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| ILLY’S CUP OF KINDNESS BENEFIT BREWS HOPE | |
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Il 4 dicembre 2007, promossa da illy, avrà luogo a New York un’asta di beneficenza contro la denutrizione dei bambini etiopi e a favore della loro scolarizzazione, poiché in Etiopia nasce il miglior caffè illy. All’asta, accanto a opere d’arte, al famoso lampadario illy Cup Collection e altre preziosità, sarà battuta anche una library di 101 libri Charta selezionati dal meglio di un catalogo di circa 800 titoli d’arte a 360 gradi. È la nostra prima asta, siamo emozionati. Comunicato stampa ILLY’S CUP OF KINDNESS BENEFIT BREWS HOPE FOR CHILDREN IN ETHIOPIA Hosts Martha Stewart and Andrea Illy, with co-hosts Chef Thomas Keller and Artist James Rosenquist Aid illy in Mission to Build Schools New York, NY – November 19, 2007 – Italian coffee company, illycaffè, is proud to continue its Cup of Kindness campaign with a charity dinner to take place on December 4, 2007 at Per Se in New York City. Hosted by Martha Stewart and Andrea Illy, with co-hosts chef Thomas Keller and artist James Rosenquist, the evening will feature a cocktail reception followed by a gourmet dinner and live charity auction. Cup of Kindness will benefit Share Our Strength, an organization dedicated to eradicating childhood hunger throughout the world. A portion of the proceeds from this philanthropic event will be specifically earmarked for schools in Ethiopia, the birthplace of coffee and a source of illy’s premier coffee beans. Guests at this year’s Cup of Kindness will enjoy a gourmet dinner created by the renowned chef Thomas Keller. Additionally, Eliza Osborne of Sotheby’s will preside over this year’s live auction which will feature one-of-a-kind lots including high-end art pieces, luxury travel packages and gourmet experiences. Guests in attendance at illy’s Cup of Kindness event will have the opportunity to bid on exclusive items such as: • The illy Cup Collection Chandelier, one of only two in the world featuring more than 300 cups from illy’s signature Cup Collections. Since 1992, illy has worked with distinguished artists including Robert Rauschenberg, David Byrne, Julian Schnabel and Atelier Van Lieshout, to design limited-edition Cup Collections, each of which is present on this exquisite chandelier that is valued at $60,000. • Photographs by artist Marina Abramovic • A four-night stay at renowned chef Alain Ducasse’s L’Andana, a 33-room luxury hotel, located in the Maremma region of Tuscany. Included in this package will be a dinner and wine pairing for two at the Michelin-starred Trattoria Toscana, along with a private cooking class, and spa treatments at the luxurious ESPA spa. • The Charta Book Collection: 101 volumes donated by Charta, a leading international book publisher who has worked with illy since 2002 in publishing the illy Collection, documenting one of the most famous collection of artist-designed coffee cups in the world. The art books for auction represent a prime selection of their entire catalogue and include books about, amongst others, Marina Abramovic, Alighiero e Boetti, Basquiat, Maurizio Cattelan, Alex Katz, Anselm Kiefer, Shirin Neshat, and Nancy Spero. - more - • A TurboChef 30” Double Wall Speedcook Oven including installation, a private demonstration by five-star chef Chef Guenter Seeger, and a six-course dinner party for 10 cooked in the TurboChef oven by Chef Seeger, with wine from Bedell Cellars to complement the meal. • A seven-night stay throughout India at five-star locations including: o 2 nights at The Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, Mumbai o 1 night at Taj View Hotel, Agra o 2 nights at Rambagh Palace, Jaipur o 2 nights at Lake Palace, Udaipur “Illy is honored to work with Share Our Strength in order to further support the advancement of coffee-growing communities,” said Andrea Illy, Chairman of illycaffè. “Through Cup of Kindness, we have been able to improve the quality of life in Moyale Woreda and hope to expand our efforts throughout Ethiopia. We are proud to be entering our fourth year and look forward to continuing this tradition for many years to come.” Ethiopia is the birthplace of coffee and grows the highest quality washed Arabica beans in the world. Illy purchases these Ethiopian beans at a premium price and has devised a processing procedure that significantly increases crop quality with little investment. This system not only reduces water usage in this drought-prone land, but it results in an increase in coffee quality, translating into increased income for individual coffee growers. In addition to co-funding this project with the International Coffee Organization and the Common Fund for Commodities, illy sends its qualified technicians to work on-site to assist growers during the harvesting and processing stages as a further quality assurance. By increasing the value of the Ethiopian coffee farmer’s crop, illy ensures that farmers realize a profit for their efforts, upholding illy’s ethical and sustainable development practices throughout coffee-growing countries. ”Through our partnership with illy, we have continued to raise both awareness and funds, enabling us to provide much needed aid to children and their families living in incredibly adverse conditions,” said Billy Shore, Founder of Share Our Strength. This holiday season illy’s Push Button House, designed by artist/architect Adam Kalkin, will be installed in the Time Warner Center from November 29 to December 29. The Push Button House is a fully functional and sustainable five-room home built within a standard industrial shipping container that opens fully in 90 seconds with the push of a button. Illy’s Cup of Kindness holiday tree will be “planted” in the area surrounding the illy Push Button House where visitors can make a donation and, as a token of appreciation, receive one of several gifts including an illy coffee cup designed by English architect and designer, Rufus Willis. The Rufus Willis cup is part of illy’s many signed and numbered limited edition cup collections, which are created by renowned and emerging contemporary artists and prized by collectors from around the world. - more - In addition, on December 10 and 11, five percent of all purchases made at www.illyusa.com will be donated to Cup of Kindness to further support illy’s mission to improve conditions in Ethiopia. The Cup of Kindness event will take place on December 4, 2007 and will begin with a cocktail and hors d’oeuvres reception at 6:30 pm followed by a gourmet dinner and live auction. Cup of Kindness is a private dinner event with seats priced at $1,500 per person. For more information about this event, please call 646.292.1140. For more information about illy please visit www.illyusa.com or for Share our Strength please visit www.strength.org. About illycaffè Based in Trieste, Italy, illycaffè produces and markets a unique blend of coffee as the single brand leader in quality coffee and gives coffee connoisseurs an overall authentic Italian coffee experience. Illy is available in more than 50,000 of the finest restaurants and coffee bars and is sold in over 140 countries around the world, serving more than 6 million cups of illy coffee per day. Globally, illy employs more than 700 people. Illy buys green coffee of the highest quality Arabica directly from the growers through partnerships based on the mutual creation of value. The Italian-based company fosters long-term collaborations with the world’s finest coffee growers – in Brazil, Central America, India and Africa – providing know-how and technology and offering above-market prices. About Share Our Strength® Share Our Strength® is a national organization working to make sure no kid in America grows up hungry. We weave together a net of community groups, activists and food programs to catch children at risk of hunger, and surround them with nutritious food where they live, learn and play. We work with the culinary industry to create engaging, pioneering programs like Taste of the Nation, The Great American Bake Sale, Operation Frontline and A Tasteful Pursuit. For more information, please visit www.strength.org. |
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