An incredible night celebrating the hard work of City Harvest.
On Wednesday, April 10, City Harvest hosted their annual fundraising gala to support their mission in providing New York City residents with quality food ingredients and increased food security. This annual gala serves as City Harvest’s most important fundraising event of the year. And this year, City Harvest aims to rescue more than 77 million pounds of perfectly good, nutritious food that would otherwise go to waste and deliver it to hundreds of soup kitchens and food pantries across New York City.
This year’s gala them was The Magic of Motown and was held at grand Cipriani 42nd Street location. And in attendance of this year’s gala included celebrities and culinary titans such as Chrissy Teigen, Busy Phillips, Eric Riper, Gail Simmons, Geoffrey Zakarian, Jane Krakowski, and many more. And this year’s special honoree was none other than EGOT winning singer, songwriter, and composer, John Legend.
As guests were seated at the beginning of the event, the gala kicked off with an incredible performance musical tribute acts by The Supremes and The Jackson 5. These acts performed some of the groups’ best hits and showcased the essence of Motown music. Afterwards, the host of the evening, Taye Diggs, took the stage to welcome the gala guests to the evening and talk about how important City Harvest’s mission is. City Harvest then brought to the stage their first honoree, Alex Cohen. Cohen has been working with City Harvest for a number of years as their Chief Operating Officer and with her hard work, allowed City Harvest to grow and feed a large number of New York City residents dealing with food insecurity.