Westchester Magazine’s Wine & Food Festival

Wine & Food Festival

Westchester Magazine selected T&B to organize and implement every aspect of its Wine & Food Festival, an annual consumer event now in its fifth year that is the county’s best and biggest celebration of its distinct culinary and wine scene. The 4-day event includes a Burger & Beer Bash held at Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla and featuring 20 grills, 30 restaurants, beer and wine bars and a live band; a Grand Tasting Village featuring cooking demonstrations by top chefs, a farmer’s market, over 200 wines and various specialty food suppliers; wine and spirits seminars by world-renowned experts; a Tastemakers Dinner at 42 at the top of the Ritz Carlton; a food and shopping event at Bloomingdale’s and a Junior Chef’s Academy. Thompson & Bender not only organizes and executes the entire event, including negotiating contracts, managing all logistics, engaging restaurants and wine vendors, and working with various non-profits and municipal governments to ensure total compliance for all events, but we also handle the PR, advertising and social media for the entire weekend.

<span class="team-name">Donielle Stanton</span><br>
Senior Media and Communications Specialist

Donielle has more than 25 years of experience as a TV producer. Most recently she was a segment producer for the award-winning show “Good Day New York” on Channel 5. Over the course of 17 years she worked with wide variety of celebrities, politicians’, and newsmakers to deliver the best quality segments for live TV. Prior to that, she helped to create and launch CBS 2 local weekend morning news program. She grew up in Hastings-on-Hudson and has extensive knowledge of Westchester County. Donielle currently resides in Hartsdale with her husband Chris and their 4 children.