Celebrity Chef Vegan Dinner: Miyoko Schinner, benefitting Rancho Compasión

75 South 11th Street,San Jose CA 95112

16 February, 2023

Description

Join San Jose Woman's Club's Best Furry Friends Group and Silicon Valley Social Vegans for an elegant evening of vegan food and wine benefitting animal sanctuary Rancho Compasión. The menu will be prepared by celebrated chef and vegan food advocate Miyoko Schinner, founder and CEO of Miyoko's Creamery.  This is a unique opportunity to meet her and enjoy a meal personally crafted and prepared by one of the leading stars in the vegan culinary world. We expect this event to sell out quickly; purchase your ticket soon! \ All are welcome: men, women and non-vegans! Chef Miyoko will present a four-course winter menu of vegan cuisine in the Landmark Ballroom of the San Jose Woman's Club. VIP tickets to the event include an intimate wine and appetizer reception with Miyoko in the Fireside Room before dinner, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm. General Admission begins at 6 pm; dinner begins at 6:30. Comedian and activist Jennie McNulty will regale dinner guests with her wit and wisdom as Master of Ceremonies. Enjoy a glass of wine at the no-host bar (suggested donation $10). And bring your payment method of choice for the live auction, featuring getaways and unique experiences; all proceeds from ticket sales and the auction directly benefit Rancho Compasión. VIP Admission, $250: Doors Open at 5:30, Enjoy an intimate wine and appetizer reception with Chef Miyoko before dinnerGeneral Admission, $125: Doors Open at 6, Four Course Winter Menu at 6:30VIP Table of 8, $2500: Start the evening with an intimate wine and appetizer reception with Chef Miyoko, then enjoy dinner at your private table for eight in a premium location. Includes VIP sponsor listing in program. Premium Sponsor Table of 8, $1350: Enjoy dinner at your private table for eight in a premium location. Includes sponsor listing in program. Miyoko Schinner is the award-winning chef, author, and founder of Miyoko's Creameryand Rancho Compasión, a farmed animal sanctuary. On the inaugural list of Forbes 50 Over 50, INC. Magazine’s Top 100 Female Founders of 2022, a “Game Changer” by Food and Wine Magazine, and a “Vegan Revolutionary” by UN Women, Miyoko is an epicurean activist who has been working tirelessly for over 30 years to reimagine a food system built on sustainability, equity, and compassion for animals. Through her many cookbooks, enterprises, products, and thought leadership, Miyoko has inspired people across the globe to reconsider their food choices. She has been featured in the New York Times, Forbes, Food and Wine, Bloomberg, Washington Post, The Guardian, and most major media platforms. Rancho Compasión, founded by Miyoko in 2015, provides a loving, lifelong home for rescued farm animals and helps change perception about animals typically viewed as "food". More than 30 volunteers work with a small staff to provide food, shelter, medical and veterinary attention, and socialization for the ten different species that call the sanctuary home, and to provide visitation, volunteer, outreach, and humane education programs to all ages of the public.