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                                                       Southeastern Louisiana University
                                           Public Information Office
                                           publicinfo@selu.edu
                                           SLU 880, Hammond, LA 70402
                                           504/549-2341/fax 504-549-2061
    Date: 04/10/01
      Contact:                           Angey Saucier   125

TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE FOR CHEFS EVENING 2001
     HAMMOND -- Tickets are still available for Chefs Evening, Southeastern Louisiana
University's annual food festival and fundraiser.  The popular dinner party, sponsored by the
Southeastern Development Foundation, will salute spring with the theme "A Bouquet of Flavors"
from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 22, at Twelve Oaks.
     More than two dozen of the north shore's best restaurants, caterers, wineries and
breweries are on the Chefs Evening menu. 
     New to the event this year are the Bonfouca Banquet Room in Slidell, the G.W. Nesom
House in Tickfaw, and Hammond's La Rusticana Caf‚ and the Cocoa Bean bakery.    
     Patrons can also enjoy culinary delights from Hammond's Aramark Catfish Charlie's,
Classic Fare Catering, Crescent Bar, Cuco's, Don's Seafood and Steak House, Garrison's Global
Caf‚, Hon Yum Chinese Restaurant, Jacmel Inn, La Carreta Mexican Restaurant, Lynhaven,
Murphy's Seafood Restaurant, Picadilly Cafeteria, PJ's Coffee and Tea Co., the Pepper Tree
Grill and Bar, Tommy's Pizza, Tope La, and Trey Yuen. Ponchatoula participants are C'est Bon
Restaurant, Ristorante Da Piero, and Taste of Bavaria Bakery and Restaurant, while Amite's
representative is  Blythewood Plantation and Tickfaw's is the G.W. Nesom House.
     Joining the list from St. Tammany Parish are Mandeville's Benedicts and Cypress Bistro
and Covington's Champagne Beverages and Jim Carey Distributing Co. 
     Tickets for Chefs Evening are $35 for individuals.  The gala is also sponsoring a variety
of giving levels for ticket orders which can include the Patron Party, held in a private home just
prior to the big event, and reserved tables.
     The Patrons Party, a successful addition to Chefs Evening last year, will be hosted this
year by Johnny Pecoraro, at his restored and beautifully decorated home at 705 West Thomas
Street in Hammond. The party is scheduled for 3:30 to 5 p.m., April 22. 
     Chefs Evening ticket packages and their rewards are:
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Tickets Still Available for Chefs Evening 2001   Add One
      The President's Medal,$500, eight tickets each to Chefs Evening and the Patrons Party
and a reserved table for eight.
      Summa Cum Laude, $330, eight tickets to Chefs Evening and reserved table for eight.
      Magna Cum Laude, $130, two tickets each to Chefs Evening and the Patrons Party.
      Cum Laude, $65, one ticket each to Chefs Evening and the Patrons Party.
     Proceeds from Chefs Evening benefit Southeastern academic programs. For more
information call Chefs Evening co-chairs Mary Lou Coats and Susan Stromberg at the
Development Foundation, (985)549-2239 or 1-800-SLU-ALUM.
                             -SLU-
Press release available online at www.selu.edu/NewsEvents/PublicInfoOffice/newsp01.htm