Women Stars of Food & Wine Highlights Local Women Chefs, Sommeliers and Winemakers

Mark your calendar, Sunday February 8th, from 2-5pm, Women’s Funding Alliance will partner with Seattle Uncorked for the second annual Women Stars of Food and Wine event!

This one of a kind event gives you the opportunity to mix and mingle with the women stars of the local food and wine industry and taste an array of delicious appetizers and wines while enjoying the best views from the 75th floor at the new Columbia Tower Club.

Funds raised at this culinary collaboration will support Women’s Funding Alliances’s programs to increase leadership and economic opportunity for women and girls in Washington State.

Individuals: $50 Pair of tickets: $90 Purchase your tickets here

At the door: Individuals: $55 Pair of tickets: $110

Columbia Tower Club Members Discount*:
Individuals: $45 Pair of tickets: $80*Please provide membership identification at the door.

Chefs and Culinary Professionals

Deborah Breuler – Cutters Crab House
Emily Moore – Emily’s Kitchen
Kate Gallego – Vespolina
Jennifer Schell – The Butcher, The Baker, The Wine & Cheese Maker – An Okanagan Cookbook
Teresa Carew & Maria Lofgren – On Safari Foods
Monica Dimas- Nacho Borracho
Kären Jurgensen – Seattle Culinary Academy
Celinda Norton & Sara McCabe
Holly Brown – The Brown Lounge & Siren Cellars
Karen Kinbar – Balleywood Creamery
Olive Huang – Private Chef – Cooking Dolls
Jullie Farrell – Tease Chocolates
Ami Varsanyi – Luv Macaroons
Julie Bergstrom & Kristen Demontigny – Pairings at Covington Cellars
Cathy Wright & Ashley Wright Cook – Bake My Day
Megan Gordon – Lady Yum Macaroons
Jane Juan – Simple & Crisp
Tamara Murphy – Terra Plata
Thao Nyguen – Chinoise

Sommeliers

Shelly Fitzgerald – Downtown Spirits
Janice Dean – Purple Wine Bar
Lisa Rongren – The Herbfarm
Cara De Lavallade – Barking Frog
Stacey Gibson – Olympic Provisions SE
Katelyn Peil – Purple Wine Bar
Van Doren – Le Crocodile, BC
Cheri Walters – Independent Somm
Patricia Borgardt – Vino-Fare
Reggie Daigneault – Wine Technology Coordinator SSCC
Annette Lucille – Wischermann Partners
Jocelyn Foiles – Seastar
Mackenzie Parks – El Gaucho
April Poque – Loulay Kitchen and Bar
Mary Silva – Columbia Tower Club

Winemakers

Rachael Horn – AniChe Cellars
Marie-Eve Gilla – Forgeron Cellars
Casey Cobble – Robert Ramsey
Lisa Packer – Warr-King Wines
Judy Papesh – Falling Rain Wine
Kelly Hightower – Hightower Cellars
Debbie Hansen – Cougar Crest Winery
Natalie Barnes – Latah Creek Wine Cellars
Carol Parsons – Red Sky Winery
Hillary Sjolund – Sonoris
Tanya Woodley/Elaine Jomwe – Sulei Winery
Holly Turner – Three Rivers Winery – Foley Wines
Leigh McMillan- Welcome Road Winery
Lynne Chamberlain – JLC Cellars/Spofford Station
Kristin Scheelar – Gooseridge Estate
Nina Buty – Buty Winery
Jessica Munnell – Wautoma Springs
Mary Tuuri Derby – DaMa Wines
Amy Alvarez-Wampfler – Sinclair Estate Vineyards
Leala Cramer – Marcus Sophia Winery