Host Mario Batali And Co-Host Anthony Bourdain Invite New Yorkers To The Table In The Fight To #86AIDS At June 2nd (RED) Supper Event

Guests will join each other at the table for a five-course (RED) menu created by celebrated chefs, including:  Anthony Bourdain, Nancy Silverton (Mozza Restaurant Group), Frank Falcinelli and Frank Castronovo (Frankies Spuntino, Frankies 457, Prime Meats, Café Pedlar), Tom Douglas (Tom Douglas Restaurants), Vinny Dotolo (Animal, Son of a Gun, Trois Mec), Angela Dimayuga (Mission Chinese Food), Kristen Kish (Winner, Top Chef Season 10), Kevin Gillespie (Gunshow) and Dominique Ansel (Dominique Ansel Bakery, Dominique Ansel Kitchen).  The evening will feature a live performance by New Orleans musician Jon Batiste and Stay Human, the house band for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.  Visual artist Shantell Martin will create a striking, live and interactive art installation during cocktail hour while guests enjoy beats by DJ Brendan Fallis.

"Teamwork is the theme of the night;" explains (RED) CEO Deborah Dugan. "It's the key ingredient to winning the AIDS fight, and it's also what makes for an unforgettable meal and evening.  We're honored to have such a talented team of chefs helping us kick-off our 2016 EAT (RED) SAVE LIVES campaign this June," explains (RED) CEO, Deborah Dugan.

Adds Host Mario Batali, "The (RED) Supper is anything but your average charity dinner. It's the only culinary event where guests get to eat an unbelievable family-style meal paired with Josh Cellars Wine, interact directly with the chefs, drink (BELVEDERE)^RED cocktails and (BILLECART-SALMON)^RED champagne, rock out to fantastic live music, receive tips at the table from the biggest food Instagrammers and participate in a live art installation!"

Tickets are priced at $100, with 100% of proceeds going to The Global Fund to fight AIDS, the beneficiary of all (RED) monies. $100 is enough to provide 9 months of lifesaving HIV/AIDS medication to a pregnant woman living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa – medication, which helps ensure that her baby is born HIV-free.

The 2016 (RED) Supper will take place in a dramatic raw space with panoramic views atop New York City's 225 Liberty Street. With sweeping views of the Hudson River, Statue of Liberty and Downtown Manhattan, The 2016 (RED) Supper marks the start of (RED)'s annual, month-long culinary campaign EAT (RED) SAVE LIVES which unites chefs, restaurants, food trucks and bars worldwide in the fight to end AIDS. Beef served at The (RED) Supper is generously being provided by Pat LaFrieda Meat Purveyors.

About EAT (RED) SAVE LIVES & DRINK (RED) SAVE LIVES
EAT (RED) SAVE LIVES and DRINK (RED) SAVE LIVES is the month-long, global culinary campaign benefiting the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, currently in its third year. Throughout the month of June, EAT (RED) SAVE LIVES and DRINK (RED) SAVE LIVES unites some of the most celebrated chefs, restaurants, food trucks and bars together in the fight to end AIDS. The campaign offers food enthusiast around the world with unique opportunities, including intimate chef dinners, bespoke menus, pop-up food truck activations and exciting partnerships, to support (RED)'s fight for an AIDS free generation.

About (RED)™
(RED) was founded in 2006 by Bono and Bobby Shriver to engage businesses and people in the fight against AIDS. (RED) partners with the world's most iconic brands that contribute up to 50% of profits from (RED)-branded goods and services to the Global Fund. (RED) Proud Partners include: Apple, Bank of America, Beats by Dr. Dre, Belvedere, Claro, The Coca-Cola Company, Gap, NetJets, Salesforce, SAP, Starbucks, Supercell, Telcel, and Tradeshift. (RED) Special Edition partners include: aden+anais, Alessi, ALEX AND ANI, Billecart-Salmon, Fatboy USA, Fresh, FreshDirect, Girl Skateboards, Gretsch, HEAD, Jonathan Adler, Le Creuset, Live Nation Entertainment, Moleskine, Mophie, Square, Uber, and Wolfnoir.

To date, (RED) has generated more than $350 million for the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, to support HIV/AIDS grants in Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania and Zambia. 100 percent of that money goes to work on the ground – no overhead is taken. Global Fund grants that (RED) supports have impacted more than 70 million people with prevention, treatment, counseling, HIV testing and care services.

(RED) is a division of The ONE Campaign. Learn more at www.red.org  

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