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What: UHN’s Grand Cru Culinary Wine Festival 20th Anniversary.
Where: Enercare Centre, Toronto.
When: Oct. 24-26, 2024
Who: Leaders in philanthropy, medical research, wine and culinary arts.
Why: UHN Foundation’s Grand Cru Culinary Wine Festival celebrated its 20th anniversary in spectacular style, raising a record-breaking $38 million to support UHN’s new surgical tower at Toronto Western Hospital. This includes a transformative $30 million donation from John and Rosella D’Angelo, Giuseppe and Lidia Maio, and Claudio and Gina Memme in partnership with HBNG Charitable Foundation, marking the largest donation to the $300 million tower campaign to date.
Founded by Todd Halpern in 2005, UHN Grand Cru Culinary Wine Festival presented by HBNG Charitable Foundation is a two-day event uniting esteemed chefs and sommeliers from Toronto and around the world with the brightest minds in medical research to support UHN’s world-leading programs. The event features a series of private dinners in homes across Toronto and a live auction. The largest event of its kind, Grand Cru is the top fundraising food and wine festival in the world, and is a marquee event on the UHN Foundation calendar year after year. For more information about UHN Grand Cru Culinary Wine Festival, please visit grandcru.ca.
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