Turn Up the Heat! A Celebration of Women Chefs Join us for the benefit on February 3, 2009 at the Ritz Carlton, West End. Click here to register for the event online! Get a Sneak Preview of the menu! (PDF) View the Save the Date with information about the event (PDF) View the Sponsor Packages Available (PDF) Photos from the 2008 "Turn Up The Heat!" event in Washington, D.C. TURN UP THE HEAT! Featuring Special Guest TV Chef Sara Moulton What happens when you cook up an evening of delicious food with the who’s who of Washington, DC’s women chefs, Sara Moulton of Gourmet magazine and add a commitment to fight ovarian cancer? One dynamic event – Turn up the Heat! A Celebration of Women Chefs benefit for the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance (OCNA). Showcasing Washington’s outstanding women chefs and their signature dishes, Turn up the Heat! offers an evening of scrumptious food, fun, friendship and an opportunity to join in the battle against ovarian cancer. The memories of this event will be delectable. The commitment to the cause will be invaluable. OCNA’s dinner will be held on Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at 6:30pm at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel located at 22nd and M Streets, NW in Washington, DC. Wendy Rieger of NBC4, Anchor News4 at 5 and Going Green will be the MC for the evening. The Special Guest for the evening is Sara Moulton, executive chef of Gourmet magazine and host of a new cooking show on PBS titled "Sara's Weeknight Meals". She also hosted shows on The Food Network for 10 years including “Cooking Live” and “Sara's Secrets”. The talented and much respected DC chef Ris Lacoste of ris along with Women Chefs & Restaurateurs (WCR) is spearheading the gathering. Their team of women chefs will provide hors d’oeuvres, main dish tastings and sinfully wonderful desserts. Among the chefs participating at the event include: Washington, DC • Alison Reed of Café Saint Ex and Bar Pilar • Amanda Cook and Rachael Harriman of CityZen • Barbara Black of BlackSalt • Beverly Bates of Ici Urban Bistro at Sofitel • Caesare Assad of Vegetate • Jamie Leeds of Hank's Oyster Bar and Commonwealth Gastropub • Janis McLean of 15 Ria • Kimberly Triplett of Bon Appetit Management Company • Lauren Whitledge of DC Coast • Nora Poullion of Restaurant Nora • Patricia Leader of Kinkead’s • Polly Brown of Pollystyle Artisanal Baked Goods • Ruth Gresser of Pizzeria Paradiso and Birreria Paradiso • Ruth Hedges and Sara Siegel of Vidalia • Sophie LaMontagne and Katherine Kallinis of Georgetown Cupcake • Tamesha Warren of The Oval Room • Terri Cutrino of Café Atlantico • Violetta Edelman of Dolcezza Gelato • Yasmine Sandhu of Rock Creek at Mazza West Virginia • Liz Gallery of Stone Soup Bistro Virginia • Aimee Suyehiro of Argia's • Amy Brandwein of FYVE, The Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City • Christine Wansleben of Mise En Place Cooking School • Gladys Abi-Najm Deshayes and Grace Abi-Najm Shea of Lebanese Taverna • Jannequin Bennett of Ellwood Thompson's Local Market • Kate Jansen, Tracy O'Grady and Alison Christ of Willow Restaurant • Meshelle Armstrong of Restaurant Eve and The Majestic • Rowena Fullinwider of Rowena's • Vaishali Chitnis of Stratford University School of Culinary Arts Maryland • Carole Palmer of Good Taste Marketing Services • Patrice Dionot and Somchet Chumpapo of L'Academie de Cuisine Chef Coordinators • Laurie Bell of Great Falls Tea Garden • Monica Thomas of Tailored Taste Personal Chef Service Beverages will be provided by Jodi Lehr of Santa Lucia Estate Coffee, Seb Buhler of Rogue Ales, and Spirits and Five Rivers Winery. Proceeds from the dinner enable OCNA to focus its work on more of the research, education, and awareness that are essential to the fight against ovarian cancer. The number of women diagnosed in the early stages is so small that the survival rates are low. In the more than 30 years since the War on Cancer was declared, ovarian cancer mortality rates have not improved significantly. About 22,000 women in this country will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2008 and more than 15,000 women will die from the disease. “With the help of last year’s benefit donations, OCNA can point to many successes this year in its efforts to help save women’s lives,” says Karen Orloff Kaplan, Chief Executive Officer of OCNA. “The most recent example is working with Congress to double appropriations for the Department of Defense Ovarian Cancer Research Program, which helps many scientists with the resources needed to find an early detection test for ovarian cancer and eventually, a cure.”

The Five Rivers Celebrate a Goddess Campaign is a celebration of women who have survived or are courageously battling ovarian cancer. In 2008, over 22,000 women were diagnosed with this disease and Five Rivers has partnered with the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance (OCNA) to raise awareness and help find a cure for ovarian cancer. Over the past year, Five Rivers has donated more than $10,000 to OCNA and we ask that you please consider joining us in our efforts to raise awareness for ovarian cancer and celebrate the goddesses in our lives. Please go to www.fiveriverswinery.com to find out more. The goddess asks that you enjoy her wines responsibly. A special thank you to our corporate sponsors this year