Cultivate L.A. 2011 - Restaurants & Wineries

Past Events

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

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October 13, 2012 - Historic Bel Air home

Join local chefs and vintners to support local foster kids while enjoying an unforgettable evening of elegance and style under the stars at one of L.A.'s most scenic private homes.

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2011 Special guests

  • Chef Roy Choi of the local favorite A-Frame and the legendary Kogi Trucks prepared some of his favorite dishes.
  • Debi Mazar of the hot new show, Extra Virgin on the Cooking Channel mixed and mingled with guests.
  • Michael McCarty of the acclaimed restaurant Michael's signed copies of his new book Welcome to Michael’s: Great Food, Great People, Great Party!. 
  • Ann Gentry, Founder of L.A.'s premiere vegan organic restaurant Real Food Daily signed her new cookbook Vegan Family Meals real food for everyone.

Sponsors / Supporters

2011 sponsors

Gold Sponsor
Wells Fargo


Amazing Grace Design
Ambassador Frank &
  Kathy Baxter
Denny & Jeff Berg
Blackboard Eats
Blue Lifestyle
Dole
First Republic Bank
Marianna & David Fisher
G Fiori Floral Design
Gold/Wong Photography
Golden State DJ's
Hasbro
Lisa King Design



H.H. & Gertrude Klein
  Foundation
Mattel, Inc
Wendy & Barry Meyer
Edie & Robert Parker
The Samuel & Helene
  Soref Foundation
Sprinkles Cupcakes
The Stolaroff Foundation
Tasting Table
Tobey Cotsen Victor
John Wells Productions
Wertheimer Foundation

2011 committee

Committee Chairs
Sarah Bowman
Teri Hertz
Debra Parr
Toni M. Schulman  

Committee Members
Renee Biren
Jill Crusenberry
Linda Daly
Jill Elmore
Kimberly Marteau
 Emerson
Cindy Gold
David Gonzales
Ann Helpern
Cynthia Hirschhorn
Nancy Isaacs
Season Jensen Cain
Janet Jonas
Kelly Fisher Katz
Lisa King
Beth Kleid
Committee Co-Chairs
Nancy Belinsky
Anthony Dias Blue
Alison Edelstein
Barbara Eskowitz
Gale Goldring  

Denny Luria
Wendy Meyer
Rebecca Mizrahi
Lisa O'Shea
Edie Parker
Robert Parker
Amy Rappeport
Susie Sheinberg
Emily Steers
Erin Mulcahy Stein
Tobey Cotsen Victor
Jewels Elmore
 Washington
Lynn Williams
Claudia Wong

In the News

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

Angeleno Magazine's TOP FIVE

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About Town
Angeleno Magazine - December, 2010 issue

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

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