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April 11

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 and summer, the nation's hottest chefs and mixologists donate their time, talent and passion at nearly 40 Taste of the Nation events across the United States and Canada, with one goal in mind: to raise the critical funds needed to end childhood hunger in America. Since 1988, Taste of the Nation has raised more than $86 million.

Join event chairs Angela Pitrone and BIlly Grant of Bricco Trattoria, Restaurant Bricco and Grant's Restaurant for an exceptional evening with culinary delights from over 40 chefs along with the areas most popular beer, wine and cocktails.

Taste of the Nation Hartford’s local grantees are all working to fight hunger in Greater Hartford:

2012 Taste of the Nation Hartford Beverage Participants:

Allan S. Goodman Inc.

Brescome Barton

Connecticut Distributors

Connecticut Distributors/ Wine Merchants

Fountainhead Wines & Distillations

Hartley & Parker Limited, Inc.

Iberia Wines and Spirits

Jonathan Edwards Winery

Slocum & Sons

T. Edward Wines

Winam Wines

Winebow

Worldwide Wines

Westford Hill Distillers

Onyx Spirits Company

Rogo Distributing

Sonoma Cutrer

Pernod Ricard USA

Taste of the Nation Hartford 2012 photos:

Share Our Strength's Taste of the Nation is a volunteer driven program.

Through the generous support, and hard work of volunteers the program has generated $76 million dollars to help ensure no kid grows up hungry.

PLEASE CONTACT US REGARDING EVENT DETAILS, PR/MEDIA, RESTAURANT PARTICIPATION, VOLUNTEERING OR DONATING AN AUCTION ITEM. THANK YOU!

EVENT CO-CHAIRS

Billy Grant
Restaurant Bricco, Bricco Trattoria & Grants Restaurant
billy@billygrant.com
Angela Pitrone
Deloitte
apitrone@deloitte.com

EVENT HOST

Darren McKenty
Marque Events & Catering at 960 Main
dmckenty@marquee-ct.com

BEVERAGE CHAIR

Dave Leon
Super Cellar
supercellar@snet.net

FINANCE CHAIR

Mark English
J.H. Cohn LLP
menglish@JHcohn.com

MARKETING CHAIR

Suzette Roberts
Cox Communications
suzette.roberts@cox.com
Gladys Rivera
CT Clean Energy Fund
gladys.rivera@ctcleanenergy.com

RESTAURANT CHAIR

Sarah Maloney
Restaurant Bricco, Bricco Trattoria & Grants Restaurant
sarah@billygrant.com

SOCIAL MEDIA CHAIR

Heather Solomon
Solomon & Associates Event Management
hsolomon@saeventsonline.com

SPONSORSHIP CHAIR & PAST CO-CHAIR

Mary Clare Mooney
Hartford Despatch Moving & Storage
mcmooney@hartforddespatch.com

SPONSORSHIP CHAIR

Dan Batchelder
Freshpoint Connecticut
daniel.batchelder@freshopint.com

AUCTION CO-CHAIRS

Catherine Ematrudo
cematrudo@roadrunner.com

Rose Swiatkiewicz
J.H. Cohn LLP
rswiatkiewicz@jhcohn.com

TICKET CHAIR

Gail Gillman Elansky
Hartford Magazine
ggelansky@gmail.com

VIP CHAIR

Karen Bowers
The Hartford Club
kbowers@hartfordclub.com

VOLUNTEER CHAIR

Dawn Crayco
End Hunger CT!
dcrayco@endhungerct.com

2013 COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Ramon Alvero
Solomon & Associate Event Management
ralvero@saeventsonline.com
Erin Anselmo
BCD Travel onsite at Pfizer
erin.anselmo@pfizer.com