About this Event
Join San Jose Woman's Club's Best Furry Friends Group, Silicon Valley Social Vegans and Moose Mountain for an elegant evening of vegan food and wine benefitting animal sanctuary Rancho Compasión. Joining us will be celebrated chef and vegan food advocate Miyoko Schinner, recently featured in the Netflix special on twins, “You Are What You Eat,” for a unique opportunity to meet her and enjoy a meal with one of the leading stars in the vegan culinary world. We expect this event to sell out quickly; purchase your ticket soon! All are welcome: men, women and non-vegans!
Rancho Compasión will present a four-course winter menu of vegan cuisine in the Landmark Ballroom of the San Jose Woman's Club. VIP tickets to the event include an intimate wine and appetizer reception, featuring Miyoko’s newest creations and award winning wine from Moose Mountain, from 5:00 pm in the Fireside Room. General Admission begins at 6 pm; dinner begins at 6:30 pm. Comedian and activist Jennie McNulty will regale dinner guests with her wit and wisdom as Master of Ceremonies while artist Amy Burkman wows us with her talents. Choose an optional add-in to pair your meal with award winning Moose Mountain wines, or just enjoy a glass of wine from Moose Mountain at the no-host bar (suggested donation $10). And bring your payment method of choice for the live auction, featuring getaways and unique experiences. All proceeds from ticket sales and the auction directly benefit Rancho Compasión.
- VIP Admission, $250: VIP tickets to the event include an intimate wine and appetizer reception, featuring Miyoko’s newest creations, starting at 5:00pm in the Fireside Room. General Admission begins at 6 pm; dinner begins at 6:30.
- General Admission, $125: Doors Open at 6, Delight in dinner with the Four-Course Winter Menu at 6:30.
- VIP Table of 8, $2500: Start the evening with an intimate wine and appetizer reception, featuring Miyoko’s newest creations starting at 5:00pm in the Fireside Room. Then enjoy dinner at your private table for eight in a premium location at 6:30PM. Includes VIP sponsor listing in program.
- Premium Sponsor Table of 8, $1350: Enjoy dinner at your private table for eight in a premium location. Includes sponsor listing in program.
Proceeds benefit Rancho’s Compassionate Education Program to help bring students to Rancho Compasión! About 50 kids per week, ranging from primary to high school, from all backgrounds, come to Rancho Compasión to engage with animals, get their hands in the soil in the new Compassion Garden, and learn about how they can be caring change makers for the animals and the food system. Can you imagine what it’s like for a kid who has never had the experience of meeting a cow or seeing how food is grown, to visit a farm sanctuary like Rancho Compasion? Life changing, right? You can make it possible for students to experience that.
Miyoko Schinner is the award-winning chef, author, and founder of Miyoko's Creamery and Rancho Compasión, a farmed animal sanctuary. On the inaugural list of Forbes 50 Over 50, INC. Magazine’s Top 100 Female Founders of 2022, a “Game Changer” by Food and Wine Magazine, and a “Vegan Revolutionary” by UN Women, Miyoko is an epicurean activist who has been working tirelessly for over 30 years to reimagine a food system built on sustainability, equity, and compassion for animals. Through her many cookbooks, enterprises, products, and thought leadership, Miyoko has inspired people across the globe to reconsider their food choices. She has been featured in the New York Times, Forbes, Food and Wine, Bloomberg, Washington Post, The Guardian, and most major media platforms.
Rancho Compasión, founded by Miyoko in 2015, provides a loving, lifelong home for rescued farm animals and helps change perception about animals typically viewed as "food". More than 30 volunteers work with a small staff to provide food, shelter, medical and veterinary attention, and socialization for the ten different species that call the sanctuary home, and to provide visitation, volunteer, outreach, and humane education programs to all ages of the public.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
San Jose Woman's Club, 75 South 11th Street, San Jose, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 2500.00