Your Hosts

Your Hosts

Taste of the Nation events require many individuals’ and companies’ time, ingenuity, sweat, money, and merchandise to bring off an evening that is both fun and beneficial. Here are some of the companies and people involved in bringing you San Diego’s Taste of the Nation 2003:

•Share Our Strength is the organization that coordinates Taste of the Nation events across the country, reviews grant applications, and distributes funds. They arrange for national corporate sponsors and supply a model from which the local committee can work.
Contact is Cat Nedved, 866 844 3300

• Our national sponsors:

American Express,
Official Card of Taste of the Nation
Jenn-Air,
Official Kitchen Appliance of Taste of the Nation
Evian Water,
National Bottled Water Sponsor
Sysco,
Official Foodservice Marketer and Distributor Sponsor of Taste of the Nation
illy cafe,
The Premier Coffee of Taste of the Nation

•Our local sponsors:

Loews Coronado Bay Resortdonates not only the venue, but personnel, food, and other expenses. We could not imagine pulling this event off without their generosity.
KPBS Radio
KSDS-FM Jazz 88
San Diego Weekly
San Diego Culinary Institute
Specialty Produce
San Diego Convention Center
Macy’s School of Cooking
Wine of the Month Club
KFMB – AM
To learn how your company can join this list, contact Mike Wallace at mike@chefmedia.com
You can find press materials and details on sponsorship here

•Major Silent Auction donors:

Fine Art Trust
Loews Miami Beach Hotel
Portofino Bay Hotel
Glorietta Bay Inn
Loews Ventana Canyon Resort
Cutco Cutlery

•Committee members:

2003 Committee Co-chair, Sponsorship Chair, and Fundraising Chair: Mike Wallace,

email mike@chefmedia.com
Committee Co-chair and Promotions Chair: Kate Buska,
phone 619-424-4000 ext. 6048, email kbuska@loews.com
Restaurant Participation: Steve Cazel,
email chefsteve@sandiegotaste.org
Website maintained by Russ Schnapp,
email Russ@SanDiegoTaste.org
website design conceived by Jon Somton, A3D9, Inc.