We are excited for the event’s much anticipated return to the Queens community for its 26th year! Evening of Fine Food is a well-attended business networking event that attracts the top restaurants and chefs in our neighborhoods and benefits the more than 1,200 individuals we serve,in-person and remotely, at our Adult and Children Centers in Jamaica and Bellerose, Queens.
For more than 25 years, QCP’s Evening of Fine Food event has provided an informal networking setting for people from the Queens Business community to socialize as they sampled gourmet delicacies provided by dozens of Queens’ restaurants and chefs. Each year, this annual event benefits the individuals QCP supports, in-person and remotely, at our Adult and Children Centers and enables us to continue to do what we do best – promote independence and provide our participants with the resources they need to live their best lives!
As we continue to navigate and adapt through these ever-changing times, QCP continues to make the safety and health of our guests and supporters a priority. This year’s event will be hybrid with enjoyable programming both online and in-person! We plan to continue providing our guests with an exciting, enjoyable, and interactive experience that they have grown to love over the last two decades.
Other Dignitaries in attendance were : Donovan Richards, Queens Borough President, James F. Gennaro, Council member for 24th District, Shekar Krishnan Council Member for 25th District, Vickie Paladino – New York City Council for District 19, Assembly Member David Weprin and many more politicians in attendance.
Live entertainment was done by Jim Altamore “The Frank Sinatra Songbook, Comedians, Suzzanne Windland and Sandeep Sen, Magician was Apollo Riego.
Close to 300 people were in attendance, it was great food, wine, guests and a great cause to support.
We want to give a shout out to our dear friend Wendy Phaff Gennaro, Director of Development for Queens Centers of Progress for organizing alongside her Volunteers and doing a wonderful job.
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Queens Centers for Progress is dedicated to the goal of providing children and adults who have developmental disabilities the opportunities to make choices which will maximize their skill development, independence, and integration into community life. At the core of all the agency’s services is the deeply held belief in the development of the individual. QCP believes that all people can learn and that all people – in spite of any developmental disability – can make meaningful choices about their lives.
We want to thank Ms Maryann McAleer QCP’S Director of Development for 20 years, who retired ,this year.
Wish Wendy B.Phaff the new incoming QCP’S Director of Development all the best with her new position, who did an excellent job with Queens Centers For Progress of Evening of Fine Food -2018.
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An Evening of Fine Food provides an informal networking setting for people from the Queens Business community to socialize as they sample the gourmet delicacies provided by Queens’ restaurants and chefs. The event benefits over 1,200 children and adults challenged by mild to severe developmental disabilities.
Each year we honor an individual whose dedication to making a difference in the community is exemplary.
This year’s Chefs of the Year:
Neil Levin , Vice President, Webline Designs
Charles Catalano, RPh & Brenda Catalano, C & S Pharmacy Consulting
