35 Chefs. One Room. August 9

We love a good party, especially one that involves Orlando’s best food. Returning for its 25th year, Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation® Orlando, locally presented by Quality One Wireless, will take place August 9 at the Orlando World Center Marriott. The event celebrates Orlando’s culinary excellence and Taste of the Nation’s commitment to combat childhood hunger. Click here to purchase your tickets!

Thirty five leading chefs and restaurants will attend event including TWO James Beard Foundation Award semi-finalists, Hari Pulapaka of Cress Restaurant and Kevin Fonzo of K Restaurant. That’s culinary royalty right there y’all.

We are anxiously anticipating all of the appetizers, entrees and most importantly desserts from our favorite chefs! Plus there’s wine, fabulous prizes and a bier garden from World of Beer. When you’re feeling brave after all that beer, grab your date and dance to the Mud Rooster Band.

Aaand (drumroll please) Food Network celebrity chef Melissa d’Arabian, best known for her TV series Ten Dollar Dinners, is the featured guest of the event! D’Arabian, along with Orlando Sentinel food writer Heather McPherson and Scott Joseph from Scott Joseph’s Orlando Restaurant Guide, will serve as celebrity judges for theChef Throwdown. Whole Foods is providing the pantry staples for the culinary cook-off, and Creekstone Farms will award a generous check to the winner of the chef throwdown to present to Taste of the Nation.

When your taste buds need a break there will be an array of auction items including a drawing for an all-expense paid trip for two to Oktoberfest in Munich! Beer lovers, rejoice!

Tickets are $150 per person, and all proceeds benefit Share Our Strength’s efforts to end childhood hunger. Just $50 provides a week of nutritious meals to 34 homeless children, so each ticket purchased makes a significant impact! Local beneficiaries include Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida and Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida. See you there!

Taste of The Nation Orlando

• Saturday, August 9, 2014
• 6:45 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
• Orlando World Center Marriott
• 8701 World Center Dr., Orlando

Tickets

$150 each, click here to purchase.

Attire

Cocktail / Semi-Formal

Participating Restaurants (YUM!)

• Bahama Breeze
• BB Kings Blues Club
• Bosphorous Turkish Cuisine
• Cafe Tu Tu Tango
• Capa at Four Seasons Resort Orlando
• The Capital Grille
• Captain’s Grille @ Disney’s Yacht Club Resort
• Cress Restaurant
• Crimson Tavern at Orlando Airport Marriott
• Cuisiniers Catering
• Eddie V’s Prime Seafood
• Emeril’s Orlando
• Emeril’s Tchoup Chop
• Empress Sissi Cake & Pastry Specialties
• FreshPoint
• Journeys Catering
• JW Marriott Orlando – Grande Lakes
• K Restaurant and Wine Bar
• Kobe Japanese Steakhouse
• LongHorn Steakhouse
• Marlow’s Tavern
• Pirate Chefs of Central Florida sponsored by Nestlé Professional
• Orlando World Center Marriott
• Red Wing Restaurant
• Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
• SeaWorld Orlando
• Second Harvest Food Bank Culinary Training Program
• Soco Southern Contemporary Cuisine
• Rosen Shingle Creek Resort, A Land Remembered Restaurant
• Rosen Shingle Creek Resort, Cala Bella Restaurant
• Sushi Pop Restaurant
• Taverna Opa
• Three2OH
• T-Rex Orlando at Downtown Disney

 

Photo Credits: http://ce.strength.org/orlando