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Tojo bests Canucks this Sunday night

Not many people can best our beloved Canucks right now. Certainly not the Bruins. But tonight at the Tojo and Friends fundraiser for the Canadian Red Cross Japan relief efforts, a dinner  for 12 prepared by Tojo fetched $20,000 besting a framed Canucks signed jersey by all the teammates which went for $5,000.

A hundred and fifty gala-goers , the city's who's who's of Vanhattan, stuffed themselves silly with sushi at the Sunday night benefit. Tojo was quaterbacking a kitchen with his chef friends Pino Posteraro, John Bishop, Wayne Martin, Ned Bell, Quang Dang and pastry chef Eleanor Chow for the gastronomic gala of the season. Quenching everyone’s thirst was Vancouver’s top mixologists and Jay Jones (Shangri-la Market) and Dani Tatarin (Keefer Bar)

Jann Arden backstage enjoying some of Tojo's sushi

Vicki Gabereau emceed and Jann Arden and The Canadian Tenors performed at the $1000-a-ticket sushi soiree. Over 5000 pieces served, organizers hope to reach their goal of $200,000. Since the tragedy, there have been 800 Lower Mainland fundraisers for the stricken Japan region. Well done Tojo-san!

The Canadian Tenors sang for their supper