Wall of love for Ventures Events

Kobrand Wines, Jadot Wines - USA Today Wine and Food Experience, Naples, FL This was our first time participating in a USA Today Wine and Food event and we had a wonderful experience. The planning process was super smooth with multiple planning calls and check-ins ahead of time. The promo surrounding the event was great, with carefully crafted social media shout outs. The actual event was a blast. We saw some of our best sampling numbers of the tour and the participants were super engaged and excited to be there. We would be interested in attending other USA Today events!

This was our 3rd time participating in the Naples Wine + Food Experience. We were so pleased that the 2024 schedule was moved back to November. 2023 was scheduled for September which is too hot and too unpredictable in Florida (it absolutely poured last year)!

USA Today Food & Wine Experience November 16, 2024 at Paradise Coast Sports Complex This was a marketing event for us to attract new guests and return guests. The Event was organized well.

We enjoyed being part of the event this year. As I mentioned before I also run big festivals and events for my company so I know first hand what goes into it and I think you did a wonderful job with everything. Perhaps next year Phelan Brands can take that entire row of booths and add a couple of our other brands to the mix. We could call it 'Phelan Row' or something and have that corner themed as such. Just a thought.

- GAME RESTAURANTS - Exposure and Local involvement - First class event with great support - No, 3rd year

Overall, it was a great experience we had a great time and the people were GREAT! All of your staff was fantastic and very helpful! If next year you could spread the food out a little more, we think it would be better for the guest experience. We look forward to next year!

The Phoenix USA Today Wine & Food Experience was so much fun! The attendees seemed to enjoy themselves, and we enjoyed serving them! Because we were in Sedona and not Phoenix, we had the opportunity to introduce Dahl Restaurants and Chef Lisa Dahl, and many who stopped by our booth knew us well and dined at all of Chef Lisa Dahl's Sedona restaurants. This was our first time participating in the Food & Wine Experience. It was such a success and Chef Dahl's stage demonstration was fully attended - so we would love to participate next year.

So much fun! The guests were delightful and engaged with our chocolates. I appreciated the opportunity to chat with them about our process - from flavor conception to the size of our award-winning mini chocolates. Guests took information on where to purchase our products - either locally or via our website. The event venue was lovely - in the middle of an historic site (the Presidio) with stately residences and office buildings surrounding us. For those of you who didn't make it (maybe next year?), vendors included wineries, non-alcoholic drinks, tasty foods, and us (CocoTutti Chocolates). The guests leisurely strolled from tent to tent while listening to music; sometimes the reputation of the food / wine led to lines in the warm, autumn sunlight. From a vendor perspective, the staff was thorough, friendly, and available - which was gratefully appreciated when this was our first event for USA Today Food and Wine. This was a win-win event for all involved :-)

As a food vendor, we had a successful, well planned & streamlined event organized by Ventures Events. We would love to participate in future events as well.

Caviar Cartel Club. Everyone was very helpful given the challenges of the event. This was our second event. I'd say have a stronger presence of food next go around would be more helpful since with our given budget's we got slammed and sold out within the first 2 hours with nearly 180lbs of beef. Were told we were one of the few vendors who actually served something "substantial"

I represented Mesh Restaurant for the USA Today Wine and Food Experience. This event was a great way to connect with new guests, especially in a different area of Louisville. We are lucky to have a very broad spectrum of clientele but we are always looking to expand further! This event was much more casual than the usual high-dollar charity events we visit. It was refreshing, fun, and well-organized. It was also a great opportunity to get out of the restaurant and do something different than our day-to-day! The organization of the event was the best thing, in my opinion. The communication prior to the event, especially the visme "presentation" we all received with ALL needed information, was far better than any event I've been a part of. This was our first time being a part of the USA Today Wine & Food Experience, and we would love to be considered in the future!

Great experience, well organized, even the local Health inspector said this is nice, they provided hand washing for all the vendor, Love it thank you Sarah Parker and the team to make this happen

Mark McMillian GrillnMcMillian I participated in the Las Vegas Event My business benefitted with expanding my brand and introducing my BBQ sauce and spice line to guest from different states. The best this was being able to interact with the guest and tell them my story about starting my business after my NFL career. Working with the USA Today staff was amazing they made sure everything was running as smooth as possible. This was my second time participating in this event in Las Vegas and look forward to coming back.

Such a fantastic event! I always love being a part of this! Staff is great! Especially Tia and Sarah! They are rock stars.

I’m Aura, from Aura’s Chocolate Bar. We didn’t know what to expect but we have great admiration to Gail Ciampa so we accepted her invitation. Every single team member was extremely nice and made sure we were ok and things were running smoothly. Since the first contact email to everyone on site the day of the event. We were able to sell on site which was great! This was the best benefit, and I’m looking forward to seeing leads from the event to continue to support the business. The atmosphere was the fantastic, everyone was having a good time!

The Biscotti Bar- Providence RI USA Today WINE & Food tasting event (first time) Event team was wonderful- easy, quick communication leading up to event. Staff onsite was very helpful and always checking in. Very good feedback from attending patrons and many people kept coming back for seconds, thirds, and even handfuls of cookies!

Edgewood Cheese Shop Wine & Food Experience Providence The whole team was stellar from pre-event communication through day of execution. Things ran smoothly and we got to showcase our brand to new customers who were definitely enjoying the event. This was our first time.

USA TODAY WINE & FOOD (Providence, RI) I tried to express this in-person to some of the staff working the event but of the several events we've done over the past month, yours was by-far the most well-planned, most comprehensively set-up, and the most friendly in terms of both how helpful the people working it were but how pleasant the clientele was. I'm glad to hear we were well-received, we got some really great feedback during the event. As a general suggestion I would maybe just suggest striving for a bigger variety of food options? I know you let us as the business owners choose, which is great, but I noticed there were like 3 brisket options and not a lot of vegetarian stuff. Also the event seemed to be much more weighted towards the alcohol and less about food....I think this was your first time doing it in Providence and maybe some of the participants fell through at the last minute, but I think more food and a bigger variety would make people really happy. Some people were coming up to our table for 2nds, 3rds, even 4ths which was fine because we came prepared with lots to share, but I imagine that put a strain on some of the other vendors that portioned for exactly 1000. Anyway, the event was great, we had fun, music was good and we would love to participate next year! We happen to be located down the street from where the event was held and it was great exposure, many people did not know about us and it was great to share info about our seafood shack.