BLACKTIE
Where Non-Profits Get Noticed!TM

If it’s important to our nonprofit members, it’s important to us. We’ve covered runs, walks, thrift store openings and blacktie galas. Here are the events that our members wanted covered. Enjoy.

Hors D’oeuvre a Tasty Appetizer on the Way to $40k
What: Annual Fund Raiser for Our Lady of the Wayside
Where: Sammy’s in The Flats Waterfront Room, 1400 West 10th Street, Cleveland
When: February 8th, 2007
Time: 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Ticket Prices: $80 – $1000
Beneficiary: The Wayside
Host(s): Nancy Alden and Jim McIntyre from WDOK Soft Rock 102.1
Music: Saborit Latin Soul.
Sponsors: WDOK Soft Rock 102.1 and American Airlines
Information: http://www.thewayside.org
Board of Directors: Michael T. Jeans, Chairman, Gary Bauman, Vice Chairman, Michael O’Shea, Secretary , Chris Zito, Treasurer, John Climaco , Guy Gross, Roberta L. Intihar, Eric R. Laubacher, John Mugnano, Justice Terrence O’Donnell, Keith Stump, Denise Williams
Blacktie Photos by: Arooj Ashraf

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First Place Winner Chef Vito Carrieri from Corleone’s Ristorante & Bar
Story by Arooj Ashraf

Don’t you dare call these “snacks.”
The 13th Annual Cleveland’s Finest Hors D’oeuvre Contest raised $40,000 to benefit Our Lady of the Wayside on February 8, 2006. Our Lady of the Wayside helps individuals with mental retardation and developmental disabilities to live productive lives thorough professional care and guidance. The money raised will help the non-profit organization to provide services and homes to more than 180 mentally and physically challenged children and adults in 36 homes in 24 communities in Cuyahoga and Lorain Counties.

Tickets for the event sold-out and nearly 270 guests enjoyed hors d’oeuvre from Cleveland’s finest chefs.
“I came early so I won’t miss anything,” said Ed Flashference a volunteer at Our Lady of the Wayside. “This is the best one so far,” he said of this years contest in comparison to the past three he attended.

This years Finest Hors D’oeuvre Chef Awards went to Chef Vito Carrieri from Corleone’s Ristorante & Bar. The second place to Chef Dominic Cerino from Carrie Cerino’s Ristorante and Chef Zack Bruell from Parallax secured third place.

The 13th Annual Cleveland’s Finest Hors D’oeuvre Contest was presented by American Airlines, Cleveland Magazine, Sammy’s Catering, and WDOK Soft Rock 102.1 and hosted by Nancy Alden and Jim McIntyre from WDOK Soft Rock 102.1. The raffles included an array of items from various gift certificates, cook books, to tickets to shows and Cleveland entertainment. American Airlines offered a pair of tickets and the opportunity for a getaway anywhere in the continental United States, Canada, Bahamas, Bermuda and Mexico. Special guests included Linda and Fred Griffith. Live entertainment was provided by Saborit Latin Soul.

Thank you to the many fine chefs.
Carrie Cerino’s Ristorante – Chef Dominic CERINO
Corleone’s Ristorante & Bar – Chef Vito Carrieri
Fahrenheit – Chef Rocco Whalen
FIRE – CHEF Doug Katz
JOHN Q’S STEAKHOUSE – CHEF JAY SCHNUR
Johnny’s Downtown – Chef Rob Records
Lola/Lolita – Chef Michael Symon
Michael Angelo’s Bakery- Pastry Chef Michael Ciocca
PARALLAX – CHEF ZACK BRUELL
Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery – Chef Nick Vidovic
Sammy’s Catering – Chef John Taylor
Saucy Bistro – Chef JILL Vedaa
The Woods Restaurant – Chef Chad Chillemi
THE Vue Restaurant & Lounge – Chef robert ledzianowski
World’s Fare Culinary-CHEF BRIAN DOYLE