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                                                       Southeastern Louisiana University
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    Date: 4/9/02
      Contact:                           Christina Chapple 125

'UNITED WE DINE' AT SOUTHEASTERN'S 17TH CHEFS EVENING 
     HAMMOND -- Tickets are now on sale for one of Southeastern Louisiana University's
most popular   and long-running   annual events, Chefs Evening.
     Now in its 17th year, the gala food festival fund-raiser is scheduled for 5:30-7:30 p.m.,
Sunday, April 28, at Southeastern's Twelve Oaks. This year, Twelve Oaks will be decorated with
the patriotic theme, "United We Dine," said coordinator Mary Lou Coats of the Southeastern
Development Foundation, the event's sponsor.
     Coats said that, to date, 25 of the area's best restaurants, caterers, and breweries have
joined the Chefs Evening 2002 "menu." New to the list is Popoulie's Restaurant, which opened
recently at 1602 North Morrison Blvd. in Hammond.
     "We also have two dozen of our Chefs Evening 'favorites,' some of whom have been
generously donating their talents to this events for years," Coats said. "The great recipes that they
prepare for us are what makes Chefs Evening such a popular success."
     Coats said another new addition to this year's program is a silent auction that will benefit
Southeastern athletics.
     Restaurants and other establishments participating, in addition to Popoulie's, are Abita
Springs Water, Aramark Classic Fare Catering, Benedicts, Blythewood Plantation, Catfish
Charlie's, Champagne Beverages, Cuco's, Don's Seafood and Steak House, Garrison's Global
Bar, Hon Yum Chinese Restaurant, Jacmel Inn, Murphy's Seafood Restaurant, Piccadilly
Cafeteria, PJ's Coffee and Tea Co., Taste of Bavaria Bakery and Restaurant, the Cocoa Bean, the
Crescent Bar, Tommy's Pizza, Trey Yuen, C'est Bon Restaurant, Jambalaya & Co., Lagniappe
Catering, TCBY, and Paul's Caf‚.
     Tickets for Chefs Evening, which benefits Southeastern academic programs, are $35. The 
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gala is also sponsoring a variety of giving levels for ticket orders, which can include reserved 
tables and the Patron Party, which will be held this year from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the home of
Bonnie and Doug DuBois in Hammond. Jacmel Inn will provide refreshments for the party.
     Chefs Evening ticket packages and their rewards are 
      The President's Medal, $450, eight tickets each to Chefs Evening and the Patrons Party
and a reserved table for eight.
      Summa Cum Laude, $330, eight tickets to Chefs Evening and reserved table for eight.
      Magna Cum Laude, $130, two tickets each to Chefs Evening and the Patrons Party.
      Cum Laude, $65, one ticket each to Chefs Evening and the Patrons Party.
     For tickets or more information call Coats at the Development Foundation,
(985)549-2239 or 1-800-SLU-ALUM.         
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Press release available online at www.selu.edu/news/spring02.html