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Taste the Future

Join the Party!

Join us Tuesday, Aug. 18 2026 | 6 to 9 p.m.

Online ticket sales are now closed, but you may purchase tickets at the door starting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday (cashless transactions only).

Still looking for your tickets? Check your spam folder, your ticket will come directly from Eventbrite to the email address(es) you entered when registering. If you’re still having trouble, please email sgolden@cscc.edu.

Tickets to Taste the Future help fund the scholarships, programs, and emergency support that students need to graduate.  You won't just leave with a full stomach. You'll leave having invested in the next health care workers, IT specialists, engineering technicians, and yes, chefs, who make Columbus great.

TASTE THE FUTURE 2026
Tuesday, Aug. 18

Taste the Future, Columbus’ premier culinary event, is responsible for raising hundreds of thousands of dollars to support important initiatives for student success. Thanks to generous supporters like you, Columbus State can invest in programs that reduce non-academic barriers; life-changing scholarships; and efforts to include all people in higher education - efforts that have the power to transform our community for generations.

Outdoor gathering at Taste the Future 2018. Chef instructs. Plated steak and potatoes. Pastry chef spreads cream cheese. Baked coffee cake with swirled cream cheese on top. Chefs talk to the camera at Virtual 2020 Taste the Future event. Four bottles of bubbly wine and spirits. Chef Josh Wickam talks at Taste the Future 2020.

Sustaining Sponsors

Executive Chef Sponsors

Pastry Chef Sponsors

Bundy Baking Solutions

Encova Insurance

Liberty Mutual Insurance

Nationwide

The Robert Weiler Company

The Worthington Companies Foundation

Sous Chef Sponsors

Columbus State Education Association

Crane Group

Daimler Group

G Brands Limited

Gatehouse Media Partners

Hammes Healthcare

Huntington Bank

Moody Nolan

OhioHealth

PNC

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur

Premiere ProduceOne

Ruscilli Construction

Wasserstrom Company

Sommelier Sponsors

The Collaborative + Acock

COTA

Education First Credit Union

Matrix Psychological Services

Meeder Public Funds

United Healthcare

 

In-Kind Sponsors

Brown-Forman

Firefly Winery

G&J Pepsi

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