Taste of Derby Festival
The 25th annual Taste of Derby Festival was held at Louisville Slugger Field on April 25.
The event benefited Dare to Care Food Bank and featured dishes from more than 50 Louisville area restaurants, top bourbon distilleries and beverage companies, as well as the Bloody Mary contest and a silent auction.
Photos by BILL WINE and JAMES EATON | Contributing Photographers
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- Deanna and Max Tinsley and Carrole Jones Clay.
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- Annie Wadley, Wayne Blakey and Katie Stengl of Martini Italian Bistro.
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- Jim Davis, Whitley Keijner, Gary Gruber, Lindsay Matway and Billy Hodges.
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- Julie Denton and Cathe Dykstra.
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- Trudy Martin, Ken Cusick and Renate Sexton.
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- Cake Flour offered chocolate praline cream puffs with bourbon hazelnut.
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- Mike and Kellie Sheehy and Andy Mays.
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- Centerplate chefs James Darr and Sean Kavanaugh.
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- Nicole Dancey, Andrew Welenken and Chris Elder of Bucks Restaurant & Bar.
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- Nicole Dancey, Andrew Welenken and Chris Elder of Bucks Restaurant & Bar.
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- Guests selected wines and spirits.
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- Kathy Lemons and Debbie Mays.
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- Anna and Amy Brown.
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- Trish Osborn, EC Thirlwell and Lisa Nehring.
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- Brad and Mary Klarer Rives, and Chris and Marcia Hermann.
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- Douglas and Michelle Warstler.
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- Kim Miles and David Self.
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- Dallas McGarity and Brad Menear with Marketplace Restaurant @ Theater Square.
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- Alan Lewis and Meggen Swearingen.
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- Ed Hamilton and Bob Douglas.
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- Kentucky Derby Festival Princesses Taylor Shag, Irma Kocer and Jhalak Dholakia.
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- Laura Douglas, Bernadette Hamilton and Kendra Hamilton.
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- Flowers decorated this appetizer.
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- Silent auction item.
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- Silent auction item.
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- The Melting Pot offered fondues with strawberries.
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- Bank Street Brewhouse offered Bacon BBQ with carrot slaw and chocolate mousse with 15B.
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- Greg Goose drinks were offered.
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- Baxter Station Bar & Grill served John Barleycorn’s cheese spread with pretzel bread.
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- Jefferson’s Very Small Batch Bourbon.
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- Kentucky Woods Bourbon Barrel Cake.
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- Asian barbecue duck with coconut pineapple slaw was served by the Upper Crust Catering.
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- Pegasus ice sculpture.
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- Mike Sheehy, Amy Myers, Todd Taylor and Keith Myers.
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- Taste of Derby Festival.
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- Taste of Derby Festival.
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- Taste of Derby Festival.
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- Rob and Melissa Brewer.
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- Jamie Mullett, Allie Wibbels, Joan Henehan and Katie Cannon.
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- Caitlyn Walsh, Megan Lilly, Sarah Fromn and Maggie Ray.
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- Billy Crush and Nicole LaMaster.
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- Shelley Chamberlain and Wayne Fields.
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- Emilie Pfeiffer and Starla Neely.
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- Amy and Keith Myers.
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- Lisa Nehring and EC Thirlwell.
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- Kentucky Derby Festival Board Members: Michael Sadofsky, Trish Osborn, Steve Andriot, David Nett, and Wes Rutledge. Front: Carolle Jones Clay, Helen Davis, and Richard Spencer.
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- Mary Anne Burch and Matt Mead, represented Kentucky Woods Bourbon Cake.
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- Doug Weber with Upper Crust Catering.
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- The Dare to Care Executive Committee: Angela Gerst, Susan Sulzer, Joey Dean Stinson, Brian Reindeau, Michael Sadofsky, and Stan Siegwald.
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- Dinah and Paul High.
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- Sheila and Don Reiss.
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- Pegasus Ice Sculpture.
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- Taste of Derby Festival.
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- Cheesecake on a stick.
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- KDF Royal Court chaperones, Mary Miller and Sandy Allen.
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- Kentucky Derby Festival Royal Court: Jhalak Dholakia, Kaelyn Gault, Erica Lee, Arielle Evans, Irma Kocer, and Taylor Sang.
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- Mary Lee and Adam Burckle of Kentucky Woods Bourbon Cake.
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- Chris Doyle of Finlandia, Dirk Grose of AP Crafters, and Susan Sulzer of Finlandia.
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- Taste of Derby Festival.
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- Taste of Derby Festival.
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- Brian Riendeau- Dare to Care Executive Director, Annette Ball- Dare to Care Programs Director, and Ken Cusick- of Kroger and Dare to Care Chairman of the Board.
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