Taste of Howard County 2024

Join us at the 39th annual Taste, benefitting Gilchrist Center Howard County, the only inpatient hospice center in the county.

Over20 Howard County restaurants will be featured at this '50s bash: where sock hop spirit meets good times - so put on your leather jacket and poodle skirt and support hospice services in Howard County.

Event Schedule:

5:00 p.m. Restaurant stations open
6:30 p.m. Remarks, Live auction
7:45 p.m. Raffle closes and winners announced, Silent auction closes
8:00 p.m. Auction item pick up, Event ends

Attire: 1950s or business casual.

Questions? Contact Julie Kolankiewicz at [email protected].

*By attending this event, you grant Gilchrist permission to use any video or photographs taken for publicity or promotion of any program or service provided by the organization. Please note that publicity or promotional use may extend beyond the originally intended purpose and does not expire on any particular date.

Thank you, Sponsors!

Premier Presenting
Maryland Oncology Hematology
Presenting
Harry H. Witzke's Family Funeral Home
Sonny Richardson
Sommelier
Turf Valley Resort & Lorien Health Services
Executive Chef
L. Earl & Mary T. Armiger
Blossoms of Hope
Dembo Jones
Gula Tech Adventures
Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center
Larry T. Weiss Co., Inc.
LG-TEK
Jacqui Magnes & Bruce Howard
McCabe Insurance Associates, Inc.
O'Donnell Honda
Linda Sorg Ostovitz
Marion Thompson & Family
Gil & Renee Van Schoor
Maitre D'
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Gourmet
Thomas & Patricia Buescher
CW Advisors
Rand & Holly Griffin
Haight Funeral Home and Chapel
Howard Hughes Corporation
Margaret & Victor Kim, M.D.
Right at Home
Sparksoft Corporation
Ronald Tipton & Dr. Patricia Knapp
Tulkoff Food Products, Inc.
Bon Vivant
Circle D Farm
CMAG Health Solutions, LLC
Davis, Agnor, Rapaport and Skalny, LLC
GameOn! Bar + Arcade
Bob & Suzanne Henig, Bob's BMW Motorcycles
Howard Community College
Sharon Kavanagh
KCI Technologies, Inc.
Nicholas & Susan Koutrelakos
Henry & Jane Kramer
The Lutheran Village at Miller's Grant
Meridian Bank
Sandy Spring Bank
Slack Funeral Home, P.A.
Wegmans Columbia
The Wendy Slaughter Team at VYBE Realty
Sol Levinson & Bros., Inc.
The Vertical Connection Carpet One
WeCare Private Duty Services, Inc.
James & Julie Young
Epicure

Allen + Shariff
Apple Ford Lincoln
Best Fence
Boender Properties
Wayne & Joanne Brooks
Building Consultants
Donaldson Funeral Home
Sal & Carol Dunn
Ron & Joanne Eyre 
The Flower Basket
Mr. Lister Realty
Fred Niziol
Honorable & Mrs. James Robey
Rudolph's Office & Computer Supply
Security Development Corporation
Transforming Architecture
UHY LLP
Barbara Van Winkle & Joan Lovelace
Visiting Angels Senior Home Care
Gerry & Doris Walsh

To request an invoice, give via wire transfer, or other questions about sponsoring Taste, please contact Diane Aten at [email protected] 

 Sponsor listing as of 10/15/24

The restaurants put the TASTE into the Taste of Howard County!

Alexandra's American Fusion
The Capital Grille
The Collective Offshore
CURED/18th & 21st
Elkridge Furnace Inn
The Food Market
Hudson Coastal
Iron Bridge Wine Company
JAM Eateries
Leelynn's
Lost Ark Distilling
Lutheran Village at Miller's Grant
Mike's Gelato
Orinoco Coffee & Tea
Oscar's Ale House
The Periodic Table
Peter Chang
Silver Diner Columbia
Sobar
Ten Oaks Tavern
Tino's Italian Bistro &Wine Bar
Touche' Touchet Bakery
Touche' Touchet Cafe
White Oak Tavern
Xenia Greek Kouzina

Please contact Julie Kolankiewicz for information about how to become a sponsoring restaurant.

Restaurant listing as of 10/14/24

Chair
William "Sonny" Richardson

Committee
Mary Barbera
Joanne Brooks
Sherri Collins-Witzke
Christel Curtis
Beth Ditman
Jessica Gray
Cyndi Gula
Patty Jarava
Gena Johnson
Kathy Joss
Shel Kelley
Margaret Kim
Victor Kim, MD
Pete Mangione
Sandy Mathias
Charles McCabe
Robin Murray
Rick Opatick
Linda Sorg Ostovitz
Dan Shaw
Herman Stewart
Peter Watts
Steve and Patti Wecker
Michelle Wildman

Special Thanks to: 

View last year's event photos