Cultivate L.A. 2012 - Restaurants & Wineries

Past Events

Local Chefs Support Local Foster Kids

Cultivate L.A. brought together our region's favorite restaurants, vintners, breweries and artisinal food producers in the garden of a historic Bel Air estate, raising $320,000 for foster youth. Over 600 guests enjoyed an evening under the stars while sampling L.A.'s finests tastes and mingling with celebrated local chefs including Susan Feniger of Street, Jeffrey Cerciello of Farmshop, David Lentz of Hungry Cat, and Brendan Collins of Waterloo & City.

3rd Annual Cultivate L.A. Garden Party & Wine Auction

Over 500 guests enjoyed an elegant evening under the stars at Colleen and Bradley Bell's historic Bel Air home and sampled L.A.'s finest tastes from the region's favorite restaurants, vintners, breweries, and artisanal food producers. The VIP reception featured special reserve wines from Robert Mondavi Reserve, Chateau Montelena and Capture Winery, complimented by food pairings from Brendan Collins of Waterloo & City.

Over $ 200,000 Raised at the 2nd Annual Sold-Out Event

Nearly 600 guests attended Cultivate L.A. this year and mixed and mingled with some of L.A.'s best food and wine vendors including celebrated local chefs like Eric Greenspan of The Foundry on Melrose and Michael McCarty of Michael's.

Heirloom guests were treated to a private cooking demonstration by Chef Brendan Collins of the exciting new restaurant Waterloo & City, wine tasting with vintners from the acclaimed Chateau Montelena Winery and conversation with noted wine expert Anthony Dias Blue.

Over $ 150,000 Raised at UFC’s Inaugural Cultivate LA Event

On October 17, 2009, guests at the sold-out event sampled food, wine, beer, and other beverages in a beautiful backyard garden from Los Angeles’ top restaurants and vintners. A silent auction featured a dinner for ten at home from Wolfgang Puck Catering, an edible garden design, exclusive wines, and dinners at fabulous LA restaurants. Thank you to our wonderful vendors, auction donors, and guests for a successful event!
Photographs courtesy of Gold/Wong Photography.

Save the Date

Cultivate L.A.

September 28, 2013 - Beverly Hills Estate

Join local chefs and vintners to support local foster kids as you enjoy an evening under the stars while sampling L.A.'s finests tastes.

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Special thanks to our Platinum Sponsor:

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2012 Special guests

Susan_1Susan Feniger of Street and the Border Grill restaurants shared some of her fabulous food with guests while signing copies of her new cookbook, Susan Feniger’s STREET FOOD.


 

little_flower_directionChristine Moore of Little Flower Cafe, signed copies of her book Little Flower: Recipes from the Cafe and shared some Little Flower treats with guests.

 

 

Sponsors / Supporters

2012 sponsors

Presenting Platinum Sponsor
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Gold Sponsor
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Marianna + David Fisher

Silver Sponsors
Ambassador Frank + Kathy Baxter
Colleen + Bradley Bell
Mattel, Inc.
Wendy + Barry Meyer
Rodney Olea

Sommelier Sponsors
Denny + Jeff Berg
Carol + Frank Biondi
HH and Gertrude Klein Foundation
Toni + John Schulman
The Sheinberg Family
The Stolaroff Family Foundation

Connoisseur Sponsors
Sarah Bowman + Bill Temko
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Lisa Garrett
Ron Goldie
Jena + Michael King
Liatis Foundation
William Sloan Jelin Foundation
Katie McGrath + J.J. Abrams
Edie + Robert Parker
Stephen Philibosian Foundation
Nicole + Jeff Robinov
Nadine + Fred Rosen
Ande + Bruce Rosenblum

Friends of UFC
Mary Abdo
Colette + Gerald Ament
Jaynee + Eric Beckman
Nancy + Russell Belinsky
Elizabeth Cantillon
Susan Disney + Scott Lord
Jewels Elmore + Kiko Washington
Kimberly + John Emerson
Tricia + Bill Flumenbaum
Mary + George Garvey
Vicki Iovine
Irmas Foundation
Julie + Jamie Kellner
Alicia + Robert Levitt
Gerry Logue
Gretchen Newman
Shana + Don Passman
Ronald Sampson
Cynthia + Bud Yorkin

2012 committee

Committee Chairs
Sarah Bowman
Debra Parr
Toni M. Schulman  

Committee Members
Nancy Belinsky
Renee Biren
Andy Blue
Tobey Cotsen
Tamara Detloff
Alison Dinerstein
Alison Edelstein
Jewels Elmore
Barbara Eskowitz
Cindy Gold
Gale Goldring
David Gonzales
Ann Helpern
Teri Hertz
Nancy Isaacs







Season Jenson
Julie Kellner
Denny Luria
Cari Masuda Scherma
Wendy Meyer
Rebeca Mizhrahi
Lisa O'Shea
Marilyn O'Toole
Edie Parker
Lauren Plutsky
Susie Sheinberg
Frank Smith
Emily Steers
Lynn Williams
Claudia Wong

In the News

Cultivate L.A.

Modern Luxury's TOP FIVE
Angeleno Magazine - September 2011 Issue

Angeleno Magazine's TOP FIVE

Cultivate L.A.

About Town
Angeleno Magazine - December, 2010 issue

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Cultivate L.A.

United Friends of the Children Fundraiser
Los Angeles Times - October 17, 2010

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