City Harvest Presents The 2026 Gala: Shaken, Not Stirred
6:30pm Cocktails | 7:30pm Dinner & Live Auction
Dance & Dessert Party to Follow
Honoring Simon Kim
City Harvest’s annual Gala brings together celebrities, influencers, and NYC’s high-profile individuals to honor supporters who have played a significant role in helping us provide high-quality food to New Yorkers experiencing food insecurity. Designed by celebrity event planner Colin Cowie, the 2026 Gala: Shaken, Not Stirred serves as City Harvest’s most important fundraising event of the year and recognizes generous supporters of City Harvest and New York City.
With your support, we hope the 2026 Gala: Shaken, Not Stirred will raise enough to help provide more than 12.5 million meals to New Yorkers in need.
Past attendees have included Antoni Porowski, Chrissy Teigen, John Legend, Neil Patrick Harris, David Burtka, Tyson Beckford, Nas, Darren Criss, Richard Gere, Julianne Moore, Chelsea Clinton, Karen Pittman, Dascha Polanco, Brooks Nader, Cynthia Nixon, Elizabeth Olsen, Benjamin Bratt, Ryan and Emilia Serhant, and Martha Stewart. Chef supporters have included Eric Ripert, Geoffrey Zakarian, José Andrés, Tom Colicchio, Ron Ben-Israel, Marc Murphy, Marcus Samuelsson, Dominique Ansel, Ochi and Cedric Vongerichten, Eitan Bernath, Rocco DiSpirito, and Ted Allen.
City Harvest Presents The 2025 Gala: Carnaval raised enough to help provide more than 8.5 million meals for New Yorkers in need.
Co-Chairs
Alida Boer and Jason Carroll · Colin Cowie and Danny Peuscovich · Valerie and Timothy Doherty · Alejandra and Richard Gere · Stephanie Goldman Rosen and Steven Rosen · Shirley Madhere-Weil and Michael Weil · Kristen and Patrick McMahon · Missy Pool · Sandra and Eric Ripert
Host Committee
| Tayshia Adams Ted Allen Nigel Barker Joshua Bell Eitan Bernath Jason Biggs Matt Bomer Kate Bosworth and Justin Long Christie Brinkley David Burtka and Neil Patrick Harris Andy Cohen Jake Cohen Tom Colicchio Katie Couric and John Molner Billy Crudup Alan Cumming Kristin Davis Lea DeLaria Rocco DiSpirito Lili and Wilson Ervin Tamsen Fadal Victoria and Josh Feltman Whoopi Goldberg Ubah Hassan Christine Hikawa and David Windreich | Eric Holder Chanel Iman Sharon H. Jacquet Victoria James Seung Kyu Kim Lisa Kim and Eunu Chun Kristen Kish Jessica and Bill Koenigsberg Vijay Kumar Nathan Lane Miyoung Lee and Neil Simpkins Lucy Liu Debi Mazar and Gabriele Corcos Roni Mazumdar Audra McDonald Danny Meyer Nadine A. Mirchandani and Stuart M. Huberman Isaac Mizrahi Desus Nice Jim O’Donnell Chintan Pandya Ellia and Junghyun “JP” Park Valerie and Jeffrey Peltier | Busy Philipps Karen Pittman Antoni Porowski Molly Ringwald Angie Rito and Scott Tacinelli David Rockwell Marcus Samuelsson Erica and Eric Schwartz Stefano Secchi Amy Sedaris Sherri Shepherd David Shim Martin Short Gail Simmons Talisa Soto and Benjamin Bratt Rich Torrisi Teresa Tsai Ochi and Cédric Vongerichten Vanessa Williams Margaret and Geoffrey Zakarian Janet and Stephen Zide Zide Family Foundation Andrew Zimmern |
