$50 Gift Certificate from La Bedaine

Providing hospitality by offering complete homemade meals for you to take home and reheat.
We also have a daily selection of sandwiches, pastries, sweet and savory tarts, and charcuterie.

Growing up in Paris, France, Alain started his passion for food by learning how to bake at an early age. He began his apprenticeship at Jean Ferrandi School and La Coupole in Paris. After working in several restaurants, he returned to Jean Ferrandi to obtain a degree from L'Ecole Supérieure de Cuisine Française. He worked at Restaurant Lameloise in Chagny, and was the sous chef at Restaurant Morot-Gaudry in Paris.

Alain moved to the United States in 1991, and was the sous chef at The Sherman House in San Francisco. He opened his own restaurant, Le Charm French bistro, in late 1994. With Alain as the executive chef, Le Charm appeared on the San Francisco Chronicle's Top 100 Restaurant list for four years in a row. After 14 years at Le Charm, Alain sold his share of the restaurant in 2008.

In late 2009, Alain opened La Bedaine with the concept to provide hospitality to working families, by offering a complete french meal ready to be finished at home in fifteen minutes or less.

Value: $50

Starting Bid $ 25

For more information about La Bedaine :http://www.labedaine.com/index.html

Hangar One Vodka Tour for Four

Without a doubt. Most vodkas begin as a big industrial column still of fermented wheat that is cranked out by thousands of gallons a minute. Add to that, an occasional bit of flavored fruit extract - end of story.

Our method is different. We start by distilling fresh fruit on the same day it’s picked. Sometimes we work through the night so that the flavor we capture in our still represents the fruit at its most thrilling moment. We make an eau de vie, using centuries-old European methods, in a copper still.

Every bottle of vodka we make begins the same way. Fresh, in-season fruit from farmers we know by first name. Craft distillation by hand, in small batches. When something’s made like this, with love, you can always taste the difference.

Your tour will give your group an overview of craft distillation and artisanal spirits, with a chance to view our stills, fermentation tanks, barrel storage, and bottling line.

Value: $60

Starting Bid: $30

For more information: http://www.hangarone.com

Case of Wine customized for YOU!

Chez Panisse's sommelier, Jonathan Waters, will compose a selection of wines based on the taste preference of the winning bidder. This is a great opportunity to try some new wines chosen just for your palate.

Value: $200
Starting bid: $100

$50 Gift Certificate for Gather

$50 Gift Certificate to Gather.  Gather is a place to experience Northern California food, West Coast wines, and innovative organic cocktails. Our daily-changing menus range from braised meats and whole-roasted fish to brick-oven pizzas and composed vegetable dishes. Our food is inspired by the local farmers, ranchers and artisan food producers.

Value: $50
Starting bid: $25

For more information:http://www.gatherrestaurant.com

Bread for a Year from Semifreddi's

A loaf a week of Semifreddi's bread for a year.

Value: $200
Starting bid: $100

For more information: www.semifreddis.com

Foreign Cinema Gift Certificate

Open since 1999, Foreign Cinema restaurant has garnered local, national and international acclaim as a quintessentially San Francisco dining experience. We offer a daily changing California/Mediterranean-inspired menu in an industrial chic setting located in the heart of the bustling Mission district. Dinner is served nightly as well as weekend brunch both Saturday and Sunday. Foreign and independent films are screened in our covered outdoor courtyard. Seating is available indoors fireside as well as upstairs in our semi-private mezzanine overlooking the dining room. Guests may enjoy cocktails and our complete menu from the main bar or on the patio outside. Modernism West, an art gallery in collaboration with Martin Mueller and Modernism Inc, is open to the public most nights and is an ideal space for private dining. After dinner drinks with rotating DJ's completes the evening in our adjacent bar, Laszlo. For more info visit www.foreigncinema.com

value: $200

starting bid: $75

Dinner at the Chef's Table at Chez Panisse

In the middle of the downstairs kitchen of Chez Panisse, we set up a table once in a while at the chef's request. This table is only by invitation-can never be reserved and is not on the books. You sit between the pastry chef's bowls of fruit and the salad chef's marble counter. This table is for someone who wants to really be in the middle of a kitchen. It is usually just visiting chefs or friends of Alice. This donation includes dinner for two at the kitchen table with the wine pairings of the evening.

What a way to support Jefferson and get the meal of a lifetime.

Value: priceless

Live Auction Item!!

A $25 Gift Certificate from La Note Restaurant Provencal

La Note is an authentic Provençal restaurant in the heart of downtown Berkeley. Traditional breakfast and lunch bistro fare are combined with rustic Provençal dinners in a warm and charming atmosphere.

Value $25
Starting bid: $10

For more information: www.lanoterestaurant.com