Delaware Botanic Gardens
Virtual Dinner Party
Menu and Tickets
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FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 | 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM
DINNER PICK-UP AT 5:00, 5:15 OR 5:30 PM
TICKETS $275 for 2 and $138 for 1
Join us for our first virtual Delaware Botanic Gardens Fundraising Dinner. Once again the dinner will be catered by Plate Catering of SoDel Concepts. Chef Ronnie Burkle, a member of the DBG's Advisory Council, along with Chef Charles Armstrong, Chef Brendan Tharp, Chef Alex Martinez, and Chef Dru Tevis, have created a Tuscan-inspired menu to compliment several wines from Tuscany. The virtual Dinner Party program includes:
Dinners picked up at either Catch 54, Northeast Seafood Kitchen or Bluecoast Rehoboth
Broadcast live over the Internet
Special SoDel 5 course Tuscan-inspired menu including wines from Tuscany
Hosted by SoDel Wine Director and Certified Sommelier Mike Zygmonski
Guest winemaker Count Manfredo live from his winery Conti di San Bonifacio
A special selection of Count Manfredo’s wines supplied by Banks Wine & Spirits
Music & vocals by Vincent Varrassi
Presentation of a Garden video tour
$25,000 Challenge by Ron Bass & George Robbins
DINNER PICK-UP AT 5:00, 5:15 OR 5:30 PM AT 1 OF 3 SODEL RESTAURANTS
Dinner in SoDel’s Virtual Dining Room!
JOIN THE VIRTUAL DINNER AT 6:00 PM
Menu
SPECIAL SODEL COCKTAIL
TITO’S HARVEST APPLE GINGER SPRITZ
FIRST COURSE
FINOCCHIONA & ROMANO TOSCANO FENNEL GARLIC SAUSAGE
| PECORINO ROMANO | PICKLED FENNEL SALAD | BLISTERED GRAPES
SECOND COURSE
WHITE ANCHOVY & PANZANELLA SALAD HOUSE BREAD
| BAYWATER HEIRLOOM TOMATOES | BASIL | RED ONION
| VINEGAR & OIL | SEA SALT
THIRD COURSE
PINZIMONIO & WHITE TRUFFLE RICOTTA BABY CARROTS | RADISH | FENNEL
| BELL PEPPER | SAN BONIFACIO VIRGIN OIL | CRACKED PEPPER
FOURTH COURSE
CACCIUCCO PRAWN | MUSSELS | SQUID | FIN FISH | WHITE WINE TOMATO BROTH
| RED CHILIES | GARLIC | SAGE
DESSERT
VIN SANTO OLIVE OIL CAKE GOLDEN RAISIN & APRICOT COMPOTE | BERGAMOT
| PINE NUT ALMOND CRUNCH | VANILLA BEAN
This year, Banks Wine and Spirits, one of DBG’s most loyal and generous supporters, is supplying a white and a red wine from Count Manfredo’s Conti di San Bonifacio winery. One white and one red for Dinner for two and a red or a white choice for a dinner for one.
If the Dinner Party Tickets indicate SOLD OUT, please contact Sheryl Swed at 202-262-9856 or sherylswed@delawaregardens.org to be added to the wait list for that item.
Please enter your donation amount to help us match the Ron Bass and George Robbins $25,000 Challenge. The challenge continues throughout dinner and the results will be announced at the end of the evening. If you cannot be a Virtual Dinner sponsor or attend the Virtual Dinner Party and would like to help the garden continue to grow, please consider joining the challenge by making a donation below.
EVENT SPONSORS
Event Sponsors to Date
PRESENTING SPONSORS BLUE LUPINE
Ted & Monica Banks
Ron Bass & George Robbins
Mark & Katherine Davidson
Dog Fish Head Brewery
Kami Banks Kane & Sean Kane
Edward V. A. Kussy
Carla & Jack Markell
Pennoni
Sheryl J. Swed & Ray J. Sander
SEA Studio Architects
Story Hill Farm
Sussex County Council
Sussex County Land Trust
Taylor & Messick, Inc.
Yorkston Consulting
GENTIAN SPONSORS
Tish Brey Photography
Coastal Point
Brent & Malinda Baker
Carol & Tom Bason
Carol McCloud
George & Lynch
Nickle Electrical Companies
Vincent & Paula Varrassi
Bonnie & Charlie Zonko
SUNFLOWER SPONSORS
Baird Mandalas Brockstedt LLC
Bancroft Construction
Peter E. Carter
Ray Bojarski & Diann Corsnitz
Coastal Plant Care
Coastal Tented Events
Delaware Beach Life
Delaware Electric Cooperative
Gateway Garden Center
Good Earth Market & Organic Farm
Hoffman Nursery
Kathy Johnson
Lazy K Nursery, Inc.
David Swayze & Carolyn DePew Swayze
TreeButtress
LeDee & David Wakefield
BIRD'S FOOT VIOLET SPONSORS
Harry Avila & Diane Olson
Bank of Delmarva
Margaret & Larry Brain
Cape Gazette
Sam & Cyndi Cashdollar
Jeremy Cole
Coventry Corporate Printing
Dagsboro Days
Dagsboro Paint & Wallpaper
Judy & Fred Dayhoff
Phil Dell’Orco & Karen Steenhoudt
Angela & Mike Phinney
Jan & Robert Poli
Michael Riska & Angie Dunson
Joanne & Michael Shipley
Brian Trader & Tyler Monteith
Alison Willocks & Elizabeth Rives
We invite you to become a Sponsor of the DBG Virtual Fundraising Dinner Party. All sponsorships, ticket sales and donations will help us GROW THE GARDEN in 2021!