Designers Maria Cornejo, Ulla Johnson, Rachel Comey and Jill Platner are joining with Padma Lakshmi and Cindy Sherman to host a dinner next week in support of International Rescue Committee’s efforts for Syria. The evening will take place May 22 at SoHo eatery Il Buco, at the welcome of the restaurant’s owner, Donna Lennard.
“It is a great way for us to draw attention to this cause,” Cornejo says. “As an immigrant and refugee, I know how important it is to have help and support. Donna had a great idea to bring all the women-owned businesses in NoHo together to support women who are the root and nurturers in the family.”
The dinner will come together at the hands of the United Tastes of America Syria Supper Club, a catering company composed of newly resettled Syrian families, who will partner with Il Buco Alimentari chef Garrison Price.
“Jill, Maria and I have been friends for years and have established a wonderfully, old-fashioned ‘barter’ relationship — we have been aching to have a spring event together, something about and for women since we are close friends and local entrepreneurs,” says Lennard, owner and restaurateur at Il Buco. “A few weeks ago, I was invited to a screening of
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