Date – 09/03/2022
Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits (“Southern Glazer’s”)—the world’s pre-eminent distributor of beverage alcohol—nowadays introduced that it’s far celebrating its 21st consecutive yr because the host and distinct issuer of wine and spirits for the Food Network & Cooking Channel South Beach Wine & Food Festival supplied through Capital One (SOBEWFF®), a country wide, superstar-studded, 4-day vacation spot event, taking area February 24 – 27, 2022. To date, SOBEWFF® has raised extra than $31.8 million for its beneficiary, the Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management at Florida International University (FIU). Southern Glazer’s has collaborated with its international-class providers to comfy greater than 300 top wine and spirits brands for greater than 90+ SOBEWFF® activities taking vicinity across Miami-Dade and Broward counties.
“We’re so thankful to have spent 21 years assisting the following era of hospitality leaders. As a Festival, it’s far our purpose to characteristic a treasured platform that celebrates the various hospitality community that we’re proud to be a part of while concurrently imparting the best first-rate event for wine and meals lovers round the sector,” said Lee Brian Schrager, Senior Vice President of Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility for Southern Glazer’s, and Founder and Director of SOBEWFF®. “The Festival’s effect and achievement could not had been feasible without the generosity of provider companions, cooks, mixologists, wine makers, event planners, small agencies, volunteers, and sponsors who come collectively every yr.”
Approximately 1,200 FIU college students will volunteer to assist produce this yr’s Festival, in which they may take part alongside event management specialists, global-famend chefs, winemakers, spirits producers, and restaurateurs. Scholarships, funded with the aid of proceeds from SOBEWFF®, are offered to FIU students annually. The Lee Brian Schrager Excellence in Leadership Awards—created eleven years ago through Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits in honor of Mr. Schrager’s leadership and dedication to the Chaplin School—apprehend students who dedicate a great amount of time to volunteering at the Festival each yr.
“The specific, palms-on enjoy that students benefit during SOBEWFF® supports our tutorial assignment to domesticate the destiny leaders of hospitality,” said Michael Cheng, Dean, Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management at FIU. “Students are able to volunteer for roles that range from assisting cooks with dish preparations to facilitating visitor registration, all opportunities for worthwhile, real-global experience.”
SOBEWFF® proceeds have also funded the improvement of various academic facilities at FIU, including the School’s Wine Spectator Restaurant Management Laboratory, which homes the Badia Spices Food Production Lab and the Brew Science Lab—all of which fortify the School’s attention on building college students’ superior control skills and its developing research in food, wine, beer, and spirits.
As a part of the entry requirements for SOBEWFF®, all attendees have to whole a virtual health screening through SymCheck™. This includes attestation of either: a poor COVID-19 test no extra than 72 hours prior to the event OR completed vaccination plus presentation of a cleared SymCheck™ QR Code.
About FIU Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management
Florida International University’s Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management is a Top 10 hospitality college amongst U.S. Public Universities and ranked 35th inside the world. Nearly 2,000 undergraduate and graduate college students from across the state and around the globe pick out FIU for its tremendous popularity, wonderful campus places in Miami, expert school, wealthy curriculum and actual profession opportunities within the global resort, foodservice, beverage control, tour, tourism, sales control, amusement, and mega and large-scale event industries. As the main diverse hospitality program with over 70% women and students from 74 countries represented, Chaplin School graduates more undergraduate black and Hispanic students than every other school. In August 2006, FIU unveiled the first U.S. School of hospitality and tourism in Tianjin, China. The Marriott Tianjin China Program, ranked #1 in China, is FIU’s largest worldwide program, with a capacity for up to at least 1,000 college students.
About Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits
Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits is the sector’s preeminent distributor of beverage alcohol, and proud to be a multi-generational, family-owned corporation. The Company has operations in 44 U.S. States, the District of Columbia, and Canada. In 2021, Southern Glazer’s turned into decided on as a U.S. Best Managed Company by way of Deloitte Private and The Wall Street Journal, in addition to named by Newsweek as a Top one hundred Most Loved Workplace.
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