Eat Street 2010
Eric Bana at Eat Street
The Sofitel Melbourne On Collins has selected the Australian Childhood Foundation as beneficiary of Eat Street in 2010. The Foundation has now been beneficiary for 4 consecutive years, a first in the history of Eat Street.
The theme for Eat Street 2010 will be 'Elegance on Eat Street' and will be held on Tuesday, 8 June 2010.
It will be an exquisite night with more than 700 guests enjoying an evening of elegance, fine food and wine, designers, celebrities, great auction items and entertainment.
Contact kmccann@childhood.org.au for more information on next year's fabulous event.
Eat Street 2009 Review
On Tuesday 23 June, the Grand Ballroom at the Sofitel Melbourne On Collins was transformed into a shimmering Winter Wonderland to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Eat Street.
Heralded as Melbourne’s premier fashion and gourmet event, Eat Street attracted more than 700 guests who savoured unlimited servings of superb signature dishes and vintages from 30 leading restaurants and wineries including The Flower Drum, The Press Club, The European, Vue de monde, Fifteen and Maha Bar and Grill.
The traditional live auction of three of Melbourne’s finest chefs - John Savage, Executive Chef with the Sofitel Melbourne On Collins; Shane Delia Owner/Exec Chef of Maha Bar and Grill; and Scott Pickett, Executive Chef with The Point - kicked off the live auction.
The brilliant Andrew O'Keefe, who stepped in at the last minute to replace Eddie McGuire, kept audiences engaged and enthused all evening.
One-off original designs from Australia’s top designers including Sass and Bide, Willow, Alice McCall, LifeWithBird, Megan Park, Gwendolynne and Richard Nylon were on display and available for sale. Click here to see some of our stunning designs.
Nadine Garner, Stefan Dennis, Naomi Robson, Trevor Marmalade and Blair McDonough mingled with guests and enjoyed entertainment provided by the fabulous Lisa Edwards.
The live auction led by John Picolo from Woodards and Marcus Peters from Biggin and Scott proved to be dynamic as well as entertaining. Items sold included:
- A brilliant cut 1.215 carat diamond together with a setting valued up to $1000.00.
- A David Larwill original print.
- Jacket worn by Eric Bana in his movie Love the Beast and his boots from Star Trek.
To see details on these items, and many many more click here.
"We have been associated with Eat Street for 5 years, and it has become our annual client entertainment event. We invite all who work for First Samuel and their partners to attend. This means that the First Samuel family is also fully involved with Eat Street, the charity and our clients." Anthony Starkins, Founder and Director, First Samuel Limited.
Eat Street is an annual event that has raised almost one million dollars for children’s charities in nine years. For the third year in a row, the Australian Childhood Foundation is the beneficiary of all funds raised, which will go to providing specialist counselling to abused children to help them recover from the trauma of abuse, neglect and family violence.
