Chi Fan for Charity Gears up for Its 11th Year of Dining out for a Good Cause

Chi Fan for Charity | Sep 2, 2019 11:30 am | Add a comment | 192 reads

Chi Fan for Charity, the annual cross-town event that brings together over 600 people to dine for charity, returns for its 11th year on Saturday, Nov 9.

Over 50 generous restaurants have agreed to serve up fantastic meals for the occasion – scroll down for a list of participating venues so far!

What is Chi Fan for Charity?
Fresh off the boat? Perhaps you're not aware of Chi Fan for Charity, or as we call it in shorthand, CFFC. It's a once-a-year Beijing tradition where 50-plus restaurants around the city donate tables of 10 for charity. Table hosts pay a per-head price for gourmet meals, and all of the proceeds go to a worthy cause.

The diners from across the city then gather at the legendary afterparty, where the bacchanalia continues and so does the charitable with even more money raised via generous lucky draws and a silent auction.

Last year over RMB 400,000 was raised for Educating Girls of Rural China, funds that sent more than a dozen underprivileged women off to university.

This year, our charity recipient is Bethel, a Beijing-based training center for blind and visually impaired children established in 2003. Since its founding has cared for over 300 kids and assisted with over 130 adoptions. You can read more about Bethel and the work they do here.

The run-up to the big day, Nov 9

Whether you are a veteran attendee or a newbie eager to take part, here's a quick timeline of the registration for the event:

Sep 23: Bookings open for Full Table Hosts
Oct 7: First Round of Full Table Bookings closes
Oct 8: Remaining seats go on sale
Nov 9: The big day!

Who's serving?

Here's a partial list of the restaurants that have already agreed to participate:

1) TRB Hutong
2) TRB Forbidden City
3) Hulu
4) Pachapappi
5) The Cut Beijing
6) Mosto
7) Bistro 108
8) 3 Little Pigs
9) China Grill
10) Niajo
11) The Living Room at Chao
12) Toast by The Orchid
13) Bakeshop by The Orchid
14) Furongji by The Orchid
15) Boxing Cat
16) Q Mex Taqueria
17) Beersmith
18) Jing-A
19) Maison Flo
20) Transit
21) Great Leap
22) La Pizza
23) Feast By East Hotel
24) Hagaki
25) Taco Bar
26) Bottega Jingshang
27) El Barrio
28) Daruma
29) Jing Yaa Tang
30) Homeplate
31) Hatsune
32) Karaiya Spice House
33) Xiao Susu
34) Susu
35) St. Regis Celestial Court
36) Opera Bombana
37) The Georg
38) Zerogo
39) Slow Boat Brewery
40) Black Sesame
41) Doko
42) De Refter
43) Carmen
44) Side Street
45) Georgia's Feast
46) Tribe
47) Kup Kup Kup
48) Rive Gauche
49) The Kerry Hotel Horizon
50) Pak Pak
51) Wolfgang's
52) Jing-A Taproom
53) The Hutong
54) 8 Qi Nian
55) Hilton Hotel

Want to host a table?

In the meantime, we're still on the hunt for prospective table hosts. Hosting a table is not only a great thing to do for charity, but it's also a wonderful opportunity to gather your friends, staff, coworkers, clients or an interest group for a remarkable evening out.

What does it mean to be a table host? Read a bit about that in the post that was sent out via our account today below this one.

Are you someone that would like to host a table? Contact Kit at WeChat: Kitcrisp or via email at chifanforcharity@outlook.com.

Sponsors: Do good, get excellent publicity
Are you a sponsor that wants to get your name in front of a charitable bunch of over 600 movers and shakers? Contact us at chifanforcharity@outlook.com for sponsorship packages.

Don't have cash to sponsor? How about in-kind goods?
Are you a business that would like to contribute in-kind goods for our charity auction and lucky draw? Contact William at Wechat: weilianwangzi387538 or Mark at Wechat: laoma1350 and one of them will give you the deets.

Restaurants: Want in on the action?
Are you a restaurant that would like to host a table this year? We may still be able to squeeze you in. Contact Preston at 185 1535 9601 for more details.

Have Other Questions?
Not sure what you want? Contact us at our general email at chifanforcharity@outlook.com.

In the meantime, stay in touch via this WeChat account (ID: chifanforcharitybeijing), which is our primary way of keeping you posted with all things CFFC: