2015 St. Croix Food & Wine Experience Sponsorship Packet

Eight Celebrity Chefs

JOIN US!APRIL 12 - 18, 2015

EVENTS!One Week, 12 Events

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIESFOR A GOOD CAUSE

Be part of the passion...

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Make a Difference

Making an ImpactPartnerships with social media giant Facebook provide an expanding base of networking for our youth and our culinary industry. In 2013, Facebook chefs selected two students (at right) from the St. Croix Educational Complex's culinary program to attend a two-week internship at Facebook. They are now full time contracted employees at the global media company.

For 2015, partnerships with our guest chefs have grown into a formal internship program. Facebook Executive Chefs will host two more interns, Sam Choy will host an intern at his restaurant in Hawaii, and Duff Goldman will host an intern at his world-famous bakery, Charm City Cakes, in Baltimore.

Bright Futures

In 2014, the Experience reached theWhite House when Chef Todd Gray handdelivered an apron, signed by 60 youngchefs from Kids Cooking, to First LadyMichelle Obama.

For 2015, Gray is back by populardemand, focusing again on our island'syouth. This year Chef Gray, of MichelleObama's Chefs Move to SchoolsInitiative, is joined by Chef Kevin Fonzo,of the Emeril Foundation and The EdibleSchoolyard, and will offer a specialseminar on nutrition, using local produce,and the art of cooking. Don't miss it!

Eat, drink, and be merry... and know your sponsorship nets bright futures for our youth and yourisland. Named as a top 10 international food and wine festival, the St. Croix Food & WineExperience has raised $1.4 million for community programs and continues to serve as aneconomic engine and industry event that draws local, national, and international attention.

Sunday, April 12

Tuesday, April 14

Wednesday, April 15

Thursday, April 16

Friday, April 17

Saturday, April 18

- Cuisine on the Green

- Gourmet Vintner Dinner, Chef Gray- City Crawl, Chef Goldman

- A Taste of St. Croix

- Cake Class with Chef Goldman- Seminar with Chef Fonzo and Chef Gray- Food Fight with Chefs Choy, Lampe & Spinks- Galleon Wine Dinner

- Cork & Fork with Facebook Chef Castellucci - Cork & Fork with Chefs Fonzo & Stridiron- Sunset BBQ: Chefs Choy, Desimone, Lampe

- Kids Cooking- Wine in the Warehouse

Sponsor

LevelsTITLE SPONSORName on Event title, exhibit space, signageat events, benefits of levels below andmuch morePLATINUM - $15K - $25KBranding of one event, signage, ad in printedmaterial/collateral, social media mentions,advance tickets

GOLD - $10KLogo in collateral, social media mentions,advance tickets

SILVER - $5KLogo in collateral, advance tickets

BRONZE & FRIEND - $1K to $2,500Advance tickets

To discuss benefits contact Tina at 340.773.9898 or [email protected] more information on chefs and events, please visit www.StCroixFoodandWine.com.

2015 Schedule

PATRON PACKAGES - $1K to $5,000Epicurean, Foodie, and Party patrons enjoyadvance reservations to the events of theirchoice

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About the St. Croix Foundation

St. Croix Food & Wine Experience

2015 Guest Chefs

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1023 Market Street, Christiansted, US Virgin Islands 00820(t) 340.773.9898 * (f) 340.773.8727

www.stcroixfoodandwine.com * www.stxfoundation.org

St. Croix Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that serves the US Virgin Islands inthe areas of youth and education, historic preservation, community and economic

development, and public safety. For 24 years, the Foundation has been forging innovativesolutions to the challenges our community faces while leveraging scarce resources.

Nationally recognized for its comprehensive body of work, St. Croix Foundation directs all proceeds from the St. Croix Food & Wine Experience towards

projects that benefit the people of the Virgin Islands.

Sam ChoyHawaii

Kevin FonzoKWine Bar, Orlando

Duff GoldmanCharm City Cakes

Todd GrayEquinox, D.C.

Ray LampeDr. BBQ

Dean SpinksFacebook

Digby StridironUSVI Dept. of Tourism

William DesimoneGiving the Dream Fnd.