A Taste of Success

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Join us Friday, April 25, 2025 for a fabulous, in-person strolling tasting event featuring international cuisine 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.

Be a part of making culinary education possible for students — all proceeds from the event benefit students through scholarships and program support. Thanks to the support of people like you, the 2024 event raised more than $157,000 for student scholarships and the greatest needs of the program.

Thank you to our 2025 sponsors!

Tastemaker SponsorS

• Richard & Diana Milock

Scholarship Sponsors

• Don & Marylou Coe
• Michael & Rhonda Estes

Lobdell's Sponsors

• Mike & Susan Maasberg

Dessert Sponsors

• Andrew J. Griffin Foundation
• Jeanne Ascione
• Golden-Fowler Home Furnishings
• Gordon Food Service
• Superior Foods
• Pat & Ken Warner

Tasting Station Sponsors

• Terry Lynn Carrithers – In Loving Memory of Grant Carrithers
• Green Brick Foundation
• Kegley Family Foundation
• West End Tavern

Plate Sponsors

• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
• Cherryland Electric Cooperative
• Debbie Edson
• IPEX, Inc.
• Jimmy John's of Traverse City
• Oryana Community Co-op
• Traverse City Tourism

Appetizer Sponsors

• 9 Bean Rows
• Artisan at Delamar Hotel
• Brian & Marcia Gibson
• Grand Traverse Distillery
• Al & Terry Hershey
• R. Hirt Jr., Co.
• Honor Bank – Cory & Anne VanBrocklin
• Honor Bank – Al & Mary Zelinski
• Iron Fish Distillery
• Magnum Hospitality
• Jayne Mohr & Cal Karr
• Marty Oleson
• Reynolds Jonkhoff Funeral Home & Cremation Services
• Lisa Trombley
• S2S Sugar 2 Salt
• Traverse City Horse Show
• West Shore Bank

Wine & Beverage Sponsors

• 2 Lads Winery
• Bel Lago Vineyards & Winery
• Black Star Farms
• Blustone Vineyards
• Bowers Harbor Vineyards & Winery
• Brys Estate Vineyard & Winery
• Chateau Chantal Winery & Inn
• Dune Bird Winery
• Farm Club
• The Filling Station
• French Vally Vineyards
• Gilchrist Farm Winery
• Hawthorne Vineyards
• Lake District Wine Co.
• Laurentide Winery
• Left Foot Charley
• Mari Vineyards
• MAWBY Vineyards & Winery
• Rove Winery
• Shady Lane Cellars
• Shorts Brewery
• Third Coast Bakery

Founding Sponsor

• Tasters Guild

In-Kind Sponsors

• Custom Stems
• Fustini's Oils and Vinegars
• Idyll Farms
• Leelanau Cheese
• Maurer's
• Miner’s North Jewelers