Contact:

Evan Klein
San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival
858-578-9463
klein@fastforwardevents.com

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

COOKING LIGHT RETURNS AS THE NATIONAL MEDIA SPONSOR OF THE 7th ANNUAL SAN DIEGO BAY WINE & FOOD FESTIVAL

San Diego, CA (May 20, 2010) – The 7th Annual San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival, the largest wine and food festival in Southern California, is pleased to announce Cooking Light as its National Media Sponsor for the second year in a row. Cooking Light is the nation’s largest food and healthy lifestyle magazine, and with itsunique and innovative approach to delicious food and wine, Cooking Light is a perfect fit for our 2010 Festival, said Michelle Metter, the Festival’s co-producer. 

“Cooking Light brings readers from all over the nation together to share the love of outstanding food and gourmet lifestyle, and we are thrilled to name them our National Media Sponsor for the second year in a row,” added Metter. “We look forward this year’s Festival, and we know that Cooking Light’s presence will add to the overall experience of our one-of-a-kind food and wine extravaganza.”

Cooking Light’s partnership in this year’s event will add to the overall content of the Festival’s list of weeklong food and wine activities. Food lovers will be able to attend a cooking class taught by Cooking Light’s Executive Chef Billy Strynkowski. Grand Event attendees will have the opportunity to visit the Cooking Light Pavilion and sip on select wines from wineries and sample from gourmet food purveyors that have been featured in the publication. The magazine will also publish the winning recipe of the “Chef of the Fest” Competition, the action-packed culinary showdown, taking place at the Grand Event. 

"We are thrilled to be a part of such an extraordinary event," said Stephen Bohlinger, VP, Publisher of Cooking Light.  "We look forward to bringing Cooking Light's healthy and delicious food, recipes and wine pairings to the San Diego area."

The 7th Annual San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival features cookbook authors, culinary personalities and celebrity chefs, 170 world-class winemakers, 70 of San Diego’s top chefs, and gourmet food purveyors during the week-long lifestyle celebration of gourmet wine and food. Held November 17-21, 2010, the five-day festival features wine tasting seminars and cooking classes, a WineRave, the elegant Reserve & New Release Tasting, Wine Dinners, an AIWF Big Bottle Auction & Celebrity Chef Luncheon, Tommy Bahama Rum VIP Party and the unforgettable star-studded Grand Tasting Event, complete with the “Chef of the Fest” Competition.

Tickets and the complete schedule for the San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival will be available June 15 at www.worldofwineevents.com or by calling 619-342-7337. For inquiries about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Festival management at 858-578-9463.

COOKING LIGHT MAGAZINE

Cooking Light is the nation’s largest food and fitness magazine known for making healthy food taste great. Each month, 12.1 million readers turn to Cooking Light and CookingLight.com for innovative recipes, nutrition advice, and food and fitness tips. Cooking Light is published by a subsidiary of Birmingham, Alabama-based Southern Progress Corporation.

SAN DIEGO BAY WINE & FOOD FESTIVAL

The 7th Annual San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival is an international showcase of the world's premier wine and spirits producers, chefs and culinary personalities, and gourmet foods. Held November 17-21, 2010, the event benefits the American Institute of Wine & Food culinary arts scholarship program. Over 170 wineries, 70 of San Diego’s top fine dining restaurants and 30 gourmet food companies and exhibitors will participate in the 2010 Festival. For more information visit www.worldofwineevents.com. Produced by World of Wine Events and Fast Forward Event Productions. For more information call 858-578-9463.

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