The T.J.
Martell Foundation is proud to welcome back
guest chef Daniel Joly to the 3rd
Annual New York Gourmet Dinner on June 10th
at the Sony Club in Manhattan. Enjoying the
sunset from thirty-five stories above
midtown, guests will savor a four-course
seated dinner paired with exquisite wines.
The evening will also feature live and
silent auctions full of exotic travel
experiences and autographed music
memorabilia, brief remarks from a
Martell-funded cancer researcher from a
leading hospital in Manhattan, and a very
special acoustic performance by Rosanne
Cash. The proceeds will fund life-saving
cancer research at eight leading hospitals
nationwide, including Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Mount Sinai
Medical Center and Columbia-Presbyterian
Cancer Center in New York.
Belgian Master
Chef Daniel Joly is the owner and Executive
Chef of Mirabelle at Beaver Creek in
Colorado; he was the guest chef for the
T.J. Martell Foundation's premier New York
Gourmet Dinner on September 18th,
2008, at the renowned Orsay Restaurant on
the Upper East Side. Chef Scott Conant of
Scarpetta NYC and Miami was the guest chef
for the Second Annual New York Gourmet
Dinner on June 11th, 2009.
Rosanne Cash
attended the T.J. Martell Foundation's 34th
Annual Awards Gala in October of 2009 and
the foundation is honored to have her be a
part of the 3rd Annual Gourmet
Dinner. Rosanne is a Grammy-winning singer
and songwriter. Her fourteen record albums,
released over the last twenty-five years,
have charted eleven number-one singles. Her
twelfth studio album, The List, was released
by Manhattan Records in October; she is
working on a book of non-fiction to be
released by Viking later this year.
This event is
unable to accommodate media attendees but
photographs will be circulated for
publication after the event.
For more
information on T.J. Martell Foundation
events or the foundation in general, or to
purchase tickets to this event for $350 per
person or $3,250 per table, please contact
Kate Fitzpatrick, Communications Manager for
the T.J. Martell Foundation, at 212.833.5444
or visit our website at
www.TJMartellFoundation.org;
seating for this event is limited to sixty
guests.
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ABOUT THE T.J.
MARTELL FOUNDATION
The T.J. Martell Foundation for Leukemia,
Cancer and AIDS Research was founded in 1975
by music industry executive Tony Martell and
his colleagues in loving memory of his son,
T.J., who died of leukemia. It is dedicated
to raising funds for the innovative initial
and ongoing research for improved treatments
and cures for leukemia, cancer and AIDS.
The Foundation has provided over $240
million dollars for research through a
variety of events including concerts, gala
awards dinners, family day activities, golf
tournaments, wine dinners, and
walk-a-thons. Research facilities funded by
the foundation include T.J. Martell Memorial
Laboratories at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in
New York City, Children's Hospital Los
Angeles, Frances Williams Preston
Laboratories at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer
Center in Nashville, Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York
City, Columbia-Presbyterian Cancer Center in
New York City, Massachusetts General Cancer
Center in Boston, The Mayo Clinic in
Rochester, and Winship Cancer Institute at
Emory University in Atlanta. This year
marks the 35th anniversary for
the
T.J. Martell Foundation.