You Don't Need to Sing for Your Supper, but You Can Bid for Tickets to the Cooking Show, Held May 22-23 at the Connecticut Expo Center!

Business Wire, March 22, 2004

Entertainment Editors/Lifestyle Editors/Food Writers

The Cooking Show

WILMINGTON, Vt.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2004

The Cooking Show is a "Multi-Course" Event Featuring Celebrity and Local Chefs, Cooking Schools, Food and Wine Samples, Gear and Gadgets, Product Vendors, Area Restaurants, and Much More!

The Cooking Show, a unique and innovative community event that celebrates the art of cooking and the enjoyment of food and wine, today announced a donation of event tickets to Connecticut Public Broadcasting's Online Auction and the Spring Auction sponsored by Women's Club of East Granby, Connecticut. To find out more about Connecticut Public Broadcasting's Online Auction, please see www.cptv.org or www.wnpr.org.

The Cooking Show is sponsored by the Connecticut Culinary Institute, Delia, Intermezzo Magazine, Princess House, The Vine Times, Kiss 95.7, 105.9 The River and Country 92.5 and features two stages and tons of kitchen and cooking-related exhibits for two days of culinary excitement. Plus the event offers visitors a fun and dynamic learning experience and a marketplace atmosphere of specialty and gourmet items to sample and purchase. Highlights of The Cooking Show Hartford include chef demonstrations by Lora Brody, Crescent Dragonwagon, Elizabeth Karmel, Michel Nischan, David Rosengarten, Christopher Speed, Prudence Sloane, Les Harris, Chris Prosperi, Roseann Tully, and Connecticut Culinary Institute Chefs Bruno Neveu and Jamie Roraback, as well as national and New England food, wine, cooking and kitchen-related businesses.

The Cooking Show is a community-oriented event, and a donation will be made to Foodshare of Hartford (http://www.foodshare.org). In addition, there will be a canned food drive for extra door prize entries.

"The Cooking Show was created to celebrate and support local communities," said Lisa Sullivan, Marketing Director, The Cooking Show. "So it absolutely makes sense to donate tickets to causes that support the community. Plus the Cooking Show is a fantastic educational event--it brings the dynamic persona of TV chefs together with local chefs, closet cooks, food and wine lovers, and all things food and wine related. The Cooking Show is great fun, plain and simple."

"We appreciate the donation of tickets to The Cooking Show for our online auction. The auction is an exciting new way to invite our listeners and viewers to connect with WNPR and CPTV, its personalities and its programming," said Lori Lowe, Manager, Special Events of Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc. "And the best news is that the online venue allows listeners and viewers to support their favorite shows without interruption and at their own convenience."

The complete schedule for The Cooking Show Hartford will be announced a few weeks prior to the event. Interested businesses or attendees can visit www.thecookingshow.com to subscribe to an update list that will inform you of additional announcements.

Sponsorship and Exhibitor opportunities abound for wineries, food & wine authors, caterers, specialty food vendors, cookware companies, artisans, industry and consumer publications, and other related businesses. The Cooking Show is a unique event that caters to a diverse audience interested and enthusiastic about food and wine. Opportunities for participation, as a Speaker, Exhibitor or Sponsor, are welcome and additional information may be obtained by contacting info@thecookingshow.com or calling 866-237-7583.

About The Cooking Show

The Cooking Show is an event produced by Hats Off Communications, an events and marketing firm. The company launched The Cooking Show in October 2003 in Raleigh, NC, featuring Alton Brown as the Celebrity Chef. The success of the event surpassed expectations. The Cooking Show celebrates the art of cooking and the enjoyment of food and wine. Hats Off events present an opportunity for Hats Off to create community celebrations that benefit local non-profit organizations. The company is planning several events along the East Coast through 2004. For more information, please see www.hatsoff.net and www.thecookingshow.com.