Chefs’ Night 2025
THANK YOU for making this event a huge success! Watch this page for photos from the event.
Thank you for helping us CELebrate 25 Years!
Chefs’ Night is our premier fundraising event, incorporating food experiences, heartwarming stories from our members, and opportunities to showcase the life-changing impact your generosity has on the lives of people with developmental disabilities. Now in its 25th year, the event draws more than 600 guests for a night of tasting and entertainment.
Thank you to everyone who made this night a success! Please view our Digital Benefit Book to see a list of sponsors, tasting partners, and benefactors.
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CEL’s primary support comes from the community. Help us enrich the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities by maximizing their opportunities for personal success, fun, and friendship, employment, community involvement. YOU can transform a life with your gift.
Event Details
The evening will feature:
- Signature tastings from some of Chicagoland’s finest chefs, bakers, and beverage purveyors.
- Celebrating 25 years with members and their families.
- Opportunities to make a difference.
- Car Raffle drawing for the winner of a 2025 Ford Mustang EcoBoost Fastback or $30,000!
Over $8.3 Million Raised to Empower CEL Members to Experience Life’s Possibilities. Thank You!
25 years of Chefs’ Night is approximately
Sponsorship and tasting partner opportunities are available
- Sponsorship packages range from $500 to $25,000, come with a variety of benefits, and can be tailored to meet your company’s needs.
- Tasting Partner Opportunities! Do you or someone you know own/manage a restaurant, bakery, brewery, distillery or winery? Find out how you can become an official Chefs’ Night Tasting Partner!
2025 Tasting Partners
Congratulations to John M with ticket # 111
Thank you to everyone who purchased a ticket!
The grand prize drawing for CEL’s annual car raffle takes place at Chefs’ Night! Buy your chance to win a 2025 Ford Mustang EcoBoost Fastback or $30,000. Winner need not be present to win.CEL’s primary support comes from the community. Help us enrich the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities by maximizing their opportunities for personal success, fun, and friendship, employment, community involvement. YOU can transform a life with your gift.
Videos from the 2024 Chefs’ Night event:
Thanks to our Generous 2025 Sponsors
Diamond
- Anonymous
Platinum
Gold
Silver
- AB Distributing, Inc.
- Arrow
- Barilla America
- Joel & Sue Bersh / AIS
- Betis Group, Inc.
- Brandt Box
- BTX Global Logistics
- Joan and Bradley Cannon
- Corient
- Cozen O’Connor
- CrowdStrike
- Curion LLC
- Deloitte
- Steven & Maria Demet
- The Diamond Family
- Rob & Angela Dorsey
- The Family of Jacob Epstein
- Expeditors
- First American Bank
- First Bank Chicago
- Honeywell
- Long Grove Confectionery
- Ma Labs Inc.
- Mayer Brown
- Nadler Financial Group, Inc.
- Ray Nair
- Patzik, Frank & Samotny, Ltd.
- Polsinelli
- Ryan Specialty Group
- Schneider Electric
- Jeff & Anne Stewart
- Will & Jennifer Tippet
- UpHoldings
- The Wagner Foundation
- Wynndalco Enterprises, LLC
Bronze
- AdvaCare Systems
- The Baboulas Family
- Mark & Amy Bernstein
- Susan and Noel Elfant
- Janice & Joel Goldblatt
- The Hart Family
- JAB Produce
- Kobayashi Healthcare International
- Lakeside Bank
- Liquid PC
- The Malek Family
- Mosaic Construction
- Keren and Jared Novack
- OneDigital
- Peerless-AV
- Harriette and Ted Perlman
- PetWise
- Proline Options
- Quarles & Brady LLP
- The Ripes Family
- Savant Wealth Management
- Hal & Cindy Schwartz
- Elisabeth Rose & Owen Shapiro
- Stephanie Slatkin & Martin Irgang
- Stellina Hospitality
- Sunset Foods
- The Swartz Family
- TerSera Therapeutics
- Herb & Melinda Washington
Angel
- Wendy & Lucien Adams
- Advia Credit Union
- All Temp Chicagoland Heating & Air Conditioning
- The Balder Family
- Cherry Bekaert
- BlackHawk Data LLC
- The Building Group
- Miriam Campbell & Family
- Colliers
- Mary & Nicholas Greanias
- Jeff & Jayme Greenspan
- Gordon & Mary Gruenes
- Law Offices of Louis F. Cainkar, Ltd.
- Pat & John Marshall
- The Marty Family
- Ori Shachar
- Signature Bank
- SLS, LLC
- Paul & Lisa Sundberg
- UPS
- Venture One
- Wipfli LLP
- Kristy & Rich Wrigley
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