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<\/a><\/p>\nPrepared by Gold Winning Master chefs from NTD’s 4th International Chinese Culinary Competition in Times Square, their creations will be authentic Chinese dishes prepared for a gourmet’s palate.<\/p>\n
Importantly, The Banquet celebrates the belief that press freedom, human rights and cultural exchange is crucial to China as well as the rest of the world.<\/p>\n
Our most anticipated event of the year, The Banquet draws hundreds of esteemed guests from the business, philanthropic and cultural communities.<\/p>\n
NTD is also pleased to announce that a portion of the evening’s proceeds will be donated to the Robert F. Kennedy Center to recognize its Speak Truth to Power campaign as well as their efforts in promoting human-rights education in Asia.<\/p>\n
We invite you to come celebrate with us!<\/p>\n
5:00-7:00 p.m: Vodka & Caviar Reception and Silent Auction
\n7:00-9:30 p.m: 10 Course Haute Cuisine Dinner<\/p>\n
Other Highlights:
\n– Han Couture Fashion Show and Live Auction
\n– Honored Guests:<\/p>\n
Kerry Kennedy, President
\nRobert F. Kennedy Center of Justice & Human Rights<\/p>\n
Benjamin Ismail, head of Asia-Pacific Region
\nReporters Without Borders<\/p>\n
Sep 22-23, Times Square 9am till 9.30pm<\/h4>\n
Watch live competition action up-close in 32 reserved VIP seats in the heart of Times Square, and taste the actual contestants’ creations.<\/p>\n
On Thursday Sep. 22nd from 12:00pm to 1:00pm, come see Celebrity Chefs help cook for a Citymeals-on-Wheels Charity Event as
\nCo-founder and renowned restaurant critic Gael Greene makes a special appearance.<\/p>\n
Later that evening from 7:00pm to 9:30pm, come join our “Celebrity Chef Lightning Wok Challenge” & Forbidden City Feast Charity
\nEvent where Celebrity Chefs will cook Nuevo Latino, Italian etc in a wok to help raise monies for the Fallen Heroes of 9\/11.<\/p>\n
Finally, on Friday Sep. 23rd from 8:00pm to 8:30pm, come see the Awards Ceremony as $70,000 cash prizes are claimed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On Sunday, September 25th, NTD will host it’s Tenth Anniversary Benefit Gala – The Emperor’s Banquet, celebrating the history, pageantry and tradition of five thousand years of Chinese cuisine from all regions of China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-up-to-date-news-on-everything-asian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13971"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13977,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13971\/revisions\/13977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}