Lombardi Food & Wine Experience

General information

Event - 5th Annual Lombardi Food & Wine Experience

Date - Friday and Saturday, November 14 and 15, 2008

Purpose and proceeds - Vince Lombardi Charitable Funds is a thirty-eight year old volunteer organization whose sole purpose is to raise funds for cancer research, education, patient care and early detection at the Vince Lombardi Cancer Clinic at Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Proceeds from the Vince Lombardi Award of Excellence Dinner Ball, Vince Lombardi Golf Classic, Lombardi Walk for Cancer, Lombardi Ride to Daylight, Lombardi Food & Wine Experience and the Blocks of Granite program bring the amount raised by the Lombardi to over $11 million.

Location -
Friday, November 14: Food & Wine Tasting Gala and Connoisseur's Room
The Pfister Hotel

Saturday, November 15: Celebrity Chef & Wine Dinner
University Club of Milwaukee

Donation program -

Food & Wine Tasting Gala - $95 per person ($100 at the door)
Connoisseur's Room - $175 per person
Celebrity Chef & Wine Dinner and Late Hours Cafe - $225 per person
Corporate tables of eight (8) for Saturday's Celebrity Chef & Wine Dinner are $2,000. Corporate tables include two (2) tickets to the Friday Food & Wine Tasting Gala and mention in Saturday's event program.

Attire -
Friday evening Food & Wine Tasting Gala - business casual
Saturday evening Celebrity Chef & Wine Dinner - business

Lodging -
Special room rates are available at The Pfister Hotel on Friday and Saturday, November 14 - 15, 2008.
Special room rates are also available at The University Club on Saturday, November 15, 2008.

Official airline - Midwest Airlines

Official photographer - Mr. Tom Hayes, Visual Image Photography

Federal tax ID number - 23-7120909

For more information, please contact Judy McGauran at 414.649.5463.