Make Hunger History

As many of you know, I am on the Steering Committee for Second Harvest’s Toronto Taste which is happening this Sunday at the ROM.   Not to be confused with all the “Taste of…” events around Toronto and elsewhere, Toronto Taste is a gourmet fundraiser for Second Harvest.

Now celebrating it’s 20th Anniversary, Toronto Taste brings together top chefs and vintners from across the region along with a massive team of volunteers to let you taste, drink and enjoy a Sunday evening making a difference by helping Second Harvest.

Every day Second Harvest picks up excess fresh food that would otherwise go to waste, and delivers it to approximately 250 social service programs in the GTA.

Toronto Taste Tickets are $250, and by buying a ticket you are helping Second Harvest provide 250 meals to those in need.

So really, you are feeding 250 people and yourself. All at the same time as attending one of Toronto’s premier food events with:

• • 60 of the city’s top chefs serving samples of the best and most interesting food their kitchens can think of.
  • 25 beverage sponsors serving up a great selection wines, beers and cocktails.
  • Wine Auction – and it’s a serious selection of bottles where wine collectors can find some gems!
  • Silent Auction for thousands of dollars worth of prizes
  • Live Auction hosted by Bob Blumer and Kevin Brosh including experiences with Bob, Kevin, and Chefs Chris MacDonald from Cava and Michael Smith from The Inn at Bay Fortune. And more.

Contact the Second Harvest office at 416.408.2594 to purchase tickets or click below to purchase online. Toronto Taste – Sunday, June 13th, 6:30-10:00pm.

If you can’t make the event, you can still help make a difference by:

• • buying a raffle ticket with a first prize of a Culinary trip to China
  • bidding in the Online Auction – including a trip to Punta Cana, dance lessons, and a 36” Thermador Induction Cooktop

The following restaurants, chefs and beverage purveyors will display their talents at Toronto Taste 2010.

Restaurants

• • ACE Bakery
  • All the Best Fine Food
  • Baker Street Bakery
  • beer bistro
  • Brassaii
  • Buca
  • C5
  • Cantine Caviar Centre Inc.
  • Centro
  • Chiado
  • Ciao Wine Bar
  • Cinq 01
  • Conviction
  • Corner House Restaurant
  • Didier
  • Dufflet Pastries
  • Epic at Fairmont Royal York Hotel
  • Four Restaurant
  • FRANK Restaurant
  • Fred’s Bread
  • Gelato Fresco
  • George
  • Grano
  • Great Cooks on Eight
  • Globe Bistro & Earth
  • Harvest Kitchens
  • Hiro Sushi
  • Indian Rice Factory
  • Kristapsons
  • Longos
  • L’Unita
  • Malena
  • Mildred’s Temple Kitchen
  • Millcroft Inn & Spa
  • Nota Bene
  • North 44/Bymark/One/McEwan
  • O & B Restaurants
  • Oro Restaurant
  • Pangaea
  • Pauline’s Pastries
  • Rodney’s Oyster House
  • Rosewater
  • Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse
  • Sanci’s Tropical Foods
  • Sassafraz
  • Scaramouche
  • Sha Sha Bread
  • Sodexo Canada
  • Sotto Sotto Trattoria
  • Spice Route
  • Splendido
  • Studio Café – Four Seasons Hotel
  • The Chef’s House – George Brown College
  • Thermador
  • Tundra Restaurant
  • Veritas
  • Wanda’s Pie in the Sky
  • XOCOCAVA

Beverage Sponsors

• • Amsterdam Brewing Company
  • Arcaffe Coffee
  • Cameron’s Brewing Company
  • Cave Spring Cellars
  • Chateau des Charmes
  • Churchill Cellars
  • Cocktails the Fluid Experience
  • Creemore Springs Brewery
  • Evian
  • Fresh Restaurants
  • Grange of Prince Edward Estate

• • Henry of Pelham Winery
  • Hillebrand Estates Winery
  • Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates

• • Konzelmann Estates Winery
  • Lifford Wine Agency
  • McCafe
  • MCO…Interesting Wines & Spirits
  • Mill Street Brewery
  • Peller Estates Wines
  • Peninsula Ridge
  • Prevedello and Mathews International Wines and Spirits Inc
  • Select Wine Merchants
  • Steam Whistle Brewing
  • Strewn Winery
  • The Tea Emporium
  • The Vine-Rob Groh Agency
  • Torres