• Convivo Restaurant partner Michael Mindel, left, and Chef Peter McNee serve a tasting to Katya Armistead, board co-chair for the Family Service Agency, at the 2017 Cooking Up Dreams fundraiser. McNee received the Judge’s Choice Award. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)
  • Event co-chairs Emily Nordee, left, and Meredith Garofalo. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)
  • Union Bank’s Randy Weiss, left, and Vince Caballero with FSA board co-chair Roberta Heter. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)
  • It was a McNulty family affair at the fundraiser, with Christine, Bret and son Jacob all lending a hand. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)
  • Cynthia Miranda, left, Leilanie Miranda and Charli Kohn-Lopez — three little sisters from the Big Brothers Big Sisters program — helped at the event. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)
  • FSA board member Andrew Wilson, left, Executive Director Lisa Brabo, Ph.D., and Jack Wilson. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)
  • Geoff Green of the SBCC Foundation with event DJ Scott Topper. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)
  • Family Service Agency supporters Joanne and Chuck Wood. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)
  • More than 300 supporters gather for the sold-out Cooking Up Dreams fundraiser. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)
  • Finch & Fork Restaurant’s Andre Boshoff, left, Joe Dohany and Chef James Siao. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)
  • Auctioneer Andrew Firestone makes a point during the live auction. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)

— Noozhawk associate editor Michelle Nelson can be reached at mnelson@noozhawk.com. Follow Noozhawk on Twitter: @noozhawk, @NoozhawkNews and @NoozhawkBiz. Connect with Noozhawk on Facebook.