Love Bites Benefit For Katy's Courage And The Scarlett Fund

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Almond Pear Tarts by Silver Spoon Specialties.

This year's Love Bites event will benefit Katy's Courage in memory of Katy Stewart and The Scarlett Fund in honor of Scarlett James at The Muses in Southampton on January 23 from 6:30 to 10 PM. The multi-chef event will honor Stephen Long, president of Children's Museum of the East End (CMEE), Nina Landi, a teacher at Sag Harbor Elementary School, and Dr. Diane Reidy-Lagunes, the co-director of the Hemotology/Oncology Fellowship Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Event chairs are Joe Luppi and Denise Burke O'Brien with honorary chairs Southampton Mayor Mark and Marianne Epley. The event will host an open bar and chef selections from over 30 restaurants including Chef Chairperson Peter Ambrose of Endless Summer Catering. Additional chefs and restaurants include Chef Joe Realmuto of Nick & Toni's, Chef Sam McCleland of Bell & Anchor, Chef Kevin Penner, Hampton Coffee Company, Old Stove Pub, Cowfish, Harvest on the Pond, Rumba, Smokin' Wolf, Hamptons Racquet Club's Salt & Pepper Catering with Cait’s Baked, and Hampton Daze's Chef Joe Cipro to name a few. Katy's Courage is dedicated to supporting education, children's bereavement support, and pediatric cancer research. The organization was founded in 2012 in honor of Katy Stewart. Katy was diagnosed with a rare form of pediatric liver cancer called hepatoblastoma and died at age 12. Her infinite courage motivated the founding of the organization. The Scarlett Fund at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center was created by Jennifer and Robert James to support and raise awareness for pediatric cancer research in honor of their eight year-old daughter, Scarlett James, who was diagnosed in 2013 with T Cell Lymphoma. Tickets start at $125. To purchase tickets visit www.katyscourage.org.

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