Taste of the Nation® Announces Restaurants for 2013

Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation® Orlando returns Aug. 10, 2013, 6:45-10pm to Orlando World Center Marriott (8701 World Center Dr, Orlando). Guests will have access to 24 entrees and desserts from more than 30 Central Florida chefs and restaurants. Silent auctions, live auctions and entertainment will also be present. Tickets to the event are $150 per person, and all proceeds from sales support Share Our Strength. Attire: Cocktail / Semi-Formal. Lucille O’Neal, mother of NBA superstar Shaquille O’Neal, will serve as honorary chair of this year’s Taste of the Nation Orlando. 

PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS4Rivers Smokehouse 
A Land Remembered (Rosen)
B.B. King's Blues Club
Bosphorous Turkish Cuisine Cala Bella Restaurant (Rosen) 
The Capital Grille
Cask & Larder/Ravenous Pig Christner's Prime Steak & Lobster 
Crave 
Cress Restaurant 
Eddie V's 
Empress Sissi Bakery 
FreshPoint 
Journey's Catering 
JW Marriott Orlando Grande Lakes 
K Restaurant and Wine Bar 
Kobe Japanese Steakhouse 
LongHorn Steakhouse 
Mama Melrose's Ristorante Italiano 
Marlow's Tavern 
Nestle Professional 
Olive Garden 
Orlando World Center Marriott 
Red Wing Restaurant 
Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld 
SeaWorld 
Sushi House Orlando 
Taverna Opa 
Three2OH Ice Cream 
Universal Orlando 
Uno Chicago Grille 
Whole Foods Market

Last year’s Taste of the Nation event drew more than 2,200 attendees and raised $249,000 for Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida and Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida.