Get ready for an exciting and delicious evening without having to leave your home! Chef Glenn Batten will create a special evening for 12 guests at your private residence. The evening will include appetizers and accompanying wine cocktail hour (wine included), chef plated and presented 5 course meal, and display of miniature desserts. You'll work with Chef Glenn to select the menu and choose a mutual date in 2027 (Wednesday or Thursday) to host this incredibly unique private dinner.

Chef Glenn, nourished by his grandmother's love of cooking, started his culinary career in Baltimore at the tender age of 14. He trained at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company and graduated with honors from the Baltimore International Culinary College. His thirst for use of local and indigenous foods goes back to his early years being raised near the Chesapeake Bay Region of Maryland. He looks forward to providing local Maryland cuisine as part of the menu. Glenn is currently the Vice President of of Culinary at Chartwells Higher Ed and has been a Culinarian for over 30 years! His mother, Mary "Virginia" Hoefner, was cared for by Gilchrist and he looks forward to giving back as a way of saying thank you.

Enjoy an unforgettable dinner party for eight in the comfort of your own home, featuring a beautifully crafted four-course tasting menu designed to delight you and your guests from the first course to the last. (Mutually agreed upon date, excludes holidays and Saturdays in season, expires 10/31/27. Package includes three-course dinner for 8, The Classic Catering People's staff of one chef and one server, china, flatware, glassware, and service equipment. Host provides bar. Event can take place at client's home within 30 miles of 21117 or The Classic Catering People Tasting Room. Clients who may be planning a party with The Classic Catering People may apply the $1,600 of this package as an upgrade to the booked event.)

Have your cake and celebrate too! Treat yourself to a custom cake or delicious baked creation from The Flour Collection with this $200 gift card. Includes a stainless and enamel cake display plate! Perfect for a birthday, celebration, or simply satisfying your sweet tooth!

Spice up your next night out with $100 to El Azteca in Clarksville and $100 to La Palapa Grill & Cantina in Historic Ellicott City, plus a bottle of Patron Silver to mix up your favorite cocktails at home. From a festive Mexican dinner to margaritas at home, this package has everything you need for a fiesta!

Want to continue to experience the "Taste of Howard County," even after the 2026 Taste event? Why not? With this collection of eight different gift cards totaling $240, you can further explore the flavors and "spice of life" throughout the county! Enjoy old favorites or find new pleasures for your palate with this wide-ranging selection of Howard County delicacies:

$35 Pub Dog Pizza & Drafthouse
$25 Dirty Gangster Dogs
$25 Capri Pizza and Sub Express
$15 Tony's NY Pizza
$25 Barrington Tap & Table
$50 Grille 620
$40 Celia's Cuban
$25 Kelsey's