Duke University Hospital is consistently rated as one of the best hospitals in the United States and is known around the world for its outstanding care and groundbreaking research. It has 957 inpatient beds and offers comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center; a major surgery suite containing 51 operating rooms; an endosurgery center; an Ambulatory Surgery Center with nine operating rooms and an extensive diagnostic and interventional radiology area. Duke University Hospital is also ranked first in North Carolina and first in the Raleigh-Durham area.

Serge Falcoz-Vigne, 2019 Executive Chef

The gala’s extraordinary dinner will be under the culinary direction of Serge Falcoz-Vigne. Originally from Grenoble, France, Serge has cooked in restaurants all over the world. His passion is to create new recipes based on classic, traditional cuisine using modern techniques and mixing local products with international flavors. Serge believes that la cuisine is an international language and that everyone, all over the world, can understand the pleasure of eating something delicious. Serge is the executive chef and general manager at Saint Jacques, a french cuisine restaurant in Raleigh.