A Taste of Success

 

Please join us Friday, April 24, 2026 for a fabulous, in-person strolling tasting event featuring international cuisine from charcuterie through dessert along with local wines and beverages. At this unique event on NMC's Great Lakes Campus, all of the food is prepared and served by Great Lakes Culinary Institute students.

A Taste of Success is the signature fundraising event for NMC’s Great Lakes Culinary Institute. All proceeds benefit students through scholarships and the greatest needs of the program.

Thanks to the support of people like you, the 2025 event:

• Sold out with 380 attendees,
• Had the highest sponsorship revenue in the event’s 31-year history,
• Awarded scholarships to 34 Great Lakes Culinary Institute students, and
• Netted an estimated record-setting $161,500.

View a photo gallery from the 2025 event here

 

Thank you to our 2025 sponsors!

 

Scholarship Sponsors

• Don & Marylou Coe
• Michael & Rhonda Estes

Lobdell's Sponsors

• Mike & Susan Maasberg
• Grand Traverse Veterinary

Dessert Sponsors

• Golden-Fowler Home Furnishings
• Pat & Ken Warner

Tasting Station Sponsors

Plate Sponsors

• Traverse City Tourism

Appetizer Sponsors

• Grand Traverse Distillery
• Lisa Trombley
• Iron Fish Distillery

Wine & Beverage Sponsors

• Brys Estate Vineyard & Winery
• Chateau Chantal Winery & Inn
• Rove Winery

Founding Sponsor

• Tasters Guild

In-Kind Sponsors