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2011
CulinART: A Gala of Surreal Fantasy
ISES
Close to 300
people attended the sixth annual CulinART event hosted by
ISES Austin benefiting
The Wright House Wellness Center on Thursday, Feb. 17. And
what a success!
Over $31,000
dollars was raised during the evening’s live and silent
auction. The “fill-the-gaps” segment, where individuals
pledge purely for the benefit of helping the Wright House,
generated over $9,500.
Austin Music
Hall was completely transformed into a surreal fantasy with
the help of Ilios Lighting,
Marquee Event Group
and Premiere
Party Central.
The evening began
with a VIP reception hosted by Crave
Catering, and guests were treated to mouth-watering
hors d’œuvres including taffy apple pork tarts and white
chocolate lollipops with sour apple rock candy. Talk about
an Explosion of the Mouth!
As guests mingled
and perused the silent auction, Magritte inspired waiters
served up Sterling
Affairs unreal pairings like grilled and chilled prawn
mini cocktails with a blood orange rum runner shot.
The main event
began with a delicious deconstructed Caesar salad prepared
by Truluck’s as guests
were entertained with the instrumental sounds of a harpist
from BRAVO! Entertainment.
The main course
featured The
RK Group’s seared sea scallops served on sushi rice
with a sweet pea mousseline and a quail breast stuffed andouille
sausage.
Then it was time
for the party to start. Our fantastic auctioneer, Gayle
Stallings of FUNauctions,
once again knocked it out of the park by helping to raise
over $20,000 in the live auction.
The night ended
with KICK. Coby Neal and Beth O’Reilly of The
Flower Studio, won the Centerpiece Decoration Award
for their fabulous floral centerpiece, and Delysia
Chocolatier served up delicious dark chocolates paired
with wasabi and raspberries
Didn’t get enough?
It’s ok, there is still more to see.
See more photos
of the event thanks Suzie
Q or watch the video
recap of the event in action thanks to API
Productions.
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