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Taste of Central Florida 2018 – THIS Saturday Sept 8

One of my favorite foodie events of the year, Taste of Central Florida! features the area’s most accomplished chefs, brewers, wine purveyors and spirit vendors. Ticket proceeds benefit Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida and Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida specifically for programs that combat childhood hunger. One in four children in Orlando experience hunger issues.

When: Saturday, September 8, 2018 6:45 to 10:00 PM

Where: Orlando World Center Marriott

Attire: Cocktail/Semi-Formal

New restaurants this year include: Big Fin Seafood Kitchen, The Glass Knife, The Old Jailhouse, Pharmacy Orlando, Ravello at Four Seasons Resort Orlando, Tiffins at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Big Top Brewing Company, Dragon’s Milk Bourbon Barrel Stout, Playalinda Brewing Company, and Wild Buck Whiskey & Mermaid Rum.

Tickets are $175, and can be purchased at tastecfl.org.


The full list of food providers includes:

1. 4 Rivers Restaurant Group

2. A Taste of Reunion Resort

3. American Culinary Federation & Nestle Professional

4. Benihana

5. Big Fin Seafood Kitchen

6. Bosphorous Turkish Cuisine

7. Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.

8. Canvas

9. Catering for Good

10. CFHLA Food & Beverage Council

11. Chroma

12. Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar

13. Dragonfly Robata Grill & Sushi

14. Eddie V’s Prime Seafood

15. Empress Sissi

16. Florida Nitro

17. The Glass Knife

18. Hemisphere Restaurant at Hyatt Regency Orlando International Airport

19. Highball & Harvest

20. JW Marriott Grande Lakes, Whisper Creek Kitchen

21. Marlow’s Tavern

22. The Old Jailhouse

23. Orlando Food Department Co.

24. Orlando World Center Marriott

25. Pharmacy Orlando

26. Raglan Road

27. Ravello at Four Seasons Resort Orlando

28. Red Wing Restaurant

29. Rosen Shingle Creek, A Land Remembered

30. Rosen Shingle Creek, Cala Bella

31. Seasons 52 Fresh Grill

32. SeaWorld Orlando

33. STK

34. Sysco

35. Tapa Toro

36. Taverna Opa

37. Tiffins at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

38. T-REX Café

39. Universal Orlando

40. The Whiskey

41. Yak & Yeti

Beverage vendors include:
1. Acqua Panna & San Pellegrino

2. Big Top Brewing Company

3. Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurants

4. Crooked Can Brewing Company

5. Dragon’s Milk Bourbon Barrel Stout

6. Florida Farm Distillers Palm Ridge Whiskey

7. Lakeridge Winery & Vineyards

8. Natalie’s Orchid Island Juice Company

9. NOI CAFFE by Mr. Cappuccino

10. Not Your Father’s Root Beer

11. Orange Blossom Brewing Co.

12. Orlando Brewing Co.

13. Playalinda Brewing Company

14. Scavi & Ray

15. Tsing Tao

16. Wild Buck Whiskey & Mermaid Rum









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