TASTER'S SHOWCASE
Nourishing the Children of our Community
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Kidango Presents TASTER'S SHOWCASE Nourishing the Children of our Community |
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Hilton Newark/Fremont |
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Kidango's Nutrition Program Once Again Fremont, CA, (April 22, 2008), Kidango, a local children's charity, announced their annual food and wine tasting benefit event -Taster's Showcase on Sunday, April 20, 2008 raised it's highest gross total ever of $89,324! The proceeds from this event will benefit Kidango's nutrition services that provide over 1.25 million meals to 3,300 children annually in their child development centers in Alameda, Santa Clara, and San Francisco counties. Over 300 community members attended the event at the Newark/Fremont Hilton Hotel on Sunday April 20, 2008 to enjoy fine food and beverages and to support the work of Kidango. Seventeen restaurants and food vendors and seven wineries came together to serve up Kidango's tastiest food and wine extravaganza to date. Guests were very pleased with this year's tasty selections. Returning supporters of Taster's Showcase, who sure pleased the crowd, included: Burrito Loco Taqueria, El Patio Original, Essany Café, Fellini O, Gelato Classico, Papillon, Pizzeria SFO Bar & Grill, Roses: A Chinese Café, Spin A Yarn, Supper Suppers, Sushi Tango, The Pampered Chef and Trader Joe's. New participants this year brought flavorful and exotic selections. These restaurants included: Federicos Café, Kusina, Miraglia Catering, and Relish- W Café. A panel of food professionals judged the participants food, beverage offerings and table presentations. The judges were: -Mary Chamberlin - Food and Catering Consultant, Chair of American Institute for Food and Wine for Monterey County, and a member of the James Beard Foundation -Gay Winterringer - Instructor at Mission College and Food Products Developer -Nolan Bourgeois - Chef, caterer, food and menu consultant and Certified SERVSAFE Instructor. -Daniel Arias - Instructor at Mission College and Wilcox High School. -Deborah Carpenter - Caterer and former food instructor at Ohlone College -Steve Waterhouse - The Argus/ ANG Newspapers Editor The following prizes were awarded: Best Appetizer- Essanay Café (Crab Cake Aioli) Best Meat Entrée - Papillon (Pork Tenderloin with Merlot Reduction and Corn Relish) Best Seafood Entrée - Sushi Tango (Pink Tango: Salmon Wrapped Asparagus Roll) Best Poultry Entrée - Burrito Loco (Pollo Nachos) Best Vegetarian Entrée- Pizzeria SFO Bar & Grill (Mediterranean Pizza) Best Specialty Food - Relish- W Café (Italian-Vietnamese Mussels) Best Pasta - Fellini O (Giant Shell Pasta, Stuffed with Turkey, Porcini) Best Salad - Spin-a-Yarn (Greek Salad) Best Soup- Kusina (Buko Pandan, a Coconut & Jelly Dessert Soup) Best Dessert - Miraglia Catering (Cheesecake Lollipop) Best Homemade Dish- Federicos Café (Seared Spicy Tuna Odon Noodle & Pepper Salad with Teriyaki Glaze, Four Cheese and Sun Dried Tomato Ravioli, Spinach Pesto Ravioli and a Berry & White Chocolate Dessert) Best Presentation and Table Decoration - Federicos Café The wineries and beverage companies competed for awards voted on by the attendees. Those pouring wine and special beverages on Sunday were Chouinard Vineyards, Elliston Vineyards, Essanay Café, Little Valley Winery, Red Skye Winery, Thomas Coyne Winery, Trader Joe's, Ventana Vineyards, and Westover Vineyards Winery. This year the results of the People's Choice Wine Awards were Red Wine Gold Ribbon- Red Skye Winery Silver Ribbon- Little Valley Winery Bronze Ribbon- Thomas Coyne Winery White Wine Gold Ribbon- Red Skye Winery Silver Ribbon- Chouinard Vineyards Bronze Ribbon- Thomas Coyne Winery Special Beverages (includes champagnes, ports, ales, sodas and teas) Gold Ribbon- Westover Vineyards Winery (Red Chocolate Port) Silver Ribbon- Little Valley Winery (Raspberry Champagne) Bronze Ribbon- Essanay Café (Sangria) A total of fifty-seven event sponsors donated a grand total of $63,125.00! Our generous diamond, sapphire and platinum sponsors include: Fremont Bank, Children's Fund of the Bay Area, Assembly Member Alberto Torrico, Hobson Homes LLC, Cargill Salt Co., Community Family Services, Fremont Firefighters Local 1689, J. Coite Construction, Kaiser Permanente, Child Care Careers, LLC, Cisco Field A's, Kidango Board of Directors, Logitech, Inc., New United Motor Mfg., Inc., Paul & Beth Miller, Pete Stark Foundation, and Ron & Chris Rebello. Our media sponsors included Tri-City Voice, KICU Action 36/Cable 6, Pat Danielson's Health Matters, KK Kaneshiro's "Chat Room," Clear Channel Radio, Fremont Minuteman Press & JVA Business Services. Live auction items, including seven days at the Datura Villa in Jamaica, a dream vacation to any RCI resort, and Oakland A's Sky Box for a game against the San Francisco Giants brought in over $8,600 alone. An array of silent auction packages also brought great fun to the event and contributed to the money raised for Bay Area children. |
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