Meet the Makers Food Festival - 200+ FREE SAMPLES with Tix

WHAT TO EXPECT

Meet the Makers is a high-energy, on day event showcasing the best food and beverage!

• 200+ FREE SAMPLES from your favorite Food, Beverage, and Alcohol
• Shop from your favorite local businesses
• Hear the stories and Meet the Makers behind it all
• Beer & Wine Garden to sip and sample

10% OF ALL TICKET SALES GO TO DOG TAG BAKERY

Dog Tag Bakery is a social impact nonprofit that uses their brick and mortar business to empower transitioning veterans, military spouses and caregivers with entrepreneurial skills, education, and practice.

WHO WILL BE THERE

We can't fit all of the 150+ food businesses joining! But here is a sneak peak of a few of the brands you'll sample:

Brain Freeze, Pasta Rituals, Compass Coffee, Maspanadas, Snacklins, WTRLMN WTR, My Dad's Chips, Berg Bites, Pryncess Treats, Uncle Ping's, Yuuz, Nicole's Kitchen, Green Island Bakery, Big Boy Provisions, Rx Chicken, Uncle Banks, The Rice Cream, Sticky Fingers, Pop's Bakery, and so many, many more!!

WHAT KIND OF FOOD?

You name it! We've got coffee, pho, salsas, indian food, ice cream (french custard, non-dairy, vegan, protein ice cream!), kombucha, yuzu lemonade, popcorn, pizza (chicago-style, New York style, and roman style), granola, pickled veggies, veggie chips, kimchi, potato chips, granola, protein and energy bars (double whamy), nut butters, dog treats, tea (matcha, herbal, yerba matte), short bread cookies, phew...

EVENT PARTNERS

• Union Kitchen: The Food Business Accelerator for the ambitious food founders ready to grow!
• The Well: The Well is a membership-based organization committed to empowering the Consumer Packaged Good (CPG) and Wellness community
• Foster Garvey: The Food & Beverage group at Foster Garvey offers the depth of industry knowledge and experience of a boutique firm with the resources and breadth of a full service mid-sized firm
• MAVRK Studio: MAVRK Studio is a creative agency that supports CPG and hospitality brands with services like branding, web design, and social media marketing

SPONSORS - a big time thank you! We couldn't have pulled this off without all the amazing community support.

PREMIUM

• Nestlé R&D North America
• Glimpse AI
• Worldwide Express

ESSENTIAL

• Ingredion

ECOSYSTEM SUPPORTER

• NoMa BID
• SecureCPG
• Hilton Garden Inn Washington DC/US Capitol
• Courtyard Washington DC/USE Capitol

IN KIND SPONSORS

• RangeMe
• EdibleDC
• Michele's Granola
• Bouldering Project