Restaurant Partners

The Food Council

Our Food Council is made up of more than 75 food industry professionals from around New York City.

Our Food Council brings together top chefs, restaurateurs, and others in the food industry to help City Harvest fight hunger. The Food Council donates some of the city's best food, raises funds to support City Harvest, and heightens our visibility.

City Harvest's Food Council includes some of the biggest names in the restaurant businesses. Get an insider's look from a featured chef or restaurateur when you sit down At the Chef's Table.

Chair

• Eric Ripert, Le Bernardin

Honorary Chairs

• Arthur F. Backal, Backal Hospitality Group & State of the Art Enterprises
• Dana Cowin, Food & Wine Magazine
• Michael Lomonaco, Porter House New York
• Danny Meyer, Union Square Hospitality Group
• Drew and Tracy Nieporent, Myriad Restaurant Group
• Cristyne L. Nicholas, Nicholas & Lence Communications LLC

Members

• Michael Anthony, Gramercy Tavern
• Donatella Arpaia, Anthos, Kefi, Mia Dona
• Phillip Baltz, Baltz & Company
• Dan Barber, Blue Hill, Blue Hill at Stone Barns
• Jennifer Baum, Bullfrog & Baum
• Florian Bellanger, MAD MAC
• Ron Ben-Israel, Ron Ben-Israel Cakes
• David Bouley, Bouley
• Daniel Boulud, Daniel
• Terrance Brennan, The Artisanal Group
• Ed Brown, Eighty One, Ed's Chowder House
• David Burke, David Burke Townhouse, Fishtail
• Joey Campanaro, the little owl
• Scott Campbell, New Leaf Café
• David Chang, Momofuku
• Tom Colicchio, Craft Restaurants
• Jorge Collazo, Office of SchoolFood, The NYC Department of Education
• Scott Conant, Scarpetta, Faustina
• Ariane Daguin, D’Artagnan
• John Doherty
• Geoffrey Drummond
• Alain Ducasse, Adour Alain Ducasse at The St. Regis, Benoit Restaurant & Bar
• Gillian Duffy, New York magazine
• Josh Emett
• Todd English, Olives
• Scott Feldman, Two Twelve Management & Marketing
• Myra Fiori, illy caffè North America
• Bobby Flay, Bar Americain
• Tyler Florence, Foodwork Productions
• Tony Fortuna, T Bar Steak & Lounge
• Penny & Peter Glazier, The Glazier Group
• Alex Guarnaschelli, Butter
• Joseph R. Gurrera, Citarella
• Stephen P. Hanson, B.R. Guest Restaurants
• Kerry Heffernan, South Gate Restaurant
• Johnny Iuzzini, Jean Georges
• Rita Jammet, Bouquet Ventures
• Karen Karp, Karp Resources
• Adam Perry Lang, Daisy Mae's BBQ USA
• Leslie Lefkowitz, Four Seasons Hotel New York
• Anita Lo, Annisa
• Thalia and Stephen Loffredo
• Gerard Loughran, Pret A Manger
• Marco Maccioni, Osteria Del Circo
• Sam Mason
• Nick Mautone, Mautone Enterprises
• Tony May, SD26
• Henry Meer, City Hall
• Philip Meldrum, FoodMatch
• Pamela & Marc Murphy, Landmarc
• Liz Neumark, Great Performances
• Jennifer Oberstein, The Ritz-Carlton Hotels of New York
• Becca Parrish, Becca PR
• François Payard, Francois Chocolate Bar
• Rachael Ray
• Matthew Reich, Tom Cat Bakery
• Alan Richman
• Donna Rodriguez, B.R. Guest Restaurants
• Philip Ruskin, Ruskin International
• Marcus Samuelsson
• Chris Santos, The Stanton Social
• Benjamin Schmerler, First Press Public Relations
• Rick Smilow, The Institute of Culinary Education
• Bill Telepan, Telepan
• Laurent Tourondel, BLT Restaurants
• Maire Ullrich, Cornell Cooperative Extension
• Tom Valenti, Ouest
• Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Jean Georges Management
• Michael White, Alto, Convivio, Marea
• Patricia Yeo
• Melanie Young, M. Young Communications
• Geoffrey Zakarian, Country, The Lamb's Club
• Terry Zarikian, China Grill Management