CLASP Homes hosts its 11th annual Taste of Westport event Thursday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Westport Inn.
Neil Fuentes: “singing chef.” Conributed photo
A feature of the event is a pre-party with “The Singing Chef,” Neil Fuentes, a recent winner on Food Network’s “Rewrapped” and executive chef at Jojoto in Branford, described as Connecticut’s only Venezuelan restaurant.
The evening includes tasting specialties from choice area restaurants, accompanied by a selection of wines, beers and cocktails, and ends with desserts, cappuccino and gelato.
The pre-party begins at 6 p.m. and tickets for this party and the full Taste of Westport are a $95 donation to CLASP. The Taste event alone is $75.
Offerings include fresh oysters and clams on the half shell from Bridgeport Lobster and Shellfish as well as dishes from more than 20 restaurants, including Little Barn, Pan e Bene, Jojoto, Rive Bistro, Bobby Q’s, and Post 154.
Silent auction items include VIP tickets to the “Daily Show” with Jon Stewart with dinner and round trip transportation to New York; Jimmy Fallon “Tonight Show” tickets; and late season Red Sox-Yankees tickets.
There will also be designer handbags and Edward Bess makeup and skin care products; original art by Audrey and Drew Klotz, and a personally recorded voice mail for your phone from ESPN’s Mike Greenberg.
CLASP, a Westport-based nonprofit organization has served lower Fairfield County for 32 years. It provides housing, food, and high quality personalized for area adults living with autism and other developmental disabilities.
Learn more about the food, the auction, the evening, and CLASP on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Taste-of-Westport/112046202141414?fref=ts.
