The 2023 Host Committee
Laura Brauneis and Bill Rentz
William Brauneis
Emily Buss and Michael Doss
Cathleen Combs
Dinah D’Antoni
Frank Herron and Sandy Urie
Kate Hannigan and Naoum Issa
Molly Herron and Seth Richardson
Cindy Jurisson and Marty Buchheim
Susan Kim Koss and Jordan Koss
Debbie and Jeff Leslie
Wendy and John Minor
Julie Morton and Eddie Lyndon
Amanda Norton and Oscar Romero
Rebekah and Daniel Raeburn
Michele Seidl and Neil Shubin
Julie Shelton and Jeff Harvey
Jenny Trinitapoli and Gregory Collins
Julie and Peter Vassilatos
2023 Sponsors
Janie’s Mill
Ultimate Realty
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The 2022 Host Committee
Anonymous
William Brauneis
Sarah Clarke and Omri Ben-Shahar
Jenny Trinitapoli and Gregory Collins
Robin and Austan Goolsbee
Kate Hannigan and Naoum Issa
Jordan Koss and Susan Kim Koss
Debbie and Jeff Leslie
Julie Morton and Eddie and Jonny Lyndon
Amanda Norton
Laura Brauneis and Bill Rentz
Molly Herron and Seth Richardson
Michele Seidl and Neil Shubin
Elizabeth Slotkin (in honor of Julie Vassilatos)
Julie and Peter Vassilatos
2022 Sponsors
The Emily Hotel
Janie’s Mill
Ultimate Realty Group LLC
BankFinancial
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We appreciate the support of the Janie’s Mill, Publican Quality Bread, which have provided prizes for the 2023 event. We are also grateful to The Hyde Park Neighborhood Club, which allows us to use their venue at no charge; Medici on 57th, which has fed our judges and donated coffee for the event over the years; 57th Street Books, which has donated cookbooks for our winners. Janie’s Mill, a central Illinois flour farm and mill, is also a long-time sponsor the event. Previous prize sponsors include the Emily Hotel, Asrai Garden, and Roof Crop, Trader Joe’s in Hyde Park, the Sophy Hotel, the Promontory, Hyde Park Produce, Superkhana International, and many other Hyde Park businesses over the years. Our judges are all volunteers, and our musicians always donate their talents.
It would be impossible to hold this event without the great generosity of our South Side neighbors, who all believe in supporting the Hyde Park/Kenwood Hunger Programs along with us.