Purim Pairings 2017 Celebrity Chef Celebration by The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU

Photography by on March 10th, 2017 in Lifestyle

Miami Beach, FL – March 7, 2017 – The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU’s acting Executive Director, Susan Berg Gladstone, welcomed hundreds of guests to Purim Pairings 2017 featuring celebrity chefs Aaron Brooks, Sam Gorenstein, and Brad Kilgore, each creating and preparing on stage one course of an elegant four course, kosher meal. Each course was paired with a kosher wine from wine merchant Mike Bittel of Sunset Corners.  Co-hosted by Chef Allen Susser and Linda Gassenheimer. Guests included Elaine Bloom, Dan Gelber, Miguel Diaz de la Portilla, Richard Stone, Tibor Hollo, Danny and Merle Weiss, Jacob Solomon, Ira Giller and Nancy and Larry Cohen. Proceeds benefitted the Jewish Museum of Florida, part of Florida International University.

Allen Susser & Linda Gassenheimer

Brad Kilgore & Linda Gassenheimer

Allen Susser, Brad Kilgore, & Linda Gassenheimer

Brad Kilgore

Allen Susser, Brad Kilgore, & Linda Gassenheimer

Allen Susser, Elliot Stone, Brad Kilgore & Linda Gassenheimer

Allen Susser, Linda Gassenheimer, & Michael Bittel

Allen Susser, Sam Gorenstein, & Linda Gassenheimer

Susan Gladstone, Allen Susser, & Linda Gassenheimer

Susan Gladstone & Allen Susser

Allen Susser & Brad Kilgore

Brad Kilgore, Sam Gorenstein, Aaron Brooks, & Allen Susser

Howard Lipman, Susan Gladstone, Linda Gassenheimer, & Allen Susser

Allen Susser, Susan Gladstone, Brian Schriner, Stephen & Judy Fain, & Linda Gassenheimer

Allen Susser, Aaron Brooks, Sam Gorenstein, & Brad Kilgore

Sam Gorenstein, Susan Gladstone, Allen Susser, Brad Kilgore, & Aaron Brooks

Danny & Merle Weiss

Gerald Schwartz & Susan Gladstone

Nancy & Larry Cohen

Pedro Botta & Susan Gladstone

Raquel & Marcos Chertman

Susan Gladstone & Linda Menage

Dawn Fine, Susan Gladstone, & Billi Martin

Alexis Brown, Linda Gassenheimer, & Jessica Siskind

Linda & Michael Bittel, & Susan Gladstone

Jordana Pomeroy, Susan Gladstone, & Klaudio Rodriguez

Marcia Sage, Chaim Lieberperson, & Jessica Siskind

Susan Gladstone, Paul Drucker, & Ellie Ganz

Ira & Honey Giller, Wendy Belkin, & Susan Gladstone

Susan Gladstone, John Stack, Jessica Siskind, & Tudor Parfitt

Michael, Diane, Nancy & Robert Denberg

Jacob Solomon, Susan Gladstone, Elaine Bloom, Richard Stone, & Elliot Stone