The evening offered music and performance acts combined with food, much of which cooked by contributing performers.

While the evening offered no dance, it presented music as well as words.

Most evenings the chefs also offer a vegetarian alternative.

The evening still offers a scattershot assortment of visual and spoken pleasures.

"May we return your courtesy of last evening by offering you a cup of tea?"

And despite its occasional artistic weaknesses, the evening offered no choreographic disasters.

The evening offered a few instructive reminders as well: Baleful music alone will not save you.

The previous evening, Hoenmanns had over a drink in the mess offered to fly him there.

"Just excited," he said, adding that the evening offers him an opportunity to speak from the heart.

The evening will also offer memorable clips from popular films.