Toasting for a Cause helps families in need

Loaves and Fishes Community Services and Catch 35 Naperville are partnering to host Toasting for a Cause to raise funds for the services Loaves and Fishes provides for families in need.

The event will be from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13, at Catch 35, 35 S. Washington St., Naperville.

"Catch 35 Naperville is well-known for their outstanding food and wine offerings in addition to their enjoyable ambience," Loaves and Fishes CEO Mike Havala said.

"We are excited to be hosting Toasting for a Cause at Catch 35 and are grateful for their generous support as well as that of Taste America Restaurants."

"We are excited to offer an exquisite food and wine event in partnership with Loaves and Fishes," said Carl Jensen, director of operations for Taste America Restaurants.

"The menu features the Best of previous Catch 35 wine dinner dishes highlighting the autumn season, as well as opulent and robust wines from the French and California wine regions, Napa Valley and the Russian River Valley. We are looking forward to this unique dining experience at Catch 35 Naperville."

Guests will enjoy a passed appetizer of smoked whitefish schmear on toasted sourdough bread served with Villaviva, Cotes de Thau, Rose, France 2016.

The four-course meal features a first course with roasted butternut squash salad with prosciutto, arugula, cave-aged blue cheese, truffle oil and olive oil served with Hess, Allomi cabernet sauvignon, Napa Valley, California, 2014; a second course with Chilean sea bass, cannellini beans, chorizo, lemon and parsley served with Hall, sauvignon blanc, Napa Valley, California, 2015; a third course with dry-aged New York Strip with marrow bone, parsnip mashed potatoes, smoked caviar and au jus served with Raymond, Reserve Selection, cabernet sauvignon, Napa Valley, California, 2014; and a fourth course with crème brûlée with black cherries and a butter cookie served with Emeritus, Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley, California, 2014.

Reservations are $150 per person; $90 of each ticket goes directly to support Loaves and Fishes and is tax deductible. Seating is limited to 125 for this event.

Register online at bit.ly/2yG6t91. For information, contact Karen Walsh at kwalsh@loaves-fishes.org.