Partners & Sponsors

Chefs For Humanity
Chefs for Humanity is a group of culinary professionals working to fight against hunger, provide food, nutrition, education, emergency food relief when the need arises and humanitarian aid worldwide.

Women Chefs & Restaurateurs
Women Chefs & RestauranteursFormed in 1993 by eight of the nation's top women chefs and restaurateurs, WCR has grown to nearly 2,000 members, offering a variety of networking, professional, and support services. The membership includes professionals whose business activity or interest is culinary related including chefs, students, small businesses, restaurateurs, managers, hospitality professionals, beverage industry professionals, food writers/ critics, and food stylists. The Mission of Women Chefs & Restaurateurs is to promote the education and advancement of women in the culinary industry and the betterment of the industry as a whole.

Fashion Indie
Fashion Indie Fashion Indie is where fashion grows.  The voice of emerging design, Fashion Indie is dedicated to promoting the sales and events of New York's up & coming fashion designers.  Home to the best in new style, Fashion Indie is the premiere source for news from New York's underground fashion community.

WBLS 107.5FM
WBLS 107.5 Fm – Today’s R& B and classic soul.  New York’s only African American owned and operated radio station of 35 years. ICBC Broadcast Holdings Inc. is a radio broadcasting company serving the communities we live in and the advertisers who want to reach them.  Our focus is on entertaining and informing our listeners and helping advertisers to better understand the benefits of promoting their products and services to the multicultural audiences we speak to everyday. We are committed to creating a positive economic and cultural impact on our listeners, advertisers, employees and shareholders

Amazing Taste
Amazing Taste aims to promote social responsibility and positively impact the hospitality industry. We do so by leveraging events to bring light to causes and people impacting the world; providing cutting edge educational opportunities to set the standard for the Hospitality industry; and helping hospitality companies to raise standards and efficiency-- ultimately improving the way they do business.

Putumayo World Music
Putomayo World MusicPutumayo World Music is known primarily for its upbeat and melodic compilations of great international music characterized by the company's motto: "guaranteed to make you feel good!" Putumayo will contribute a portion of its proceeds from the sale of its April 24th release, Putumayo World Party, to Action Against Hunger, in support of its commitment to save the lives of malnourished children and families.

Paris Gourmet
Paris GourmetEstablished in 1983, Paris Gourmet is a leading specialty food importer and distributor sourcing products worldwide and is based in New Jersey servicing the tri-state area and nationally with a network of distributors. The Paris Gourmet Education Center located in the home office, conducts continuing education classes for chefs, training of staff, and research and product development in pursuit of quality and innovation. Paris Gourmet is also extremely active in trade events and chef competitions. Their brands include:
   

Blue Point Brewing Company
Blue Point Brewing CompanyThe brewery's unique direct-fire brick brew kettle imparts a lightly toasted, complex taste to produce an extremely fresh line of ultra premium microbrews. Patchogue, Long Island microbrewer of Summer Ale, Pale Ale, Toasted Lager, Oatmeal Stout, Hefeweizen, Old Howling Bastard and Winter Ale.

S. Pellegrino Sparkling Natural Mineral Water & Acqua Panna
Acqua PannaS. PellegrinoProducts offered by Nestlé Waters. Nestlé Waters is committed to raising consumer awareness of the role of good hydration, providing waters with health benefits along with other water-based products that offer wellness and pleasure.

Stone Ridge Orchard
Stone Ridge OrchardsThe land that is now Stone Ridge Orchard has been a productive, diversified farm for nearly two hundred years. Tucked away in the Rondout river valley between the Shawangunk and Catskill Mountains, we raise a wide variety of sustainably-grown gourmet fruits and vegetables. Offering fresh juices and sparkling ciders.

Frederick Wildman and Sons
"Importers of fine wines and spirits since 1934, Frederick Wildman and Sons, Ltd., is committed to excellence, and is amajor force in the world of wine in the United States. The familiar Wildman oval found on every bottle sold is recognized around the world as a symbol of quality assurance. The company has become what Frederick Wildman's president and CEO Richard Cacciato calls "the biggest little wine company in America." Their brands include:

Style(a)holics
Styleaholics Productions is at once a company and a lifestyle –
a multi-faceted productions company that produces unique lifestyle experiences within fashion, entertainment and online media. It prides itself on spotlighting the talents of individuals that are emerging or to the left for the pleasure of today’s stylish consumer. Najwa Moses, the company’s CEO, is the creator of the Closet – the original Shop n’ Party event.

Spa Finder
Since its inception in 1986, Spa Finder has been the leading spa travel and marketing company connecting consumers with the spa experience via publishing, travel, Internet, and corporate incentive services. In addition to being the most in-depth resource helping connect consumers with their desired spa experience, Spa Finder is actively growing the spa industry by harnessing the symbiotic relationships between stay spas, day spas, product manufacturers, and other related businesses.