Join L.A.’s best chef’s for an evening of indulgence and purpose, spotlighting the lifesaving role nutrition plays in cancer prevention and the patient’s journey at the American Cancer Society 2025 California Spirit.
What began in 1984 as a small, private gathering hosted by Sherry Lansing and chef Wolfgang Puck has grown into an annual event on a studio lot where guests have the rare chance to mingle with top chefs while delighting in imaginative dishes from a curated menu, including drinks from the finest vintners and mixologists.
Together, we are advancing food equity, transforming patient outcomes, and reimagining compassionate care.
As the only organization combating cancer through advocacy, discovery, and patient support, the American Cancer Society has made significant contributions to the fight against cancer over the last 110 years. We advocate for lifesaving policy changes, promote healthy lifestyles to help prevent cancer, and provide information, answers, and support to people in every community who have been touched by cancer. We also research cancer and its causes to find more answers and better treatment.
Cancer affects everyone but not equally. Many barriers can impact a person’s ability to prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer. Access to, affordability of, and consumption of nutritious food is a social determinant of health that plays an important role in addressing health disparities. That’s why California Spirit shines a spotlight on the role of food in cancer prevention and the patient’s journey.
For more than 10 decades, the American Cancer Society has been dedicated to pursuing better outcomes for every cancer, every life. Today, more people are surviving cancer than ever before, but there is still work to be done. Join us, support us, and help us end cancer as we know it, for everyone.
towards cancer research
increase in five-year survival rate for all cancers combined
lives touched in 2022
