The Santa Fe Restaurant Association — a nonprofit organization made up of Santa Fe County restaurants and food and wine purveyors — invites the public to its annual benefit dinner and silent auction to help fund the publishing of the association's restaurant guide, as well as various scholarships for culinary students.

Southern Wine & Spirits provides wines carefully selected by Taste's own Greg O'Byrne. This year, the guest chefs are Tom Kerpon of Río Chama Steakhouse; Laurent Rea of O'Keeffe Café; Eric DiStefano of Coyote Café; Lane Warner of La Plazuela at La Fonda; Patrick Gharrity of La Casa Sena; Charles Dale of Terra at Encantado, an Auberge Resort; and David Sellers of Amavi.

For tickets, which are $150 per person and include dinner, drinks, entertainment and a live auction, call Burt Leyva at 995-2316. The event takes place at 6:30 p.m. March 19, in the Lumpkins Ballroom at the La Fonda Hotel, 100 E. San Francisco St.

Last year's dinner offerings included foie gras crème brûlée with ancho-maple glaze, and grilled, bone-in filet mignon with Port-wine reduction.

Here's what these talented chefs have whipped up this year:

Passed Hors d'Oeuvres

Laurent Rea, O'Keeffe Café;

Vol-au-vent with Gruyère, chanterelle mushroom and pearl onion

Tea-smoked Ahi tuna with crispy eggplant and daikon radish remoulade

Foie gras torchon and turnips mini club sandwich with Chinese five-spice bread

Mumm Napa Cuvee, NV


Amuse Bouche

Lane Warner CEC, La Fonda Hotel;

Seared Opah with lemon confit salad


Soup

Charles Dale, Terra at Encantado, an Auberge Resort;

Asparagus soup with smoked trout, chipotle trout roe and lemon crème fraîche

Pierre Sparr Riesling, Alsace, 2007


Salad

Patrick Gharrity, La Casa Sena;

Petite watercress and butter lettuce, blood oranges, creamy lemongrass vinaigrette and piñon-crusted goat-cheese/dungeness-crab fritter

Simi Sauvignon Blanc, Sonoma, 2007


Appetizer

Tom Kerpon, Rio Chama Steakhouse;

Truffled mushroom crêpe, braised leek and fennel, white Port reduction, tobacco shallots

Gary Farrell Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley, 2006


Entrée

David Sellers, Amavi;

Grilled rack of lamb with wild boar sausage and mixed dried fruit compote

Geyser Peak Meritage Reserve, Alexander Valley 2004


Dessert

Eric DiStefano, Coyote Café;

Chocolate apples in cognac

Essencia Orange Muscat NV