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Caring Chefs for Kids at The Falls to benefit Children's Home Society

BY LEE STEPEHENS

The Falls, Children's Home Society (CHS), Univision's Chef Pepin and more than 30 of South Florida's finest restaurants will join forces on Sunday, Apr. 16, to raise money for South Florida's abused, neglected and abandoned children.


Chef Pepin

"Caring Chefs for Kids" at The Falls will feature an evening of food, entertainment and fun for the entire family to benefit Children's Home Society, according to Danielle Spiegelman, marketing director for The Falls.

Guests can stroll amid lush landscaping and flowing waterfalls while sampling menu items from more than 30 of South Florida's most renowned restaurants. Participating "Caring Chefs" include: P. F. Chang's China Bistro, Shula's Steakhouse, Season's, Mrs. Field's Cookies, Fete Cuisine, Botticelli Trattoria, Romano's Macaroni Grill, A Joy Wallace Catering, Rusty Pelican Restaurant, Hyatt Regency Miami, Johnny Rockets, Prezzo, T.G.I Fridays, Wild Oats Community Market, Barnie's Coffee and Tea Company, Los Ranchos at The Falls, Pauloluigi's, Health Gate, Grazie Café, Coco Pazzo Café, Havana Harry's Restaurant, Outback Steakhouse, Whitney's Restaurant at Miami Dadeland Marriott, Haagen Dazs, Sweet Donna's Country Store, Café Tu Tu Tango, and more.

Topping off the evening will be Chef Pepin, seen by millions of viewers daily on Univision's Despierta America, creating his famous paella in a giant skillet. The internationally renowned Chef will greet and sign autographs for guests while they savor the paella large enough to feed 1,000 people.

In addition to the great food, guests will enjoy live music and entertainment for the kids, including face painting, magicians, and a special spring petting zoo featuring baby chicks and bunnies.

The event, sponsored by Carnival Cruise Lines, AT&T Wireless, Windmere Corporation, Empire Seafood Inc., F. S. T. International Inc., and the Wollowick Family Foundation, will take place between 7 and 10 p.m. at The Falls.

Tickets are $50 for adults, $20 for children under 13 years of age and free for children under 2. To purchase tickets, call the Children's Home Society at 305-324-4499, ext. 820, or visit The Falls Information Center for details.

All proceeds from this event will benefit the Children's Home Society. CHS provides quality and effective programs in the areas of adoption, foster care, maternity care, child abuse and neglect prevention, family and individual counseling, emergency shelters, and group homes for at-risk, abused, neglected, abandoned, medically-needy and/or developmentally disabled children, teens and families.

The Falls shopping center, located at the intersection of S. Dixie Highway (US 1) and SW 136th Street, is one of the largest open-air shopping, dining and entertainment complexes in the U.S. featuring Bloomingdale's, Macy's and more than 100 stores, restaurants and cafes and a 12-screen movie theater.


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