THE SAINT SOPHIA PHILOPTOCHOS SOCIETY
An Epicurean Journey with Friends
A TASTE OF CRETE
with acclaimed chef and Food Network star
Christina Xenos
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2025
THE HUFFINGTON AT SAINT SOPHIA CATHEDRAL
1324 South Normandie Avenue, Los Angeles
6 PM COCKTAILS AND APPETIZERS
7:30 PM DINNER SEATING
$100 PER PERSON includes dinner and wine pairing
GREEK MARKETPLACE | SILENT AUCTION | RAFFLES
No passports required and ties are optional!
A portion of proceeds to benefit the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank
FOR RESERVATIONS OR MORE INFORMATION:
Kellie Noyes / 818-424-4609 / noyes.kellie@gmail.com
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Meet Christina
CHRISTINA XENOS is a professional chef, cookbook author, recipe developer, and winner of the Food Network’s Chopped first ever Greek-themed cooking competition. The Los Angeles-based chef specializes in Greek cuisine and is the chef/owner of Sweet Greek Personal Chef Services. She is the co-author of Opa! The Healthy Greek Cookbook (Rockridge Press, 2017), a collection of 90 Greek recipes.
She has also worked with brands like MorningStar Farms, Athens Foods, Ninja, Russell Stover Chocolates, Melissa's Produce, and Thermomix to develop recipes around their product lines. Christina has cooked at the James Beard House with "First Lady of Greek Cuisine” chef Argiro Barbarigou, and has appeared as an expert on The Cooking Channel’s Food: Fact or Fiction, NBC’s A New Leaf, and Tastemade's Frankie vs. the Internet.
Her recipes and pop-up dining experiences have been featured in Food + Wine magazine, The Washington Post, H Kathimerini, ABC and FOX news affiliates. She is proud of her Greek/Cretan heritage and loves sharing her passion for Greek cooking.
Meet Arianna
Arianna Papalexopoulos, of “Greek Mom” comedy fame, will be our emcee for the evening! Arianna (she/her) is a Greek-American actor, writer, producer, and digital content creator. She holds over 500,000 followers collectively across her social media platforms, with videos reaching 15 million views on TikTok. Both Arianna’s undergraduate theatre degree from UCLA School of Theatre, Film and Television and masters degree in Digital Media from USC Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism have synergized to expand her lifelong comedy skills into rewarding content.
Over the years, Arianna has produced and starred in numerous short films that have premiered at various festivals around the globe, including the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival and the San Francisco Greek Film Festival. Her latest short film, Como, Ti Amo and Greek Enough continued in that tradition of excellence in filmmaking. Building on this success, she produced and acted in her first feature film, Jaunt, which took home the Audience Award at the 2024 Los Angeles Greek Film Festival.
In November 2024, Arianna received the Greek America’s Forty Under 40 award in New York City. Arianna was selected as a “Modern Muse” speaker at the Hellenic American Women’s Council in Los Angeles, which celebrated Contemporary Hellenic American Women in the Arts.
Instagram @ariannapapalexopoulos
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