Press Release

13th Annual Wine Tasting Hosted by Bourbon Street to

Benefit Mama’s Kitchen

SAN DIEGO – On Thursday, August 21st, Mama’s Kitchen will hold it’s 13 th Annual Wine Tasting Event at Bourbon Street, a popular bar located in San Diego’s neighborhood community of University Heights. This annual event draws a sell-out crowd of more than 300 guests and provides critical support for the home-delivered meals program offered to people affected by HIV/AIDS or other critical illnesses in San Diego County.

The wine tasting will feature five different wines generously donated by Southern Wine and Spirits. Delicious hors d’oeuvres and tasty desserts will be provided by top local restaurants and caterers to include ChileCo Catering, Ono Sushi, Bite, Currant Brasserie, The Better Half, Café Bleu, Sycuan Resort & Casino and Lei Lounge – Bourbon Street’s own sister restaurant. Guests will have a chance to participate in an exciting opportunity drawing, as well as, a silent auction featuring fabulous packages. Monique Marvez, radio personality from JACK 100.7 FM’s popular morning show “Monique and the Man,” will once again act as emcee.

According to Alberto Cortés, Executive Director of Mama’s Kitchen, “The significant increases in both gasoline and food prices are having a financial impact on our ability to provide the life-giving and life-affirming nutrition we provide to the hundreds of men, women, and children that are served by Mama’s Kitchen. By attending the Wine Tasting Event, you have the opportunity to have a great time while supporting Mama’s ever critical mission to provide nutritious food to people throughout the County who are vulnerable to malnutrition because of critical illness.”

In addition to the restaurants and caterers listed above, the 13 th Annual Wine Tasting is also generously sponsored by Union Bank of California, Sycuan Casino and the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, Rage Monthly, Gay & Lesbian Times, Jennifer A. Kearns and The James Ziegler Fund at the San Diego Foundation.

Festivities will take place from 6pm – 9pm at Bourbon Street, located at 4612 Park Boulevard, San Diego. Tickets for the event are $50 per person with all proceeds benefiting Mama’s Kitchen. For further information or to purchase tickets, contact Hanina Stettin at 619-233-6262, ext.113 or visit www.mamaskitchen.org .

About Mama's Kitchen:
Mama's Kitchen was founded in 1990 when volunteers from the AIDS Assistance Fund, a food bank for people with AIDS, discovered that many of their clients were becoming too ill to take care of themselves. They realized that a reliable home meal delivery service was needed to ensure that these individuals would continue to receive nutritious food. In 2006, Mama’s Kitchen expanded its mission to include delivery of hot meals to people with other critical illnesses, such as cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. Today, Mama's Kitchen prepares and delivers three meals a day for every day of the week to about 1500 men, women, and children affected by AIDS or other critical illnesses in San Diego County. For more information, visit www.mamaskitchen.org .