Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine

Comedy Central's "Roast Master General" Jeff Ross with UC San Francisco Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH and SRF Board Member Bob Saget at Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine, New York 2011.

 Bravo Top Chef Master and SRF Board Member Susan Feniger with Comedy Central's "Roast Master General" Jeff Ross at Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine, New York 2011.

SRF Board Member, comedian and Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine host Bob Saget and Saturday Night Live's Seth Meyers keep guests laughing during a live auction at the 2011 New York event on November 7.

 Saturday Night Live's Seth Meyers arrives at — Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine, New York, 2011

 Comedian and Comedy Central's "Roast Master General" Jeff Ross on stage — Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine, New York, 2011

 Comedian Colin Quinn on stage — Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine, New York, 2011

Bob Saget; SRF Chairman Luke Evnin, PhD; and Dana Carvey at the San Francisco Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine, 2011

 Adam Duritz of Counting Crows on stage — Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine, San Francisco, 2011

Comedians Jeffrey Ross and Jerry Seinfeld with Ashley Olsen, Bob Saget, Mary Kate Olsen and comedian Brian Regan at — Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine, New York, 2010

Bob Saget, Bill Bellamy and Susan Feniger at Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine, San Francisco, 2011

 Dana Carvey on stage — Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine, San Francisco, 2011

 SRF Board Member Deann Wright with celebrity chef Elizabeth Falkner at Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine, San Francisco, 2011

 Adam Duritz of Counting Crows on stage with maestro Dick Bright — Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine, San Francisco, 2011

Bill Bellamy and Bob Saget emcee the live auction — Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine, San Francisco, 2011

Rob Etherington, Senior Vice President, Actelion Pharmaceuticals (Presenting Sponsor of Cool Comedy - Hot Cusine) with Luke Evnin, PhD, Chairman, Scleroderma Research Foundation at the 2011 San Francisco event

SRF Board Members Kristen Baker Bellamy (left) and Susan Feniger with actor/comedian Bill Bellamy — Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine, 2011

John Mayer on stage — Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine LA, 2008

Sarah Silverman on stage — Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine LA, 2008

Robin Williams, Bob Saget, Susan Essman, Gilbert Gottfried, Jimmy Falon; Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine

Dana Carvey, Marina Duque and Bob Saget — Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine (San Francisco 2009)

Bob Saget on stage — Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine, 2007

Group shot of Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine performers in New York City, 2009
Pictured left to right: Caryn Zucker, Seth Meyers, Colin Quinn, John Stamos, Ashley Olsen, Bob Saget, Mary-Kate Olsen, Jeff Ross, Jeff Zucker

Cool Comedy – Hot Cuisine is the Scleroderma Research Foundation’s signature fundraiser. It’s a night of gourmet cuisine and world-class comedy hosted by SRF Board Member and actor/comedian Bob Saget, featuring the foods of celebrity chefs Susan Feniger (also an SRF Board Member) and Mary Sue Milliken (Bravo Top Chef Masters and Food Network's Too Hot Tamales) and appearances from some of the biggest names in comedy - including Jimmy Fallon, Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien, Brian Regan, Jerry Seinfeld, Sarah Silverman, Jon Stewart and Robin Williams. The event often features a special musical guest (previous guests have included Counting Crows, Sheryl Crow, Goo Goo Dolls, Dave Koz, John Mayer, Train and others). The evening typically includes a small number of exclusive live auction packages. Attendees include luminaries from the worlds of television, film, music and business—and many others who have been directly or indirectly affected by scleroderma.

Since its inception in 1988, the event has raised millions of dollars for scleroderma research and brought a great deal of media attention to the disease. It has introduced scleroderma and the Scleroderma Research Foundation to thousands of people around the country.

Cool Comedy – Hot Cuisine events are currently hosted in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco. The most recent event was held November 7, 2011 at Carolines on Broadway in New York. It featured host Bob Saget, the cuisine of Top Chef Masters Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger as well as appearances by Seth Meyers, Colin Quinn and Jeff Ross.The event raised $600,000 for scleroderma research.