomer Company
Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals




Fare: : Bassett’s Ice Cream Company, Bluezette, Caviar Assouline, Chart House, City Tavern, Finnigan’s Wake, The Happy Rooster, Liberties, London Grill, Manayunk Brewery & Restaurant, Patou, Philadelphia Fish & Company, The Plough & The Stars, Positano Coast by Aldo Lamberti, The Prime Rib, Rembrandt’s Restaurant & Bar, Rock Lobster, Roy’s Restaurant, Shula’s Steak House, Twenty21.


Beverages: Assouline & Ting, Automatic Brewers & Coffee Devices/Lavazza Premium Coffees, Chaddsford Winery, Charles Jacquins et Cie, Illy Coffee, Penn Distributors, Inc./Kronenbourg 1664, Southern Wine & Spirits of PA, Vins de Georges Duboeuf, WineboW, Inc.



Grand Prize:
Air France
2 Philadelphia-Paris RT Airfares
(potential upgrade to business class based on availability)
Executive Car Paris Airport Transfer
Accor Baltimore Paris Sofitel Demeure Hotel
3-Night Stay and Breakfast for 2


Prizes:
Academy of Vocal Arts Opera 2 Tickets, Alliance Française 10-Week Group French Language Course, Arden Theatre Company Tickets, Asher & Company Ltd. Golf Accessories, Barry Callebaut USA Gourmet Chocolate, Bassett's Ice Cream 3 Pints, Battleship New Jersey 4 Guided Tour Tickets, Le Bec Fin Gift Certificate, Bleu Martini $50 Gift Certificate, Boiron Homeopathy USA Stay Healthy Box, Brandywine River Museum Tickets, California Café $50 Gift Certificate, Camden River Sharks 4 Tickets, Caviar Assouline Gourmet Basket, Chaddsford Winery 2 “Naked” Chardonnays & T-Shirt Gift Box, Charles Jacquins et Cie $200 Basket of Cheer, Chart House $75 Gift Certificate, Chickie's & Pete's Café $100 Gift Certificate, City Tavern Gift Certificate & Cookbook, Comfort Inn at Penn's Landing Overnight Stay, Constitutional Walking Tour of Philadelphia Family 4-Pack of Tickets, Dave & Buster's Two $25 Power Cards & $50 Food Certificate, Demarle 4 Silpat Baking Sheets, Diamond Transportation Group $50 Certificate for Courier Services, Doorways Ltd. French Travel Bag, Doubletree Hotel Philadelphia Dream Deal Package for 2 & 1-Night Stay, The Down Town Club Lunch for 4, FACC 2 Tickets to the 2006 Fête du Printemps Spring Gala, Farmicia $75 Gift Certificate, Happy Rooster $50 Gift Certificate, Holiday Inn Express Midtown 1-Night Stay & Breakfast, James A. Michener Museum 1-Year Dual/Family Membership, Jolly's Sporting Saloon $30 Gift Certificate, Just France 1-Night & Breakfast at Hotel Le Saint-Beuve in Paris, Kimmel Center 2 Tickets for "Colonial Holiday", Kristina Casabon Photography Photo shoot, Le Castagne Gift Certificate, Liberties $30 Gift Certificate, London Grill Dinner for 2, Maggiano's Little Italy $50 Gift Certificate, Longwood Gardens Tickets, Micros P.O.S. Two 60 Degree Sand Wedges, Opera Company of Philadelphia 2 Tickets, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1-Year Household Membership, Pennsylvania Ballet Autographed Pointe Shoes, People's Light & Theatre Company 2 Tickets, Philadelphia Fish & Company $50 Certificate, Philadelphia Soul 2 Tickets, Pierre Deux Wine Accessories, Pompeii Restaurant & Lounge $50 Gift Certificate, Positano Coast by Aldo Lamberti $75 Gift Certificate, Prince Music Theater 2 Tickets to Cole Porter's "The Pirate", Printemps Paris Department Store 50 Euro Gift Certificate, Radnor Hotel's Glenmorgan Bar & Grill Dinner for 2, Rail Europe France Rail Flexipasses, Ramada Inn Philadelphia International Airport 1-Night Stay & Breakfast, Rembrandt's Gift Certificate, Roy's Restaurant $75 Certificate, Sartomer Company Golf Accessories, Sheraton Society Hill 1-Night Deluxe Stay & Breakfast, Shula's Steak House $125 Gift Certificate, Smith & Wollensky Gift Certificate, Sofitel Philadelphia 1-Night Weeekend Stay & Chez Colette Continental Breakfast, SOGRAVAL Luxury Wine Accessories in Engraved Box, Southern Wine and Spirits of PA 3-Liter Bottle of Wine, The Plough & The Stars $100 Gift Certificate, Thomas' Restaurant & Bar $50 Brunch for 2, Walnut Street Theatre 2 Tickets, Wilma Theater 2 Tickets, Winterthur Garden & Galleries 2 Tickets, Winterthur Museum & Country Estate The Inn at Montchanin Village/Chateau Country Package, World Café Live Tickets.

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