ABOUT CHEF'S BEST
Join us to enjoy gourmet tastings and signature cocktails from more than 30 of our region’s top chefs and mixologists!
Proceeds from Chef’s Best will provide critical resources to help Food & Friends prepare and home-deliver 1.75 million free, medically tailored meals, groceries and nutrition counseling to 5,300 individuals living with a serious or chronic illness, including dependents and caregivers. Meals are delivered throughout the District of Columbia, nine counties in Maryland, and seven counties and seven independent cities in Virginia. Food & Friends is the only community-based organization in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region that provides home-delivered, medically tailored meals. Eligibility is based solely on illness, though more than 65% of households served live on $1,500 a month or less. Meals are 100% free of charge.
Please join us as a sponsor to help our neighbors living with a life challenging illness.
Click here for more media coverage, sponsors, and restaurant participants from Chef's Best 2024.
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Marriott Marquis DC
901 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
President's Reception: 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. (Invitation Only)
Gourmet Chef Tastings Reception: 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Dessert, Program & Live Auction: 8:15 p.m.
Attire: Business/cocktail
Join us for a community-wide celebration!
Contact
Jenna Smith, Special Events Director
jsmith@foodandfriends.org
(202) 269-6826
Chef Chair
Rooster & Owl Owner/Culinary Director Yuan Tang
Yuan conceptualized Rooster & Owl to develop inventive, contemporary American cuisine in a fun, collaborative environment. Previously, he worked at three-Michelin-star Jean Georges and one-Michelin-star The Modern and was the sous chef at one-Michelin-star Dovetail in New York City.
Are you a chef or mixologist interested in participating in Chef's Best?
Contact Special Events Director Jenna Smith at (202) 269-6826 or jsmith@foodandfriends.org.
Leadership Committee
Co-Chairs
Hastie Afkhami, S-3 Group
Joe Maloney, American Gaming Association
Members
Kate Abel, Merck
Michael Akin, LINK Strategic Partners
Misty Allen, Comcast
Anthony Athanason, TTR Sotheby’s International Realty
Zach Bache, Atwell, LLC
Michael J. Baks, Attorney
Bobby Candelieri, Campaigns & Elections
Joy Candelieri, Pinnacle Bank
Brian Edling, OpenTable
Wayne Fong, DRT Strategies
Chris Holland, Wegmans
Carole Lambert, LINK Strategic Partners
Joan Lynch, Marriott International
James (Jimmy) Olevson, National Capital Bank
Altmann Pannell, Coca Cola Consolidated
Adam Peterman, T-Mobile
Bill Thorne, National Retail Federation