When Food & Friends began its work in 1988, a handful of volunteers delivered a few meals to their friends and family members dying from AIDS. Today, it delivers nearly a million meals to individuals facing critical illnesses. To make its work possible, Food & Friends relies on the funds raised by its Chef’s Best Dinner & Auction throughout the year.

For the event, the heart from Food & Friends’ mother logo was borrowed to represent that it not only serves food, but also comfort, hope and love served with white glove elegance.