May 19, 2010
City’s Hottest Chefs Cook To Fight Childhood Hunger In Las Vegas
With a passion to fight childhood hunger, Las Vegas’ hottest chefs, restaurants, and mixologists will gather for Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation®, the city’s premier culinary benefit. Taste of the Nation Las Vegas will raise critical funds needed to support Share Our Strength’s efforts to end childhood hunger in the Las Vegas valley and across the nation. This year’s event will be Wednesday, June 2 at Rain Nightclub at the Palms Casino Resort from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm, with a VIP reception beginning at 5:30 pm.
More than 30 of the city’s finest chefs and restaurants will participate in the gastronomic event. Along with Chef Carlos Guia of The Country Club – a New American Steakhouse, Taste of the Nation Las Vegas Restaurant Chairman, participating restaurants will include Aureole at Mandalay Bay, Emeril’s New Orleans Fish House at MGM Grand, Rosemary’s Restaurant, N9NE Steakhouse at the Palms, RM Seafood at Mandalay Bay, and many more! Guests will enjoy the city’s finest cuisine paired with great wines and signature cocktails.
In addition to fabulous food and drinks, the event will feature an exquisite silent auction with once in a lifetime items and a spirited live auction hosted by the popular radio and television personality, Nate Tannenbaum.
This year’s event also offers something special for VIPs, including a champagne reception and early entrance to the event giving time to mix and mingle with the chefs. All VIP guests will receive a gift bag to take away from the event with fun gifts from local businesses and retailers.
“It is an honor to continue our involvement with this nationwide movement to end childhood hunger in America,” said Chef Guia, Taste of the Nation Las Vegas Restaurant Chairman. “The finest of Las Vegas’ culinary world comes together during Taste of the Nation and helps the children in our community who suffer from hunger every day.”
Area charities that will benefit from this year’s event include Three Square Food Bank, Catholic Charities of Las Vegas, UNCE Chefs for Kids and Project MANA. Since 1988, Taste of the Nation has raised more than $70 million for organizations in the United States, Canada and abroad, including almost $1 million in Las Vegas alone.
With more than 12 million children facing hunger in America, Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation works to end childhood hunger in the United States and abroad by ensuring that children and their families have reliable access to nutritious food, and by addressing the deeper causes of these conditions. Funds raised through Taste of the Nation events provide grants to organizations in the United States, Canada and abroad that work successfully to end childhood hunger.
“An end to childhood hunger in the United States is within reach,” said Bill Shore, Founder and Executive Director of Share Our Strength. “With all the participants in Taste of the Nation Las Vegas sharing their strengths, we are creating more resources for the greater good of the Las Vegas valley and our great nation.”
Taste of the Nation Las Vegas is nationally sponsored by American Express, Sysco, and Food Network. One hundred percent of ticket sales help ensure no kid in America grows up hungry.
Tickets for Taste of the Nation Las Vegas are $75 for General Admission and $100 for VIP and can be purchased by calling 1-877-26-TASTE or visiting TasteOfTheNation.org.
About Taste of the Nation
Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation® is the nation’s premier culinary benefit dedicated to making sure no kid in America grows up hungry. Each spring, the nation’s hottest chefs and mixologists donate their time, talent and passion at more than 45 events across the United States and Canada, with one goal in mind: to raise the critical funds needed to end childhood hunger. Taste of the Nation is nationally sponsored by American Express, Sysco, Food Network, and Brown-Forman Corporation. Since 1988, Taste of the Nation has raised more than $70 million. Funds raised in 2008 supported 156 organizations in the United States, Canada and abroad. To purchase tickets or to get involved, visit TasteOfTheNation.org.
About Share Our Strength
Share Our Strength® is the leading national organization working to make sure no kid in America grows up hungry. We weave together a net of community groups, activists and food programs to catch children at risk of hunger and ensure they have nutritious food where they live, learn and play. We work with the culinary industry to create engaging, pioneering programs like Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation®, Share Our Strength’s Great American Bake Sale®, Share Our Strength’s A Tasteful Pursuit®, Share Our Strength’s Great American Dine Out ®, and Share Our Strength’s Operation Frontline®. Visit Strength.org.
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Aureole Reservations and Information
Emeril’s New Orleans Fish House Reservations and Information
N9NE Steakhouse Reservations and Information
RM Seafood Reservations and Information
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