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Thanksgiving with Chef Benjamin Ford at Asia Society Hong Kong Center

Chef Benjamin Ford, guest (left) and Nini Forino, Consul (Public Affairs) of U.S. Consulate General (right) at Thanksgiving Barbecue inAsia Society Hong Kong Center on November 23, 2013
Michael Leung, artist/founder and creative director of HK Honey and friend, Clifford A. Hart, Consul General of U.S. Consulate General, and Nini Forino, Consul (Public Affairs) of U.S. Consulate General (right) at Thanksgiving Barbecue in Asia Society Hong Kong Center on November 23, 2013
Amy Hui, spouse of Raymond Cheng, Clifford Hart, Consul General of U.S. Consulate General, and Raymond Cheng, CEO of Sozo Group and Alabama China Partnership at cocktail reception on Joseph Lau and Josephine Lau Roof Garden at Thanksgiving Gala Dinner in Asia Society Hong Kong Center on November 23, 2013
Clifford Hart, Consul General of U.S. Consulate General speaking at Thanksgiving Gala Dinner in Asia Society Hong Kong Center on November 23, 2013
Chef Benjamin Ford, U.S. Culinary Ambassador speaking at Thanksgiving Gala Dinner in Asia Society Hong Kong Center on November 23, 2013
S. Alice Mong, Executive Director of Asia Society Hong Kong Center (second from the left), Chef Benjamin Ford, U.S. Culinary Ambassador (forth from the left), Clifford A. Hart, Consul General of U.S. Consulate General (sixth from the left), Raymond Cheng, CEO of Sozo Group and Alabama China Partnership (fourth from right), Amy Hui, spouse of Raymond Cheng (third from right), and the Love Jazz Big Band at Thanksgiving Gala Dinner in Asia Society Hong Kong Center on November 23, 2013
Erich R. Kuss, Director of Agricultural Trade Office, U.S. Consulate General (left), Nini Forino, Consul (Public Affairs) of U.S. Consulate General (second from left), Clifford A. Hart, Consul General of U.S. Consulate General (fourth from left), Raymond Cheng, (second from right), and Love Jazz Big Band at Thanksgiving Gala Dinner in Asia Society Hong Kong Center on November 23, 2013
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HONG KONG, December 3, 2013 – It was a feast at the Asia Society Hong Kong Center on November 23, an early Thanksgiving Day celebration featuring celebrity chef Benjamin Ford, son of Hollywood actor Harrison Ford. The Center hosted a barbeque during the day and a black-tie gala in the evening.

Over 160 guests joined us for the Thanksgiving barbeque, filled with an afternoon of live jazz music and American delicacies designed by Chef Ford. All of the event’s proceeds went to Food Angel to help build a sustainable food culture for Hong Kong. The epicurean journey continued through to the evening featuring Chef Ford’s specially designed Thanksgiving dinner menu that pays tribute to culinary traditions and cultural offerings from various American states. Complementing the food was an East-meets-West razzle-dazzle that combined jazz music from the U.S. and northeast China for a warm and festive evening.

 

Thanks to the U.S. Consulate General in Hong Kong, the State Department, the U.S. Agricultural Trade Office for the opportunity of the debut collaboration for the festival.