Capital Chefs' Showcase: Silent Auction

For the 30th year of Capital Chefs' Showcase, Cancer Services has not only invited 30 of the best chefs in the Greater Baton Rouge area but has also secured over 200 unique and exciting items for our Showcase Silent Auction. You'll have the chance to bid on items like these -  all to benefit those living with cancer in our area. Click here to buy your Showcase tickets now so you can come claim your favorites!

Here's just a small representation of what this generous community has provided us:

African safari with Ezulwini Lodges

Necklace made from vintage items from Grandmother's Buttons

Original artwork from Dixon Smith

Pearl and diamond earrings from Diamond Distributors

LSU Football signed by Head Coach Les Miles donated by Jean Brown

Saints suite tickets and packing pass for the Nov. 5th Eagles game donated by Capital One/Don Barnes

Set of two blue painted porcelain vases from McMillin Interiors

LSU WIN! bar painted on driftwood by Eric Garcia

Capital Chefs' Showcase: Lee Michaels Shopping Spree

Champagne and Diamonds Extravaganza

This is your chance to win a shopping spree valued at $4,000 from

Only 400 tickets are available. Get yours before it's gone!

 

Call Stephanie at 225-927-2273

100% of proceeds benefit Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge. 

 

   

   

Drawing held at the 

30th Annual  

Capital Chefs' Showcase

 

 need not be present to win  

Thursday, September 6, 2012 6:30 p.m.  

 Baton Rouge River Center  

Event tickets are $100 each and sponsorships start at $1,000.  

Call 225-927-2273 for more information  

or to purchase event tickets, raffle tickets or sponsorships.  

Cancer Services is a local nonprofit 100% dependent on the generosity of this community. 

Capital Chefs' Showcase: Our FABULOUS Chefs!

 It's no secret that Louisiana has some of the best food in the country, if not the world. So when Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge brings the area's best chefs together for Capital Chefs' Showcase each year, it's an opportunity to have an amazing culinary experience all under one roof. Not only are they masters of their craft, but these chefs donate food for 1,200+ people every year to benefit Cancer Services. Many have been participating for YEARS. We obviously could not host Showcase without them and we are incredibly thankful for their generosity. Remember that this event benefits those living with cancer right here in our community!

GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!

Chefs at the 2011 Capital Chefs' Showcase

On Thursday, September 6th at 6:30 p.m. at the Baton Rouge River Center, you can taste a unique creation from each of these participating chefs:

Mrs. Mary R. Aycock

BD Kitchens

Baton Rouge General Blubeonnet - Pennington

Beausoleil

Cafe' Americain

Carrabba's Italian Grill

Chef Celeste at Southside

Chef Don Bergeron Enterprises

Chef KD Louisiana Legends
Cordon Rouge

Culinary Productions, Catering & Event Planning

Drusilla Seafood Restaurant & Catering

Fleming's Steakhouse

French Market Bistro

Heirloom Cuisine

Jasmines on the Bayou

Juban's Restaurant & Catering

Kleinpeter Farms Dairy, Inc.

Little Village

Louisiana Pizza Kitchen

Mansur's on the Boulevard

Nothing Bundt Cakes

Portico

Portobello's Italian Grill & Café

Roberto's

Serop's Cafe

Stroubes

Tsunami

Unique Cuisine

Zea Rotisserie & Grill

Thirty years ago, George Rodrigue painted the original chefs participating in the first Capital Chefs' Showcase. A signed print of that painting will be part of this year's silent auction.

The 30th Annual Capital Chefs’ Showcase: Sept. 6th!

In the 1980s, Cancer Services started its signature fundraiser as a two-day cooking demonstration. Thirty years later Capital Chefs’ Showcase has grown to one of the largest, most anticipated and most imitated events of the year. The night has always been one filled with great food, spectacular silent auction shopping and up-beat music; this year we’re adding to the festivities to mark this special anniversary. Help us celebrate and improve life for those living with cancer on Thursday, September 6th at 6:30 p.m.

Moving the event to the Baton Rouge River Center we’re able to host 30 chefs, inviting new participants from our waiting list. These chefs donate their time and food to provide delicious cuisine to more than 1,200 people ---- all to help Cancer Services with their mission to improve life for those living with cancer in the Greater Baton Rouge area. This event could not happen without their incredible support and generosity.

We’re so pleased to welcome our honorary co-chairs.  Longtime supporters and friends to Cancer Services, LSU Baseball Coach Paul Mainieri and his wife Karen are being joined by cancer survivor Louisiana’s Lieutenant Governor, Jay Dardenne and his wife Cathy. Dardenne was diagnosed with non-aggressive prostate cancer during a routine check-up in 2011 and had surgery in November. 

Even though the Greater Baton Rouge community has enjoyed Showcase for the past thirty years, many don’t connect the event with Cancer Services. This is far more than an evening out - it is a way to support friends, coworkers, neighbors and family members who are living with, through and beyond cancer. 

Click here to purchase tickets! 

Think Before You Pink

October is breast cancer awareness month and stores and websites have filled their shelves and pages with a myriad of pink items to benefit breast cancer research, awareness, patients and survivors. Purchasing these items can be a great way to show your support for those in your life that are living with cancer but there is concern about the legitimacy of some of these products and how much actually benefits the charities they claim to help.

The Better Business Bureau is warning people to ask questions before buying products linked to breast cancer awareness groups. They suggest the following tips for consumers interested in learning how their pink ribbon product purchases will benefit charity.

• Inspect the product itself for information. Many companies clearly report how much of their sales go to charity and specifically where the money goes.
• Check the company’s website. If the information isn’t on the product itself, it often can be found via the website printed on the product packaging.
• If you still can’t find the information, call the company and ask for it. Firms that use charity tie-ins to market their products should be transparent to consumers.
• Contact the charity directly if you have doubts they are receiving proceeds.
• Check out the charity to decide whether you believe it is worthy of your support. One way to do this is by contacting the BBB to determine whether the charity meets the BBB’s Standards for Accountability. You may reach the BBB by going to www.bbb.org or by calling 314-645-3300.

Think Before You Pink™, a project of Breast Cancer Action, launched in 2002 in response to the growing concern about the number of pink ribbon products on the market. The campaign calls for more transparency and accountability by companies that take part in breast cancer fundraising, and encourages consumers to ask critical questions about pink ribbon promotions.

P.S. If you want to be sure that your dollars are going to stay in this community and directly help those living with breast cancer and all other cancers, consider donating to Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge. For more information call 225-927-2273 or visit our website.