Private Family Foundation
Community Engagement
Private Family Foundation
Community Engagement
This generous donor provided support for all of our community access programming to allow more people from any financial situation to join in the celebration!
Shay & Company
Festival Production
Shay & Company
Festival Production
Shay Brown: Shay Brown makes magic happen. She is an expert planner and community connector who creates meaningful experiences for hosts and guests across the Southeast. With over 20 years of experience, Shay and her team plans dozens of events, festivals, and weddings every year, as well as managing several boutique venues. Shay is also the Festival Director for Chow Chow, GRINDfest, and CiderFest NC where she is responsible for full-scale event production and managing the team of Directors for Culinary, Beverage, Makers, and Volunteers.
Prior to starting her company, Shay had a career as a lobbyist, where she developed a love for working with people and honing her skills in relationship development and building connections. She made it a priority to deeply understand each client’s vision, their likes and dislikes, and tailored events to reflect their unique character. She believes that each moment should illuminate the authentic personality of the client, not the desire of the planner and that is what sets Shay and her team apart from others.
Shay has surrounded herself with an amazing, talented, and professional staff that delivers each element of the planning process with the same quality and detail that Shay has cultivated over more than two decades in the industry.
Shay is very passionate about a lot of things in life like hiking, cooking, books, and spending time with neighbors and friends in the Asheville community. Most of all, though, she is in love with her family and fur babies Hazel, Eastwood, Tinsel, Max, Onyx, and Addy.
Diageo
Presenting Content Sponsor: Collaborating Theme
Diageo
Presenting Content Sponsor: Collaborating Theme
With over 200 brands and sales in more than 180 countries, we offer something for every taste and celebration.
Our portfolio spans the spectrum of tastes and occasions, moving at pace with the latest trends. From much-loved, established brands to the latest innovations, we provide products, tastes and experiences for people to enjoy as part of celebrations big or small.
Diamond Brand Gear
Presenting Content Sponsor: Innovating Theme | Glamping Ground at the Tasting Bazaar
Diamond Brand Gear
Presenting Content Sponsor: Innovating Theme | Glamping Ground at the Tasting Bazaar
We are dedicated to one thing at Diamond Brand: practicing, preserving, and elevating the art of tent making. Since relocating to Asheville in 1942, we’ve been manufacturing and hiring locally, because we believe in reviving the craft of sewing. See what our customers have to say about our gear.
Go Mini's Moving & Portable Storage
Go Mini's Moving & Portable Storage
GO MINI’S® | THE PORTABLE STORAGE CONTAINER EXPERTS
Founded in 2002, Go Mini’s® has become one of the fastest-growing portable storage and moving companies in North America with locations in 39 states in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. In 2012, our company converted into a franchise model and now has 79 franchise locations within the United States. Our company is proud to have been recognized by Franchise Business Review as a Top Franchise in 2017. Entrepreneur Magazine also ranked us 16th on their list of 2017’s Top New Franchises.
Go Mini’s® is an active member of the International Franchising Association, where members strive to continually improve their business through networking, partnerships, and shared advice. We offer both local moving services and temporary portable storage container solutions for your convenience. Get in touch with us for more information about us and our portable storage containers. We also have careers and franchise opportunities available.
Got to be NC
Presenting Content Sponsor: Cultivating Theme
Got to be NC
Presenting Content Sponsor: Cultivating Theme
Got to Be NC is an initiative on behalf of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services to promote North Carolina agricultural products and goods. Our mission is to promote and expand markets for North Carolina agricultural products both domestically and internationally in support of our state’s $95+ billion plus food, fiber and forestry industries.
In 2005, the Goodness Grows in NC program was rebranded as Got to Be NC. From then to now, our work with North Carolina growers and agricultural organizations continues to raise the awareness and availability of North Carolina products to consumers both locally and around the world.
Sysco
Presenting Content Sponsor: Preserving Theme
Sysco
Presenting Content Sponsor: Preserving Theme
Sustainability is an integral part of our Recipe for Growth business strategy. We know that to achieve our business goals we must also achieve our sustainability goals. As the global leader in foodservice, we are committed to growing responsibly and purposefully while leading our industry to more sustainable future. Our latest report shares updates on the actions we are taking today to secure a sustainable future for all.
Check out our progress in Sysco’s 2022 Sustainability Report. Translated versions are available under ‘Resources’ at the bottom of the page.
Learn more about our 2025 Goals and climate goal.
The Restoration Hotel Collection, Asheville
Lodging Partner | Venue Sponsor
The Restoration Hotel Collection, Asheville
Lodging Partner | Venue Sponsor
Union Transfer & Storage
Union Transfer & Storage
Union Transfer & Storage is a full-service moving and storage business that values quality and trust. We understand that moving and storing are highly personal, and we guarantee integrity with the delivery and care of our clients’ belongings.
Our team approaches every project with innovative and mindful solutions so that everyone receives uncompromising logistical support and a personal touch, regardless of the size and scope of our collaboration.
Atelier Maison & Co.
Atelier Maison & Co.
Cheney Brothers
Cheney Brothers
Mission Statement
Improve and innovate our products and services
Never content to rest on our laurels, we strive to continuously improve and innovate our products and services. This commitment to excellence has served our customers well for more than 90 years, and continues to serve as our standard for success.
Our Promise
We insist upon top quality products from nationally recognized manufacturers. Our broad inventory consists of more than 64,000 stocked items, from gourmet to everyday. Never content to rest on our laurels, we strive to continuously improve and innovate our products and services. This commitment to excellence has served our customers well for more than 90 years, and continues to serve as our standard for success.
We understand that our customers rely on accurate and prompt deliveries. Our technological systems ensure that every order reaches customers on time and in optimal condition. Our state-of-the-art warehousing systems process every order with precision. A fleet of modern, temperature-controlled delivery trucks is equipped with satellite positioning technology to provide customers with faster, more efficient deliveries. These advances inspire customer confidence and satisfaction, which has been our goal since 1925.
– Byron Russell, Chairman & CEO
Duke's Mayo
Duke's Mayo
It was at Camp Sevier in 1917 that the Duke’s Mayonnaise legacy began. Eugenia Duke of Greenville, SC, made sandwiches in her home kitchen to sell to army canteens during WWI. Eugenia’s sandwiches (and the mayo that gave them their special flavor) were so unforgettably delicious that years after they’d left the camp, soldiers wrote to Eugenia begging for her sandwich recipes and jars of her delectable spread. She began bottling it as a product on its own in 1923.
Over the past 100 years, Duke’s has continued to cultivate and celebrate its commitment to family recipes and bold, southern flavors.
In addition to the flagship mayonnaise, which is still made according to Eugenia’s original recipe in Greenville, SC, Duke’s offers light, olive oil, and flavored mayonnaise, tartar sauce, sandwich relish and regionally-inspired Duke’s Southern Sauces, mustards, and dressings.
Grand Bohemian Hotel Asheville
Lodging Partner
US Foods
US Foods
US Foods® is one of America’s great food companies and a leading foodservice distributor, partnering with approximately 300,000 restaurants and foodservice operators to help their businesses succeed. With nearly 28,000 employees and more than 70 locations, we provide our customers with a broad and innovative food offering and a comprehensive suite of e-commerce, technology, and business solutions.
ASK Law
ASK Law
Atlas Branding
Atlas is a branding and creative agency based in Asheville. Their studio designs impactful experiences for food and beverage, lifestyle brands, and inviting places everywhere.
They have collaborated with many friends of Chow Chow over the years—Posana, Table, All Day Darling, High Five Coffee, eldr, Dynamite Roasting, Ginger’s Revenge Brewing, and many more.
Biltmore Winery
Biltmore Winery
Cintas
Cintas
Our diverse team is passion-driven to help, and to elevate. We’re inspired by your team, your business, and your customers. We apply that inspiration to delivering the right solutions, products, and services to help you run better than ever. We start every day by asking how we can have an even greater impact: safer, cleaner, more efficient, better designed, more sustainable and inclusive. Our sensibilities and principles are rooted in always seeking to do better for you, for our partners, and for our planet.
We’re with you, for a better workday.
Crate & Barrel Asheville
Main Stage
Crate & Barrel Asheville
Main Stage
Visit the Crate and Barrel Asheville, North Carolina Outlet to find amazing deals on furniture, entertaining, kitchen accessories and holiday decor. The Asheville-area Crate and Barrel is a destination for anyone looking for high-quality home furnishings on a budget. If you’re shopping for a housewarming or wedding present at the outlet store, ask an associate for advice about some of the most popular products to give as gifts. Make sure to stop in often, as daily shipments help update the selection of furniture and decor regularly. In addition to clearance items, guests can shop a smaller assortment of items currently offered in Crate and Barrel stores. This outlet in Asheville, NC also carries products from our sister store CB2, as well as Crate&kids.
Please note that furniture is first come, first serve and associates are not able to special order furniture from another location. To pick up your larger purchases from a Crate and Barrel outlet store, ask about a customer pickup door or where the closest Crate and Barrel warehouse is.
Devil's Foot Beverage Company
Devil's Foot Beverage Company
Devil’s Foot Beverage uses organic roots and fruits to brew farm-to-can craft sodas out of Asheville, NC. Blending regional honey and organic cane sugar and using farm-fresh ingredients from local and certified organic farms allows these sodas to contain half the sugar as corporate brands.
Gowin Fairview Enterprises
Gowin Fairview Enterprises
Indigo Road Hospitality Group
Indigo Road Hospitality Group
OUR WHY
To foster an environment where everyone feels safe, cared for and inspired, so that they may experience fulfillment and joy.
CORE VALUES
We put our teammates first, because we believe that attracting, hiring, and nurturing the right people is the best way to serve our guests and achieve the goals of all stakeholders. We consistently earn positive raves, win repeat business, and develop bonds of loyalty with our guests because our teammates are positively motivated, enthusiastic, confident, proud, and at peace with the choice to work on our team.
Mountain Valley Spring Water
Product Sponsor
Mountain Valley Spring Water
Product Sponsor
ALL NATURAL GOODNESS
We pride ourselves on truth, integrity, and pure American spring water. Rising naturally from a spring in the Ouachitas, The Mountain Valley spring water filters through granite-based aquifers collecting all the pure, healthy, goodness from the land. Our water is sodium-free with a naturally detoxifying pH and rich blend of calcium, magnesium and potassium.
PURE SOURCE SINCE 1871
Mountain Valley is the same multiple award-winning clean, pure, premium American spring water it’s always been. Bottled right at the source, in The Ouachita Mountains, U.S.A since 1871
New Belgium Brewing
New Belgium Brewing
NEW BELGIUM’S APPROACH
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Rather than driving for maximum short-term profits at any cost, the Human Powered Business model supports healthy profit balanced with prioritized benefits for our people and planet – generating economic prosperity for all coworkers and supporting the needs of our communities and customers.
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We have plenty of room to grow and improve – but that’s why we built into our business model the incentive to act in a way that promotes fairness, transparency, inclusivity, individuality, healthy families, real work-life balance, environmental stewardship, and an unwavering commitment to craft across every aspect of our business.
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The result? We’re among the biggest and fastest-growing craft breweries in America. New Belgium didn’t lay off a single coworker as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. We enjoy incredibly low turnover and high engagement among our workforce. Our team comes to work every day invested in the quality of our product and the success of our company, because the company invests in the quality and success of their life everywhere we can.
Salvage Station
Venue Sponsor
Salvage Station
Venue Sponsor
SALVAGE STATION’S VAST PROPERTY ALONG THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER IS LESS THAN A HALF MILE FROM DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE.
Upon arriving, you will immediately notice the eclectic and laid-back vibe of this salvage yard turned music venue. The venue boasts a massive outdoor stage and an indoor stage for more intimate shows.
Thirsty? We’ve got something for everyone! There are several full bars with an extensive tap list of local beers, wines by the glass or bottle, liquor for those looking for a great cocktail, plus craft non-alcoholic options.
Listening to your favorite band play right next to the French Broad River will immediately make you understand why Salvage Station is always voted the best outdoor music venue in Western North Carolina.
The Foundry Hotel
Venue Sponsor | Lodging Partner
The Foundry Hotel
Venue Sponsor | Lodging Partner
51 South Market Street
Asheville, NC 28801
(828) 552-8545
VerTerra Dinnerware
VerTerra Dinnerware
VERTERRA IS THE ORIGINATOR AND LEADER IN PALM LEAF PLATES.
VERTERRA DINNERWARE FROM FALLEN LEAVES™ WAS CREATED BY CEO MICHAEL DWORK IN 2006. THE COLLECTION IS STYLISH + SLEEK AND THE FIRST OF ITS KIND LINE IN THE U.S. ARTFULLY DESIGNED, OUR DINNERWARE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE SMITHSONIAN AND AWARDED NUMEROUS TIMES BY THE NATURAL PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION, THE NY RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION AND THE INTERNATIONAL HOTEL MOTEL ASSOCIATION, THIS IS THE MOST AWARDED DISPOSABLE ON THE MARKET!
Beer to Bags
Beer to Bags
Giving single-use malt bags a longer life as brewery merch.
Tired of throwing away your spent malt bags? Looking for the best brewery merch? You’re not alone. We’ve got a unique solution that allows you to boast of your upcycling and output a profitable, customized beer tote. Born out of Raleigh-based consumer upcycling company Reborn Closet, Beer to Bags is the answer to an unnecessary problem of waste in the brewing industry. Products made of Polypropylene, like malt bags, degrade slowly in landfills and can take 20-30 years to decompose.
The way the bags are manufactured make them difficult to recycle, often with multiple liners and layers of polypropylene. Some breweries have joined forces to get to enough volume of grain bags to sell to a downstream recycler who will feed the bags into an extruder, melt it at extremely high heats and form it into pellets.
There are a few unfortunate problems with this. Whether any recycler wants more plastic at this point and whether the logistics and financials can work out to make sense is not a guaranteed solution. It also reinforces the idea that products are only usable once, and recycling processes use intensive energy and resources.
Enter upcycling. When possible, upcycling is better than recycling because rather than using more energy and resources to break down a product into a lesser material, it preserves the original value of the material in a higher value form. Our example – we’re taking packaging worth a few cents and turning it into a product of $20+ retail value.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
To improve the health and well-being of our customers and communities – we won’t stop until health care is better for all.
Since 1933, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) has been committed to making health care easier to navigate, more affordable and more accessible to all. Through our history, we’ve grown to better serve our members and meet North Carolina’s biggest health challenges.
We invest in our local communities to support the overall health of all North Carolinians. We’ve secured millions of dollars for charitable causes, volunteered more than 129,000 hours and supported countless other causes dedicated to fighting hunger, homelessness and family hardship.
Negron Family Foundation
Negron Family Foundation
Organic Growers School
Organic Growers School is the premier provider of practical and affordable organic education in the Southern Appalachians. After 30 years, we continue to build a vibrant food & farming community by boosting the success of organic home growers and farmers.
Quility
Quility
Shanti Elixirs
Shanti Elixirs
Shanti Volpe is the owner of Shanti Elixirs, a company inspired by the honeybees + dedicated to nurturing the intimate connection between the health of our bodies + the wellbeing of our planet. Shanti + her hive accomplish this by crafting Jun, a sparkling probiotic beverage made with raw honey.
Smoking J’s Fiery Foods is a family owned and operated farm business located in Western North Carolina’s beautiful Blue Ridge Mountain town of Candler which is just a few short miles west of Asheville. Asheville is a city rich with naturally grown, artfully produced and lovingly prepared cuisine and so much more.
We take great pride in offering a diverse line of original hand crafted specialty food products and great emphasis is placed on environmentally friendly farming practices as well as natural and preservative free sauces.
Currently our product line includes seasonally fresh peppers, pepper mash, dried peppers and a wide variety of hot sauce, bbq sauce, salsa and blended dry rubs, and we are adding new products all the time.
All of our products are prepared in small batches and closely monitored to insure a high level of taste consistency and character. We work with businesses both large and small so we look forward to hearing from you and how we can assist you with all of your chile pepper needs!
Spicewalla Brand
Product Sponsor
Our Spices Are…
FRESH
We source directly from quality suppliers in small quantities, anywhere from twenty-five to one hundred pounds in a delivery. This method of buying and receiving smaller shipments ensures the freshness of the product not only for our benefit, but for the benefit of our customers. This is also why we roast, grind, and pack our spices in small batches.
CHEF DRIVEN
As a spice company founded by a James Beard Award-winning chef, it is our pursuit of superior flavour and taste that drives us. We carry that “taste-making” approach into selecting our spices and creating our Signature Blends & Rubs.
VAST + DIVERSE
From our takes on the classics like Garam Masala and Herbs de Provence, to our Signature Blends like Cowboy Grilling Rub and Chai Masala, professional and home chefs alike can find every spice they need. With over 100 different herbs and spices in our stock, and more than 30 original specialty blends, Spicewalla can fulfill all your spice needs.
Cambria Downtown Asheville
Cambria Downtown Asheville
Country Inn + Suites | Asheville River Arts District
Country Inn + Suites | Asheville River Arts District
Grand Bohemian Hotel Asheville
Lodging Partner
Haywood Park Hotel
Haywood Park Hotel
The Foundry Hotel
Venue Sponsor | Lodging Partner
The Foundry Hotel
Venue Sponsor | Lodging Partner
51 South Market Street
Asheville, NC 28801
(828) 552-8545
The Restoration Hotel Collection, Asheville
Lodging Partner | Venue Sponsor
The Restoration Hotel Collection, Asheville
Lodging Partner | Venue Sponsor
Crate & Barrel Asheville
Main Stage
Crate & Barrel Asheville
Main Stage
Visit the Crate and Barrel Asheville, North Carolina Outlet to find amazing deals on furniture, entertaining, kitchen accessories and holiday decor. The Asheville-area Crate and Barrel is a destination for anyone looking for high-quality home furnishings on a budget. If you’re shopping for a housewarming or wedding present at the outlet store, ask an associate for advice about some of the most popular products to give as gifts. Make sure to stop in often, as daily shipments help update the selection of furniture and decor regularly. In addition to clearance items, guests can shop a smaller assortment of items currently offered in Crate and Barrel stores. This outlet in Asheville, NC also carries products from our sister store CB2, as well as Crate&kids.
Please note that furniture is first come, first serve and associates are not able to special order furniture from another location. To pick up your larger purchases from a Crate and Barrel outlet store, ask about a customer pickup door or where the closest Crate and Barrel warehouse is.
Diamond Brand Gear
Presenting Content Sponsor: Innovating Theme | Glamping Ground at the Tasting Bazaar
Diamond Brand Gear
Presenting Content Sponsor: Innovating Theme | Glamping Ground at the Tasting Bazaar
We are dedicated to one thing at Diamond Brand: practicing, preserving, and elevating the art of tent making. Since relocating to Asheville in 1942, we’ve been manufacturing and hiring locally, because we believe in reviving the craft of sewing. See what our customers have to say about our gear.
Explore Asheville
Media Lounge Sponsor
Explore Asheville
Media Lounge Sponsor
Mountain BizWorks
Emerging Entrepreneurs Showcase Sponsor
Mountain BizWorks
Emerging Entrepreneurs Showcase Sponsor
We’re building a vibrant and inclusive entrepreneurial community in Western North Carolina.
Mountain BizWorks was founded by entrepreneurs in Asheville, NC in 1989.
We believed in the WNC region way back then—before it was a nationally acclaimed destination for outdoors, tourism, food and beer. We knew it was possible, so we set out to create a supportive local business environment where entrepreneurs could thrive. And it worked!
We are a U.S. Treasury certified non-profit Community Development Financial Institution or CDFI—what’s a CDFI?
MTN MERCH
MTN MERCH
Venture Asheville
Emerging Entrepreneurs Showcase Sponsor
Venture Asheville
Emerging Entrepreneurs Showcase Sponsor
ABOUT VENTURE ASHEVILLE
Venture Asheville is the high-growth entrepreneurship initiative of the Economic Development Coalition for Asheville-Buncombe County and the Asheville Chamber of Commerce. Our work centers on catalyzing Asheville’s high-growth entrepreneurial ecosystem and connecting entrepreneurs with startup funding, mentors and talent to scale their ventures.
MISSION
Venture Asheville grows Asheville’s startup community and connects high-growth entrepreneurs to talent, mentors and investors through unique programming and events.
VISION
Transform Asheville into a world-class startup city.
Blue Ridge Public Radio | NPR for Western North Carolina
Blue Ridge Public Radio | NPR for Western North Carolina
Blue Ridge Public Radio. Where NPR feels right at home.
Welcome to Blue Ridge Public Radio, NPR’s home in Western North Carolina. You’ll find BPR News, which offers extensive local, national and international news coverage in our signature NPR style. And its sister station, BPR Classic, provides listeners with a stimulating blend of NPR programming, entertainment and classical music.
Mission
Blue Ridge Public Radio creates and curates content that informs, inspires, connects, and reflects the people and places of Western North Carolina. BPR cultivates a more engaged, curious, and empathetic public by listening deeply and embracing diversity.
Vision
BPR will be the essential, independent source of news and cultural content that gives Western North Carolinians a deeper understanding of one another and the world. We will innovate and grow with the region we serve, expand access to diverse communities, and strengthen trust to enhance long-term relationships with listeners and partners.
Values
BPR is committed to services and practices that contribute to a strong civil society, increase cultural access and knowledge, and strenghen our region. We hold steadfast to the values of:
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Non-partisan editorial practices: an unfailing commitment to truth, accuracy, and fairness;
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Editorial integrity and independence;
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A standard of excellence;
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An openness to ideas that challenge us;
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Respectful relationships with all of our stakeholders;
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Transparent and honest stewardship of our resources;
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An inclusive environment committed to the needs of our diverse communities.
Edible Asheville
Edible Asheville
A seasonal magazine that tells the story of food and drink in Asheville and Western North Carolina.
Fiasco Media
Fiasco Media
Founding producer, director & cinematographer David Saich has been working in TV and video production since 1995, when he won the Associated Press News Photographer of the year. He’s since won a ton of other stuff including six Emmys.
Cinematographer/Producer Ben Mulkey has traversed the globe making award-winning news and reality TV since he could lift a camera. Decades later he still brings that youthful exuberance, zen-like wisdom and that winning smile to the set.
After years of building relationships in and around Western North Carolina Fiasco Pictures brings its own expertise and a network of industry pros to create your perfect production, affordably and efficiently.
Garden & Gun
Garden & Gun
Garden & Gun is the only magazine that moves from the sporting life to lush land and gardens, from architectural pursuits to adventurous travel, from food and drink to visual splendor.
It is a field guide to living a life more engaged with the land, literature, music, arts, traditions, and cuisine of the South.
At its heart, G&G is about the richness of the South, and how a deep appreciation for its character can enhance life both within the region and beyond.
iHeart Media
iHeart Media
iHeartMedia is the #1 audio company in the United States. Reaching 9 out 10 Americans every month – quarter of billion monthly listeners. Greater reach than any other media company in the U.S.
iHeartMedia leads the audio industry in analytics and attribution technology — using data from its massive consumer base.
Imbibe Magazine
Imbibe Magazine
Imbibe is a multi-platform drinks destination combining a print and digital magazine, website, newsletter, podcast, cocktail books, and drink-related events, including the annual global charitable initiative, Negroni Week.
We celebrate drinks as a distinct culinary category, deserving in-depth exploration of the people, places, cultures and flavors that make the world of drinks so fascinating. With wide-ranging recipes, reviews, how-tos, interviews, and stories, Imbibe is the go-to guide to drinks, from wine, spirits and beer to coffee, tea and everything in between.
We’re also busy sharing our drink adventures daily on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest, so be sure to follow along!
Asheville Tea Company
Asheville Tea Company
Asheville Tea Company crafts farm to teacup blends for a vibrant taste of the Blue Ridge Mountains. We’re on a mission to redefine how herbs and botanicals are sourced. We partner directly with regional farmers for unique botanical brews for a sense of place you can experience in every cup.
Beam Suntory
Beam Suntory
As a world leader in premium spirits, Beam Suntory inspires the brilliance of life. With a performance objective of being the world’s most admired and fastest growing premium spirits company, we’re driving growth through quality craftsmanship, consumer connections and entrepreneurial spirit.
Biltmore Winery
Product Sponsor
Biltmore Winery
Product Sponsor
Biltmore Winery is located on the grounds of George Vanderbilt’s magnificent estate in
Asheville, North Carolina. With old-world skill and new-world passion, we source grapes
from our vineyards and those of local and west coast partners to handcraft award-winning still and sparkling Biltmore wines.
Biltmore Winery
Biltmore Winery
Buchi
Product Sponsor
Buchi
Product Sponsor
Community-centered, women-founded, and values-driven since its founding in 2009, Buchi is united in purpose to craft delicious, high-quality, nutrient-dense living drinks; invest in the regeneration of the planet, and use business as a conduit for positive social impact.
Cintas
Cintas
Our diverse team is passion-driven to help, and to elevate. We’re inspired by your team, your business, and your customers. We apply that inspiration to delivering the right solutions, products, and services to help you run better than ever. We start every day by asking how we can have an even greater impact: safer, cleaner, more efficient, better designed, more sustainable and inclusive. Our sensibilities and principles are rooted in always seeking to do better for you, for our partners, and for our planet.
We’re with you, for a better workday.
Darë Vegan Cheese
Darë Vegan Cheese
Darë Vegan Cheese is the dairy-free cheese you’ve been waiting for. Through time-tested techniques and rigorous exploration, Darë defies expectations while upholding traditional craft. Our plant-based cheese collection offers texture, flavor, and satisfaction for plant-based people and those who just love a really good cheese. At Darë, limitations inspire us, while our passions push us beyond expectations. Let us show you what cheese can be.
Devil's Foot Beverage Company
Devil's Foot Beverage Company
Devil’s Foot Beverage uses organic roots and fruits to brew farm-to-can craft sodas out of Asheville, NC. Blending regional honey and organic cane sugar and using farm-fresh ingredients from local and certified organic farms allows these sodas to contain half the sugar as corporate brands.
Eda Rhyne Distilling Company
Eda Rhyne Distilling Company
Eda Rhyne is a small batch distillery that showcases the abundant flora of the Southern Appalachians, and specializing in Amaros. We make award winning spirits using foraged ingredients from the forests of Western North Carolina and whiskey from heirloom NC grown grains.
Empire Distributors of North Carolina
Empire Distributors of North Carolina
GUSTO Fresh Seafood
Product Sponsor
GUSTO Fresh Seafood
Product Sponsor
Gusto Seafood is a locally owned and operated full-service purveyor of the finest quality fresh and frozen seafood products in the industry. Our commitment to superior quality, customer satisfaction, honesty, and integrity has been unwavering since our establishment in 1979.
We source our seafood products from the most reputable and sustainable suppliers to ensure that our customers receive only the highest quality products. We offer a wide selection of fresh and frozen seafood products, including fish, shellfish, and specialty items.
At Gusto Seafood, we take pride in providing exceptional service and quality products to our customers. Whether you are a seafood enthusiast or a professional chef, we are dedicated to meeting your needs and exceeding your expectations.
Hickory Nut Gap Meats
Product Sponsor
Hickory Nut Gap Meats
Product Sponsor
Hillman Beer
Hillman Beer
Hillman Beer is a small, family-owned business with locations in Asheville, NC (opened April 2017) and Old Fort, NC (opened July 2020). Currently a third location in Morganton, NC is in development (Click to read more!). Brothers Brad and Greig Hillman, and Greig’s wife Brandi Hillman, have come together to bring the pub style to the brewery experience. We put an emphasis on quality, service, comfort and community. We know that your experience here will keep you coming back for more!
Locals Seafood
Locals Seafood
For more than a decade Locals Seafood has built relationships with our state’s fishing community, oyster farmers and seafood suppliers. Locals delivers seafood direct to customers through retail markets, area restaurants, grocery stores, nationwide shipping, and more.
Marked Tree Vineyard
Marked Tree Vineyard
100% grown & produced in N.C.-Marked Tree is an award winning vineyard and winery with 2 locations- one located on the Eastern Continental Divide between Mt. Pisgah and Tryon Peak in Flat Rock, North Carolina and the other 14 Aston Street in Asheville. Started in 2015 by Tim Parks and Lance Hiatt.
Mountain Valley Spring Water
Product Sponsor
Mountain Valley Spring Water
Product Sponsor
ALL NATURAL GOODNESS
We pride ourselves on truth, integrity, and pure American spring water. Rising naturally from a spring in the Ouachitas, The Mountain Valley spring water filters through granite-based aquifers collecting all the pure, healthy, goodness from the land. Our water is sodium-free with a naturally detoxifying pH and rich blend of calcium, magnesium and potassium.
PURE SOURCE SINCE 1871
Mountain Valley is the same multiple award-winning clean, pure, premium American spring water it’s always been. Bottled right at the source, in The Ouachita Mountains, U.S.A since 1871
plēb urban winery
plēb urban winery
RNDC (Republic National Distributing Company)
RNDC (Republic National Distributing Company)
Sarilla
Sarilla
Ethical sourcing and Fair Trade Certified
0-90 mg natural caffeine
100% certified organic
Free from artificial ingredients and refined sugar
Naturally-derived polyphenols, antioxidants, l-theanine, amino acids and essential vitamins
Every purchase makes a difference.
Sarilla is more than a drink. It is a product with purpose and a movement to inspire and help you tap back into your true self.
Shanti Elixirs
Shanti Elixirs
Shanti Volpe is the owner of Shanti Elixirs, a company inspired by the honeybees + dedicated to nurturing the intimate connection between the health of our bodies + the wellbeing of our planet. Shanti + her hive accomplish this by crafting Jun, a sparkling probiotic beverage made with raw honey.
Smoking J’s Fiery Foods is a family owned and operated farm business located in Western North Carolina’s beautiful Blue Ridge Mountain town of Candler which is just a few short miles west of Asheville. Asheville is a city rich with naturally grown, artfully produced and lovingly prepared cuisine and so much more.
We take great pride in offering a diverse line of original hand crafted specialty food products and great emphasis is placed on environmentally friendly farming practices as well as natural and preservative free sauces.
Currently our product line includes seasonally fresh peppers, pepper mash, dried peppers and a wide variety of hot sauce, bbq sauce, salsa and blended dry rubs, and we are adding new products all the time.
All of our products are prepared in small batches and closely monitored to insure a high level of taste consistency and character. We work with businesses both large and small so we look forward to hearing from you and how we can assist you with all of your chile pepper needs!
Spicewalla Brand
Product Sponsor
Our Spices Are…
FRESH
We source directly from quality suppliers in small quantities, anywhere from twenty-five to one hundred pounds in a delivery. This method of buying and receiving smaller shipments ensures the freshness of the product not only for our benefit, but for the benefit of our customers. This is also why we roast, grind, and pack our spices in small batches.
CHEF DRIVEN
As a spice company founded by a James Beard Award-winning chef, it is our pursuit of superior flavour and taste that drives us. We carry that “taste-making” approach into selecting our spices and creating our Signature Blends & Rubs.
VAST + DIVERSE
From our takes on the classics like Garam Masala and Herbs de Provence, to our Signature Blends like Cowboy Grilling Rub and Chai Masala, professional and home chefs alike can find every spice they need. With over 100 different herbs and spices in our stock, and more than 30 original specialty blends, Spicewalla can fulfill all your spice needs.
VerTerra Dinnerware
VerTerra Dinnerware
VERTERRA IS THE ORIGINATOR AND LEADER IN PALM LEAF PLATES.
VERTERRA DINNERWARE FROM FALLEN LEAVES™ WAS CREATED BY CEO MICHAEL DWORK IN 2006. THE COLLECTION IS STYLISH + SLEEK AND THE FIRST OF ITS KIND LINE IN THE U.S. ARTFULLY DESIGNED, OUR DINNERWARE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE SMITHSONIAN AND AWARDED NUMEROUS TIMES BY THE NATURAL PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION, THE NY RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION AND THE INTERNATIONAL HOTEL MOTEL ASSOCIATION, THIS IS THE MOST AWARDED DISPOSABLE ON THE MARKET!
Wicked Weed Brewing
Venue Sponsor | Product Sponsor
Wicked Weed Brewing
Venue Sponsor | Product Sponsor
With four locations in Asheville including three taprooms and a fine dining restaurant, Wicked Weed shows no signs of slowing down. They continue to grow while focusing on innovation, quality, and strong roots in their community of Asheville, North Carolina.
We are actively involved in our community as philanthropists, as a gathering place, and as educators of craft beer culture. We work with core partnerships in Western North Carolina in the areas of people, the environment, and the arts in hopes of supporting the local economy and our fellow neighbors.
AB Tech Community College
Venue Sponsor
AB Tech Community College
Venue Sponsor
Cultivated Cocktails
Product Sponsor
Cultivated Cocktails
Product Sponsor
Devil's Foot Beverage Company
Devil's Foot Beverage Company
Devil’s Foot Beverage uses organic roots and fruits to brew farm-to-can craft sodas out of Asheville, NC. Blending regional honey and organic cane sugar and using farm-fresh ingredients from local and certified organic farms allows these sodas to contain half the sugar as corporate brands.
Salvage Station
Venue Sponsor
Salvage Station
Venue Sponsor
SALVAGE STATION’S VAST PROPERTY ALONG THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER IS LESS THAN A HALF MILE FROM DOWNTOWN ASHEVILLE.
Upon arriving, you will immediately notice the eclectic and laid-back vibe of this salvage yard turned music venue. The venue boasts a massive outdoor stage and an indoor stage for more intimate shows.
Thirsty? We’ve got something for everyone! There are several full bars with an extensive tap list of local beers, wines by the glass or bottle, liquor for those looking for a great cocktail, plus craft non-alcoholic options.
Listening to your favorite band play right next to the French Broad River will immediately make you understand why Salvage Station is always voted the best outdoor music venue in Western North Carolina.
Smoky Park Supper Club
Venue Sponsor
Smoky Park Supper Club
Venue Sponsor
Smoky Park Supper Club is a community-focused restaurant & bar in Asheville, NC’s River Arts District.
The Foundry Hotel
Venue Sponsor | Lodging Partner
The Foundry Hotel
Venue Sponsor | Lodging Partner
51 South Market Street
Asheville, NC 28801
(828) 552-8545
The Restoration Hotel Collection, Asheville
Lodging Partner | Venue Sponsor
The Restoration Hotel Collection, Asheville
Lodging Partner | Venue Sponsor
Wicked Weed Brewing
Venue Sponsor | Product Sponsor
Wicked Weed Brewing
Venue Sponsor | Product Sponsor
