OMG! What an amazing effort this year to be able to raise $67,000 through two fantastic events.
Firstly, we want to say a big thank you to all of our beautiful diners who came out and supported the events in both cities. And a huge thank you to all of our corporate sponsors, restaurants and major sponsors who truly made these events incredible for everyone involved.
Click here to see the corporate sponsors who generously supported our 2013 event.
If you didn’t already know, we launched our first Dine for Life dinner in Melbourne! Yes, the culinary capital dined for life in seven of its top restaurants to much applause from all the diners. Natasha and myself dined at the new Calombaris venture Press Club – Projects and were treated to not only some incredible flavours but an impromptu fire alarm subsequently followed by the arrival of Victorian fire fighters clearly enjoying their moment in the limelight. There was such a great energy there and later at the after party we got to hear other guests sharing their fantastic experiences. For our first event in a pretty tough city, we certainly made a mark and 2014 is seeing a return.
Click here for the Melbourne restaurants and sponsors involved.
Perth saw it’s fifth and biggest event yet with 20 of our most delicious restaurants putting on a fantastic fare for diners. The Trustee was the scene of the buzzing after party where almost every diner came and partied on until the bar tenders yelled ‘last rounds’.
Click here to see the restaurants and sponsors of the Perth event.
We are truly lucky to be able to hold events that unite communities over what we all enjoy so much – great food and wine in a shared table setting and help raise much needed funding and awareness for people so much less fortunate than ourselves.
This year we joined forces with Sydney based not for profit Project Futures who also raise funding and awareness for human trafficking and support the charity we selected as our own benefactor for our dining event, the Somaly Mam Foundation.
Somaly Mam sent a message of gratitude to all the diners and sponsors who have contributed to the success of the event, the funds raised and the compassion that has been shown in supporting such an important cause.
The funds raised with this event will be reported on in the 2014 Project Futures annual report and we will come back to you with how your contribution has helped the girls in the Somaly Mam and AFESIP centres.
See all the photos from both cities on our Facebook page.
Sincere thank you once again for your time, compassion and support. See you all in 2014!
Andjelka & Natasha
xox
