{"id":80219,"date":"2025-12-24T16:18:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T16:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/80219\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T16:18:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T16:18:26","slug":"brooklyn-chamber-winter-gala-celebrates-small-businesses-honors-2025-entrepreneurs-brooklyn-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/80219\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Chamber winter gala celebrates small businesses, honors 2025 entrepreneurs \u2022 Brooklyn Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"

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President and CEO of the Partnership for New York City, Kathryn Wylde, was the honoree at Brooklyn Chamber\u2019s annual winter gala. <\/p>\n

Photo by Arthur de Gaeta<\/p>\n

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Brooklyn\u2019s business community gathered in style for one of the borough\u2019s most anticipated nights of the year, as the Chamber of Commerce<\/a> hosted its Annual Meeting and Winter Gala at El Caribe Country Club Caterers in Mill Basin on Dec. 18.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The elegant evening drew more than 500 guests, including business<\/a> owners, civic leaders and creative entrepreneurs for a celebration of local enterprise and community impact. Festivities began with a bustling trade expo and cocktail reception, where attendees networked among Brooklyn-based businesses, before transitioning into a formal seated dinner, program and dancing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"The Brooklyn Chamber\u2019s annual winter gala honored the borough\u2019s brightest business owners.Photo by Arthur de Gaeta<\/p>\n

The gala\u2019s 2025 Honoree was Kathryn Wylde, president and CEO of Partnership for New York City \u2014 \u201ca nonprofit organization whose members are the city\u2019s global business leaders and major employers.\u201d Described by The New York Times as the city\u2019s \u201cmost in-demand civic fixer,\u201d she made news when announcing her upcoming retirement<\/a> in 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"business\"The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce\u2019s gala was held at El Caribe in Mill Basin.Photo by Arthur de Gaeta \"\"Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Randy Peers shows off his socks, purchased at Brooklyn Made, to Assembly Member Lester Chang.Photo by Arthur de Gaeta<\/p>\n

Another highlight was the recognition of the 2025 Small Business Honorees \u2014 entrepreneurs whose work reflects the diversity and resilience of Brooklyn\u2019s commercial landscape. Honorees included Joy Paradise of Bangkok Bar<\/a>, an authentic Thai restaurant in Industry City; Lorna Schwartz of Life Made Simpler<\/a>, which offers professional organizing services for individuals navigating loss; Cory Lee of Skool Milk<\/a>, a locally inspired apparel brand sold at the Brooklyn Made Store; and George Ortiz of La Puerta Roja<\/a> in Flatbush, known for its comforting Latin cuisine.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"business\"The featured small business owners of 2025 at the Brooklyn Chamber winter gala on Dec. 18.Photo by Arthur de Gaeta<\/p>\n

The gala was supported by a wide range of sponsors spanning finance, healthcare, energy and technology, underscoring the breadth of institutions invested in Brooklyn\u2019s economic future.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President and CEO of the Partnership for New York City, Kathryn Wylde, was the honoree at Brooklyn Chamber\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,39790,4223,39791,10454,100,99,39792,4228,21933,17960,9,24,12,370,63,4799,39793],"class_list":["post-80219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-business","tag-brooklyn-chamber-of-commerce","tag-brooklyn-entrepreneurs","tag-brooklyn-events","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-business-awards","tag-industry-city","tag-local-economy","tag-networking-events","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-newsletter","tag-nyc","tag-small-businesses","tag-winter-gala"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}