I wish to thank all those who helped to make the 18th Annual International Dinner a wonderful event. In particular, I would like to recognize the following cooks who did such a remarkable job of creating a fantastic buffet of world-class food.
| Julio Urbina Mary Kruse Martha Diehl Lara Alferova Flavia Ramirez Anna-Marie Popa Ruxandra Costescu David Scott Kirti Patel Edith Cisneros Gifty Ako-Adounvo Bernard Cesarone Vashaun Wilson |
Josh Nickel John Qian Letitia Klatt Mike Sczerba Judith Gordon Schalk Kok Angelica Pluta Manideepa Sengupta Pinaki Sengupta Zhiwen Ng Eileen Dancuart Zhi-Wen Claudia Rodrigues Ivan Feitl |
Miljan Markus Annette Hillers Sue Kim Sahin Acar Deniz Kartal Linda Brown Youhong Wang Adam Duus Shao Hsia Virginie Lassale Loreana Lopez Pratik Singh |
I would also like to thank Ronald Peters for taking the photos at the
dinner.
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| Ruxandra Costescu and Adam Duus, emcees for the evening. | Eileen Dancuart, Ivan Feitl, Vashaun Wilson, and Bernard Cesarone. |
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| Manideepa Sengupta. | Corina Harhandow. |
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| Michael Sczerba and Miljan Markus. | Ileana Costescu and Annette Hillers. |
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| Lara Alferova, Claudia Rodrigues, and Josh Nickel. |