Food-and-wine event, the Traverse Epicurean Classic

[Food Network Fan]

Food-and-wine event, the Traverse Epicurean Classic, promises to ...
The Flint Journal - MLive.com - Flint,MI,USA
High-profile food-and-wine events such as those in Aspen and Vail, Colo., and South Beach (Miami), Fla., are built around Food Network stars and celebrity ...

[ibcheft]

Costly event to attend, pretty area though, have visited there. I think what bugs me the most about these events is that you have manufactures, local businesses, local restaurants, who are there selling products to you the consumer, why are they not paying for this and letting you attend for free. Just seems like it is a big rip off and someone is getting rich out of it. You know it kind like a wine tasting, you go to the vineyard they give you wine to taste, so you buy their product, you go to wine festival and you have to pay for the tasting ???? I realize that some of these, part of the profits usually benefit something but why not make a place for donations instead of charging you to attend. I should develope something here like this but there is already events that only the millionaires in Kingwood and the Woodlands can attend, sorta like hold an event and rub the people who can not afford it face in the dirt. To me just ain't right.

[BerryBaby]

Having planned events like this before, all the vendors have to pay a fee to participate.
It's not free for them to be there.

[ibcheft]

Okay, if the vendors are paying, the people who are attending are paying, just who is getting all the money ? I understand it takes some to do all the advertising, and the location cost but cetainly that does not take all the money. Seems like it would be a good business to be in.

[BerryBaby]

Insurance! That just about wiped out one event I planned. The liability for a food event is very high. Plus, you have electricity, cleanup (waste disposal), security, entertainment, etc., etc. it all adds up and the profits are little to none.