Jewell Events Catering was thrilled to donate an extraordinary 3D cake to the 108th Sustainment Brigade of the Illinois National Guard for their Deployment ceremony on January 4th, 2014. Approximately 280 soldiers of the Chicago-based brigade were deploying to Kuwait in support of Operating Enduring Freedom. We...
April showers are rote, but severe flooding is an issue for any planner—especially for one about to welcome 600 guests to a high-end garden party. Luckily, a major storm didn’t put much of a damper on the Chicago Botanic Garden’s Antiques & Garden Fair Preview...
Chicago’s premiere ballet company hosted a Valentine’s Day benefit (on the actual date) that offered appetizers from chef Charlie Trotter. There was a lavish oyster and caviar bar festooned with gold linens and flowers, and passed snacks—including quail eggs—were presented on trays holding red roses....
Big-name Chicagoans including Mayor Rahm Emanuel donned spiffy attire to attend a $1,000-a-head gala. But when they arrived, they punched a time card, entered into a dimly lit warehouse, and feasted on soup served out of trash cans. The Museum of Contemporary Art’s ArtEdge gala,...
Gregory Perrine, Creative Director at Jewell Events Catering, proposed to partner Michael Hall in the observatory of the John Hancock Center with the help of friends below. While looking through one of the observatory’s digital viewfinders, which have the ability to zoom in and zoom...
On Saturday night, chef Homaro Cantu left the kitchen of Moto to prepare hors d’oeurves at the Museum of Science and Industry. The Columbian Ball, the museum’s annual black-tie fund-raiser, raised $1.9 million this year and celebrated the permanent, rotating exhibition “Fast Forward… Inventing the...
On Saturday night, the Chicago Botanic Garden’s Summer Dance took place on the institution’s flowery grounds. John and Neville Bryan and Jim and Louise Glasser—both couples from the North Shore—led the planning committee, which devised the “Night in Napa” theme. According to the co-chairs, the...
On Saturday night, the Children’s Place Association’s “Once Upon a Time” gala returned to Union Station after a year at another locale. The venue swap was a sign of increased attendance: While least year’s gala drew around 315 guests, 345—or about three more tables’ worth—made...
On Monday afternoon, Saks Fifth Avenue celebrated the opening of its Stella McCartney boutique with a luncheon for 10 local fashion writers. The meal took place in the boutique, at a long table set with BBJ’s pin-tucked linens, Epoch’s springy flower arrangements, and the designer’s...
The Society of Interventional Radiology held its annual Scientific Meeting at McCormick Place from Saturday through Thursday. On Sunday night, the group hosted its first-ever gala at the Field Museum. With the purpose of raising funds and creating awareness for the society, the gala drew...