Guitarist Jim Corr, Apprentice winner Michelle Dewberry and former Miss
Wales and Big Brother contestant Imogen Thomas will be among a long-list of
high profile diners at an exclusive charity event in Dublin this weekend.
Nobu - one of London's most extravagant restaurants and popular celebrity
hangout - will be hosting a black tie gala dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel
in Ballsbridge to raise money for Outreach Moldova, a Dublin-based charity
that works with 500 disabled orphaned children in the eastern European
country.
The event is expected to top anything Nobu has ever
attempted. Each year the group hosts one charity event in the UK and two
years ago decided to take on the mammoth task of hosting it in Dublin - its
biggest event worldwide to date.
Sourcing a venue that was both up
to their world-class standards and indeed willing to open their kitchen
doors to strangers was the first challenge.
However Nobu's
impeccable reputation paved the way for the Four Seasons Hotel to welcome
them with open arms.
The group's head chef, Mark Edwards, will be
flying in especially for the event to oversee final preparations for the
sumptuous seven-course Japanese banquet which will be put together by 20 of
the chain's top chefs.
To add to the extravagance, 400 blackened
cod will be flown in from Alaska for the meal and 25 waiting staff will
arrive to ensure the guests are treated to the personal service synonymous
with Nobu.
In another exclusive twist, uber-cool DJ Dylan Almot
will also fly in to entertain the guests until the wee hours. Dylan is now
considered to be one of London's finest playing in clubs Pascha, Cirque,
Chinawhite, Aura, Umbaba, The Penthouse and Pangeae.
But the aim of
the event is to raise money for Outreach Moldova which is about to begin a
new building project - the Village of Hope.
Currently, once a
disabled child turns 16 they become at risk of being moved to an adult
psychiatric institution for the remainder of their lives - regardless of
their condition, and leaves them open to abuse which is reported to happen
often.
The charity hopes to build 12 homes in the region.
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