Chefs’ Night Recap

Thank you for helping us CELebrate 25 Years!

Your generosity, through sponsorships, ticket sales, the car raffle, online auction, and considerable donations at the event itself, totaled more than $625,000 to ensure that CEL members have every opportunity to experience all of life’s possibilities! Special thanks to CEL family Jay and Lisa Marshall for sharing their story that brought all of us to our feet and many of us to tears. You are why CEL hires caring and talented staff to serve our members, because it makes a world of difference.

Chefs’ Night 2025 Photos

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Click here to view photos from Chefs’ Night in our gallery.

Missed Chefs’ Night or still celebrating? Watch our recap video!

Click to review a recap video of Chefs’ Night 2025!

Thank you to everyone who makes this event possible!

You make a world of difference for CEL members.

We also want to extend our gratitude to our amazing volunteers, CEL staff, and to our wonderful Tasting Partners who donated their time and costs to serve delicious food and drinks, making the evening truly unforgettable. Thank you, too, to CEL’s Board, Trustees, Board Emeritus, Sponsors, and Benefactors. You can see all of our amazing supporters in our Digital Benefit Book.

Congratulations to our car raffle winner, John M., with ticket # 111, and thank you to everyone who purchased tickets for taking a chance on us.

2025 Tasting Partners

Featured Chefs’ Night Videos:

Watch our video now to hear directly from our members about the difference your support of CEL makes.
Watch our video to hear CEL members share what belonging and community mean to them.

Thanks to our Generous 2025 Sponsors

Diamond

  • Anonymous

Platinum

The Slotnick Family Logo
William Blair Logo

Gold

AMLI Residential logo
Baker McKenzie logo
Blitt and Gaines Logo
Holden logo
Logo
Lenovo Logo
Morgan Lewis logo
Northbrook Bank logo
Pathak logo

SIlver

  • AB Distributing, Inc.
  • Arrow
  • Barilla America
  • Joel & Sue Bersh / AIS
  • Betis Group, Inc.
  • Brandt Box
  • BTX Global Logistics
  • Joan and Bradley Cannon
  • Corient
  • Cozen O’Connor
  • CrowdStrike
  • Curion LLC
  • Deloitte
  • Steven & Maria Demet
  • The Diamond Family
  • Rob & Angela Dorsey
  • The Family of Jacob Epstein
  • Expeditors
  • First American Bank
  • First Bank Chicago
  • Honeywell
  • Long Grove Confectionery
  • Ma Labs Inc.
  • Mayer Brown
  • Nadler Financial Group, Inc.
  • Ray Nair
  • Patzik, Frank & Samotny, Ltd.
  • Polsinelli
  • Ryan Specialty Group
  • Schneider Electric
  • Jeff & Anne Stewart
  • Will & Jennifer Tippet
  • UpHoldings
  • The Wagner Foundation
  • Wynndalco Enterprises, LLC

Bronze

  • AdvaCare Systems
  • The Baboulas Family
  • Mark & Amy Bernstein
  • Susan and Noel Elfant
  • Janice & Joel Goldblatt
  • The Hart Family
  • JAB Produce
  • Kobayashi Healthcare International
  • Lakeside Bank
  • Liquid PC
  • The Malek Family
  • Mosaic Construction
  • Keren and Jared Novack
  • OneDigital
  • Peerless-AV
  • Harriette and Ted Perlman
  • PetWise
  • Proline Options
  • Quarles & Brady LLP
  • The Ripes Family
  • Savant Wealth Management
  • Hal & Cindy Schwartz
  • Elisabeth Rose & Owen Shapiro
  • Stephanie Slatkin & Martin Irgang
  • Stellina Hospitality
  • Sunset Foods
  • The Swartz Family
  • TerSera Therapeutics
  • Herb & Melinda Washington

Angel

  • Wendy & Lucien Adams
  • Advia Credit Union
  • All Temp Chicagoland Heating & Air Conditioning
  • The Balder Family
  • Cherry Bekaert
  • BlackHawk Data LLC
  • The Building Group
  • Miriam Campbell & Family
  • Colliers
  • Mary & Nicholas Greanias
  • Jeff & Jayme Greenspan
  • Gordon & Mary Gruenes
  • Law Offices of Louis F. Cainkar, Ltd.
  • Pat & John Marshall
  • The Marty Family
  • Ori Shachar
  • Signature Bank
  • SLS, LLC
  • Paul & Lisa Sundberg
  • UPS
  • Venture One
  • Wipfli LLP
  • Kristy & Rich Wrigley

Photography Sponsor

Mindy Photographer Sponsor