March 3, 2010: Chef Eric Ripert & Friends join Thank You Tibet! to benefit Tibetan refugees at the Pierre Hotel, New York City >View Video of Chef Ripert on LX New York (Ch 4) discussing the event

Chef Eric Ripert and nine top chefs—Dan Barber, Stephane Becht, Daniel Humm, Gavin Kaysen, Anita Lo, Laurent Manrique, George Mendes, Sam Talbot, and Michael White —will offer their signature dishes at an exclusive dinner at the Pierre Hotel in New York City to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan diaspora and to celebrate the survival of Tibetan culture at a time when it is at great risk of disappearing in Tibet. 

In an intimate setting, each of the chefs will cook for a table of 20 people.  Well-known photographers and artists are donating their work to be sold in an auction at the dinner. Proceeds from the dinner will benefit The Tibet Fund, a nonprofit organization founded in 1981 under the auspices of the Dalai Lama to support refugee rehabilitation, health care, education, community and economic development and cultural preservation programs that enable the Tibetan people to sustain their way of life, national identity and culture in exile.  

March 4, 2010 ~ 7:00 PM: Nobel Peace Laureates join co-hosts Ann Curry and Michael Imperioli, and Laurie Anderson, Philip Glass, Bobby McFerrin and others to pay tribute to the Tibetan people at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City

The Tibet Fund will present a special Thank You Tibet! program with Nobel Peace Laureates Jody Williams and Shirin Ebadi, Co-hosts Ann Curry and Michael Imperioli, Laurie Anderson, John Giorno, Philip Glass, Tenzin Kunsel, Bobby McFerrin, interfaith leaders, and Tibetan performers at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on 112th Street & Amsterdam Avenue, New York City. 

This landmark program will honor His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people for their steadfast commitment to nonviolence as a path to peace and for safeguarding and sharing their unique culture with our global community. The program will feature excerpts from Kundun by Martin Scorsese and rare images from pre-1959 Tibet taken by Demo Tenzin Gyatso as well as messages submitted to the Thank You Tibet! campaign. The Tibet Fund is joined in this effort by the PeaceJam Foundation, The Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education, and the Nobel Women's Initiative.