BiZBash presented its annual Event Style Awards on April 5 at a ceremony at Pacha. Here are the winners:
Best Corporate Event Concept
Campbell Soup Company's "A Passion for Food" Event
Submitted by the Steffan Group
The Campbell Soup Company hired the Steffan Group to create this customer appreciation event for 100 food industry C.E.O.s and their spouses. The multiday food-centric event included a dine-around with stops at Aquavit and Alain Ducasse; tickets to Wicked followed by a Godiva dessert reception at Times Square Studios; speeches from Rudy Giuliani and Veuve Clicquot C.E.O. Mireille Guiliano, the author of French Women Don't Get Fat; stops at iconic New York spots such as the Statue of Liberty and Central Park; and private dinners at Daniel and Le Bernardin.
Best Gift Bags
Campbell Soup Company's "A Passion for Food" Event
Submitted by the Steffan Group
During the Campbell Soup Company's customer appreciation event, guests at a special ladies-only breakfast heard a speech by author and Veuve Clicquot C.E.O. Mireille Guiliano and found custom-made, reversible handbags at their tables. Made of boucle, faux fur, and silk with velvet ribbon handles and enclosed with a brooch, the bags contained signed copies of Guiliano's French Women Don't Get Fat, a pen and blank journal, a pop-up map of New York, a Zagat 2005 New York City Shopping guide, and an American Express gift card for a ladies' choice lunch that afternoon.
Best Lighting Design
Time Warner's Holiday "Under the Stars" Holiday Event
Submitted by Related Experiences/Columbus Circle Experiences
Related Experiences/Columbus Circle Experiences kicked off the 2005 holiday shopping season with a starry spectacle. Hanging from the 150-foot ceiling of the Time Warner Center's great room were 12 14-foot-tall stars—created by Brooklyn-based Holiday Image Inc.—illuminated with 8,500 color LED lights programmed to jazz, rock, and classic holiday music. The bright holiday decor could be seen from Central Park and down the eastern end of 59th Street.
Best Overall Catering at an Event
Imperia Vodka Launch
Submitted by Tentation Potel & Chabot
Sumptuous was the operative word at the U.S. launch of this Russian vodka on Liberty Island. Tentation created a multitiered feast, with hors d'oeuvres such as vodka-infused meatballs and wild mushroom pierogies. A 30-foot dinner buffet included whole roasted sturgeon, suckling pig, and beef stroganoff. Picking up on a royal Russian tradition of offering small bites—called zakuskis—with vodka, Tentation served truffled beet chips, black bread toasts with herbed butter, and picked vegetables on ornate brass trays, accompanied by ice-filled silver buckets each stocked with a bottle of Imperia.
Awards Judges
Will Arriaga Jr., US 2 Productions
John Banta, American Ballet Theatre
Shauna Brook, Giorgio Armani Corporation
Claire Callan, Independent Planner
Michael Dare, NBC Universal/USA Network
Kate Edmonds, Kate Edmonds Events
Evelyn Fernandez, BlackRock Inc.
Leah Fischman, Time Warner Global Marketing
Lindsey Hicky, Condé Nast Traveler
Suzanne Ito, BiZBash Media
Chad Kaydo, BiZBash Media
Mark Mavrigian, BiZBash Media
Mary Morrison, Clinton Global Initiative
Bruce Patron, Overland Entertainment
Emily Prawda Weiss, More Magazine
Harris Schanhaut, American Express
Anna Sekula, BiZBash Media
Jennifer Stark, Brooklyn Academy of Music
Frank Supovitz, National Football League
Suzanne Tobak, Tobak Lawrence Company
Posted 04.07.06
Photo: Jeff Thomas/ImageCapture (Tentation)
More About Our Awards
BiZBash's 2006 Event Style Award Winners, Part 2
BiZBash's 2006 Event Style Award Winners, Part 3
BiZBash's 2006 Event Style Award Winners, Part 4
BiZBash's 2006 Event Style Award Winners, Part 5
Our 2006 Event Style Awards Finalists
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BiZBash's Event Style Awards Finalists
BiZBash Awards Best Event Ideas
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Best Corporate Event Concept
Campbell Soup Company's "A Passion for Food" Event
Submitted by the Steffan Group
The Campbell Soup Company hired the Steffan Group to create this customer appreciation event for 100 food industry C.E.O.s and their spouses. The multiday food-centric event included a dine-around with stops at Aquavit and Alain Ducasse; tickets to Wicked followed by a Godiva dessert reception at Times Square Studios; speeches from Rudy Giuliani and Veuve Clicquot C.E.O. Mireille Guiliano, the author of French Women Don't Get Fat; stops at iconic New York spots such as the Statue of Liberty and Central Park; and private dinners at Daniel and Le Bernardin.
Best Gift Bags
Campbell Soup Company's "A Passion for Food" Event
Submitted by the Steffan Group
During the Campbell Soup Company's customer appreciation event, guests at a special ladies-only breakfast heard a speech by author and Veuve Clicquot C.E.O. Mireille Guiliano and found custom-made, reversible handbags at their tables. Made of boucle, faux fur, and silk with velvet ribbon handles and enclosed with a brooch, the bags contained signed copies of Guiliano's French Women Don't Get Fat, a pen and blank journal, a pop-up map of New York, a Zagat 2005 New York City Shopping guide, and an American Express gift card for a ladies' choice lunch that afternoon.
Best Lighting Design
Time Warner's Holiday "Under the Stars" Holiday Event
Submitted by Related Experiences/Columbus Circle Experiences
Related Experiences/Columbus Circle Experiences kicked off the 2005 holiday shopping season with a starry spectacle. Hanging from the 150-foot ceiling of the Time Warner Center's great room were 12 14-foot-tall stars—created by Brooklyn-based Holiday Image Inc.—illuminated with 8,500 color LED lights programmed to jazz, rock, and classic holiday music. The bright holiday decor could be seen from Central Park and down the eastern end of 59th Street.
Best Overall Catering at an Event
Imperia Vodka Launch
Submitted by Tentation Potel & Chabot
Sumptuous was the operative word at the U.S. launch of this Russian vodka on Liberty Island. Tentation created a multitiered feast, with hors d'oeuvres such as vodka-infused meatballs and wild mushroom pierogies. A 30-foot dinner buffet included whole roasted sturgeon, suckling pig, and beef stroganoff. Picking up on a royal Russian tradition of offering small bites—called zakuskis—with vodka, Tentation served truffled beet chips, black bread toasts with herbed butter, and picked vegetables on ornate brass trays, accompanied by ice-filled silver buckets each stocked with a bottle of Imperia.
Awards Judges
Will Arriaga Jr., US 2 Productions
John Banta, American Ballet Theatre
Shauna Brook, Giorgio Armani Corporation
Claire Callan, Independent Planner
Michael Dare, NBC Universal/USA Network
Kate Edmonds, Kate Edmonds Events
Evelyn Fernandez, BlackRock Inc.
Leah Fischman, Time Warner Global Marketing
Lindsey Hicky, Condé Nast Traveler
Suzanne Ito, BiZBash Media
Chad Kaydo, BiZBash Media
Mark Mavrigian, BiZBash Media
Mary Morrison, Clinton Global Initiative
Bruce Patron, Overland Entertainment
Emily Prawda Weiss, More Magazine
Harris Schanhaut, American Express
Anna Sekula, BiZBash Media
Jennifer Stark, Brooklyn Academy of Music
Frank Supovitz, National Football League
Suzanne Tobak, Tobak Lawrence Company
Posted 04.07.06
Photo: Jeff Thomas/ImageCapture (Tentation)
More About Our Awards
BiZBash's 2006 Event Style Award Winners, Part 2
BiZBash's 2006 Event Style Award Winners, Part 3
BiZBash's 2006 Event Style Award Winners, Part 4
BiZBash's 2006 Event Style Award Winners, Part 5
Our 2006 Event Style Awards Finalists
Related Stories
BiZBash's 2005 Event Style Award Winners
BiZBash's Event Style Awards Finalists
BiZBash Awards Best Event Ideas
BiZBash Awards Honor Event Biz Best
BiZBash Gives Awards at New Hyatt Ballroom
BiZBash Blitz: Our Spring Fling
Best Corporate Event Concept
Best Gift Bag
Best Lighting Design
Best Overall Catering
