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Rising Culinary Talent Takes the Stage

Each year, the culinary students and instructors from Manatee Technical College bring creativity, energy, and incredible flavor to the Suncoast Food & Wine Fest. This highlight reel captures the excitement behind the scenes from thoughtful preparation to beautifully executed dishes served with pride.

Watch how these emerging culinary professionals consistently show up, impress, and deliver some of the most memorable bites of the festival.

People of Action: Clean Water, Real Change

From the Archives: Wine Fest 2011

Meet a Few beneficiaries

  • “We are most grateful for the financial support we receive from Lakewood Ranch Rotary which benefits thousands of food-insecure children and their families right here in Manatee County.”

    Maribeth Phillips,
    President & CEO

  • “The wine fest funds have enabled the Books For Kids Program to develop the Weekly Kindergarten Program and the Monthly Program where over 4000 children are being helped and over 150,000 Books have been distributed.”

    Ted Lindenberg,
    Director – Books For Kids -Promoting Literacy

  • “The LWR Rotary grant strengthens our ability to meet the tangible needs of children in foster care with consistency and purpose.”

    Nicole Britton,
    Executive Director, The Twig Cares, Inc.

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