Many celebrity A-listers came out in support of the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation, an organization founded 48 years ago to fund critical research to combat and defeat cancer, using minimally toxic treatments. The event was produced by Arthur Backal and Dawn Celovsky of the Backal Hospitality Group, based out of New York City. The food was creatively spectacular and the backdrop of the estate of Maria and Kenneth Fishel was unparalleled.
One of the event’s honorees was Chef Julian Medina, Owner of Toloche, Coppelia, Kuxe, and Tacuba Cantina Mexicana. He was given the well-deserved Waxman Hospitality and Service Award for his generous support of the organization over many years. Many other sponsors of the event, which was organized by Chef Peter Ambrose from Sag Harbor, including: La Chula Taqueria, Phillipe by Chef Phillippe Chow, Coppelia by Chef David Burke, The Charlie Palmer Collective, Tommy Bahama Restaurant-Bar-Store, Arlotta, Magnolia Bakery, The Clarkson Avenue Crumb Cake Co., A La Mode, Centro Restaurant and Bar, T Bar, Payard, Union in Southampton, Mercato Cucina, Lilly’s Baking Company, Barney Greengrass, Woodford Reserve Bourbon, and Herradura Tequila. It was a night to be celebrated as we all joined together to beat cancer.
