The 16th Annual Food Allergy Ball benefiting Food Allergy Research & Education

NEW YORK - Sept. 25, 2013 - PRLog -- The 16^th Annual Food Allergy Ball, benefiting Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE), takes place on Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at The Metropolitan Museum ofArt.  All proceeds will benefit FARE, a national nonprofit organization with the mission of ensuring the safety and inclusion of individuals with food allergies while relentlessly seeking a cure.

The event will honor Sean McManus, Chairman, CBS Sports, for his dedication to FARE’s mission. Nick Valenti, CEO, Patina Restaurant Group, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award, presented to an outstanding restaurateur for his commitment to excellence and compassion for diners with food allergies. Rebecca and Sacha Lainovic will receive the Legacy Award for their long-standing dedication to FARE and the food allergy community.

Julia Koch, Sharyn T. Mann and Todd J. Slotkin are the Gala Dinner Chairs.  David H. Koch is the Corporate Dinner Chair.  Liana Silverstein Backal and Arthur Backal, Abbey and Steven Braverman, Patricia and James Cayne, Nina Rennert Davidson and Mitchell Davidson, Roxanne and Dean Palin, and Stephanie Winston Wolkoff and David Wolkoff are the Benefit Dinner Chairs. The festivities for this black-tie Gala start at 6:30 PM.  Ticket prices are as follows: Tables are available for $50,000, $25,000 and $15,000, and individual tickets are available for $5,000, $2,500 and $1,000.

About FARE

Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) works on behalf of the 15 million Americans with food allergies, including all those at risk for life-threatening anaphylaxis. This potentially deadly disease affects 1 in every 13 children in the U.S. – or roughly two in every classroom. Formed in 2012 as a result of a merger between the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network and the Food Allergy Initiative, FARE’s mission is to ensure the safety and inclusion of individuals with food allergies while relentlessly seeking a cure. We do this by providing evidence-based education and resources, undertaking advocacy at all levels of government, increasing awareness of food allergy as a serious public health issue, and funding world-class research that advances treatment and understanding of food allergies. For more information about food allergies and FARE, please visit www.foodallergy.org.

For press information, contact Mitchell Manning Associates, LTD. at (212) 980-1711 or fax to (212) 980-1615.

For Gala information, please call the Food Allergy Benefit Headquarters at

212-810-4150 or email FARE@firstprotocol.com.