Southern California’s Top Chefs and Restaurants Serving Illumination Foundation’s Chef’s Table Culinary Gala on March 24, 2024 to Support Unhoused Families in Orange County

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 Proceeds of Event to Support New Family Emergency Home for Those Experiencing Homelessness

SANTA ANA, Calif., February 28, 2024 – Illumination Foundation, a nonprofit organization with the mission to disrupt the cycle of homelessness, will host their 11th Annual Chef’s Table culinary gala on March 24 at 4:30 p.m., at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim. Southern California’s most renowned chefs will prepare and serve a multiple course gourmet meal tableside to help raise funds to provide housing and healthcare services to families experiencing homelessness in the community. Golden Eagle Foundation and Tarsadia Foundation will be honored at the event for their ongling support of Illumination Foundation’s mission.

Chef’s Table is presented by Disneyland Resort, a long standing supporter of Illumination Foundation and its mission. Chef’s Table provides guests a unique dining experience to interact with the chef while their amazing meal is being prepared tableside. 

Andrew Sutton, Executive Chef Disneyland Resort; Chef Amar Santana from Vaca; Chef Kori Sutton; other acclaimed chefs from local restaurants; and 400 individuals, business, and community leaders will gather to support Illumination Foundation. 

Participating restaurants include: 21 Royal, Adya, Bosscat Kitchen & Librations, Carbonara’s Catering, Calico Fish House, Cambalache Grill, Chef Kori Sutton, Descanso Restaurant, Embers & Ash, Farmhouse at Roger’s Garden, Fork in the Road, Henry’s Coastal Cuisine at The Waterfont Beach Resort, Lotus of Siam, Mastro’s Restaurants, Melissa’s Produce, Napa Rose, Oak Laguna Beach, Oceans & Earth, Produce Catering + Creative, Rancho Capistrano Winery, Rocco’s Restaurant, Sapphire Catering, Stella’s Catering, Strong Water Anaheim, Ten Sushi + Cocktail Bar, TGIS Catering, The Cellar Restaurant, The Pacific Club, The RANCH Restaurant, Tocca Ferro Italian Chophouse, Twenty-Eight OC, URBANA Mexican Gastronomy, Vaca Restaurant, and Villa Roma.

“Our annual Chef’s Table event is an opportunity to shine a light on the issue of family homelessness and the urgent need to ensure that no families are living on the streets,” said Dr. Pooja Bhalla, Chief Executive Officer of Illumination Foundation. “We are grateful for our board of directors, sponsors, restaurant partners, volunteers, and other supporters who are helping us to bring families home with wraparound housing and healthcare services.”

Proceeds from this year's Chef’s Table will support a new family emergency home to serve families experiencing homelessness. This home will be a safe place for children and parents to recieve wraparound supportive services while they get back on their feet and into a position where they can thrive. During their stay, families work towards attaining permanent housing and gaining employment.

Illumination Foundation served nearly 7,000 people in 2023 through their navigation centers/shelters, family emergency shelters, recuperative care centers, multi-service centers, micro-communities, housing programs, and other community support services.

This year’s Chef’s Table will once again be co-chaired by Illumination Foundation Board Members Dr. Jacqueline DuPont-Carlson and Karen Jordan.

Chef’s Table sponsors include Bickerstaff Family Foundation, Golden Eagle Foundation, Experian, Strikeworks, Haynes Family, Brigitte and Bobby Sherman Children’s Foundation, Jacqueline Dupont-Carlson and Marc Carlson, Karen Jordan, The Bascom Group, LLC, Kaiser Permanente, Howard Mirowitz and Greg Buchert, Frome Family Foundation, Magda Fichter and Friends, Scott and Leslie Siegel, Prospera Hotels, Laurie and Jim Allen, Linda and Burton Young, Voluspa, Fisher & Phillips, LLP, KPMG, Alison Hoeven, The Warren Family, The Grover Family, TGIS Catering, Farmers & Merchants Bank, Dr. Ripu Arora and Dr. Larry Haynes, Wes and Judith Whitmore, and the Crean Foundation.[KH1] [KH2] 

Specialty sponsors include Sojourn Cellars, Fairwinds Estate Wines, Wayne Family Estate Wines, Melissa’s Produce, Habit Burger Grill, Morro Bay Oyster Company, OC Baking Company, Coca-Cola, and Tequila Comisario.

For more information, visit https://www.ifhomeless.org/ct2024

About Illumination Foundation

Illumination Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that provides targeted, interdisciplinary services for the most vulnerable homeless adults and children in order to disrupt the cycle of homelessness. The organization provides a full continuum of care from street to home, including case management, medical coordination, behavioral health and substance use counseling, and housing navigation to our vulnerable clients in shelters/navigation centers, family emergency shelters, recuperative care/medical respite facilities, and permanent supportive housing. https://www.ifhomeless.org