Media Advisory - Toronto's Premier Culinary Event Marks its 20th Anniversary

Top Chefs Prepare Feast for Second Harvest Supporters at the Royal Ontario Museum

TORONTO, June 13 /CNW/ - What is more satisfying than enjoying the best food and drink that the city has to offer? Knowing that every bite and sip helps to feed those who are hungry.

Today Sunday, June 13th, Toronto's top chefs and vintners will come together for Toronto Taste to help make hunger history at the Royal Ontario Museum - a fundraiser for Second Harvest. This delicious evening of cuisine and libations will bring together over 60 chefs and restaurants, more than 25 beverage providers and 1,600 guests. Food lovers and the restaurant community will help pair cuisine and compassion in order to raise funds for Second Harvest, a charitable organization that picks up excess fresh food and delivers it to over 200 social service agencies in the GTA.

    
    What:  Toronto Taste - the City's premier culinary and fundraising event
    for Second Harvest

    When:  Today, Sunday, June 13th, 2010
           6:30 - 10:00 p.m.

    Where: Royal Ontario Museum
           100 Queen's Park (southwest corner of
           Bloor Street W. and Queen's Park)

    Who:   Celebrity chef and cookbook author, Bob Blumer, will host Toronto
    Taste. Live Auction co-hosted by Kevin Brauch, The Thirsty Traveller.
    

Top Canadian chefs include: Donna Dooher, Mark McEwan, Michael Smith, Keith Froggett, Marc Thuet and many more.

For more information on Toronto Taste, please visit www.torontotaste.ca and for more information on Second Harvest, please visit www.secondharvest.ca.

For further information: please contact: Tonia Krauser, Manager of Communications, Second Harvest, Cell: 416.625.6774, Email: [email protected]