AMERICAN
EXPRESS TO BRING BRAVO’S “TOP CHEF” CONTESTANTS AND HOMETOWN CHEF TIM MCKEE
TO 2009 MINNEAPOLIS AQUATENNIAL WITH SPECIAL PERK FOR DELTA SKYMILES ® CREDIT
CARDMEMBERS
Program
Designed To Give Twin Cities Residents a “Taste” of Delta SkyMiles Credit
Card Benefits and
American Express ® Cardmembership
MINNEAPOLIS – JULY 10, 2009 - To further reinforce the many benefits of becoming Delta
SkyMiles Credit Cardmember, American Express has teamed up with Food &
Wine magazine to bring Bravo’s Top Chef season 4 winner Stephanie Izard,
season 5 contestant Radhika Desai, as well as Twin Cities’ James Beard
award-winning chef, Tim McKee to the 2009 Minneapolis Aquatennial. On
Sunday, July 19, the American Express and Food & Wine stage will
feature Stephanie Izard along with Tim McKee at the Aquatennial Beach Bash,
while on Saturday, July 25, Radhika Desai will join Tim McKee at the
Aquatennial RiverBlast. At both events, attendees can enjoy
complimentary tastings, cooking demonstrations, and intimate question and
answer sessions with the culinary heavyweights.
Exclusively
available to existing Delta SkyMiles Credit Cardmembers and onsite applicants,
Stephanie Izard and Radhika Desai will autograph and give away
complimentary copies of the Top Chef Cookbook (while supplies last), a
$30 value.
“When
you become an American Express® Cardmember, you get much more than the
benefits and features that come with the Card, you get access to exciting,
new and unique experiences,” says David Rabkin, vice president, Delta
Co-Brand Portfolio, American Express. “From food and wine to fashion
and entertainment, we want Twin Cities residents to know that the Delta
SkyMiles Credit Card can help them experience the things that they are
passionate about, such as the Aquatennial, in ways they may not have thought
possible.”
Onsite SkyMiles Freebies
In
addition to giving away culinary delights, American Express will also offer
opportunities for attendees to get a head start on building their mileage
banks. On each of the two days, the Delta SkyMiles Destination-A-Day
Giveaway booth, which has been traveling to select Twin Cities events, will
be present. Attendees can stop by to pick up a mock passport containing
an instant win code that can be entered daily through July 27, 2009 at makemilesmatter.com for the chance to win 100,000 —
enough miles to cover roundtrip domestic Award Travel for a family of four or
roundtrip international Award Travel for two.
Also,
attendees interested in becoming a Gold Delta SkyMiles Credit Cardmember can
take advantage of the rich bonus offer currently, which allows new
Cardmembers to earn up to 25,000 Delta SkyMiles1 and enjoy no
annual fee for the first year2 when they apply and are approved
for the Card. For additional details about the
Delta SkyMiles Credit Card, please visit www.1800skymiles.com.
Schedule of Events
Aquatennial Beach Bash, Thomas Beach,
Lake Calhoun
Sunday, July 19, 2009
10 a.m. -12
p.m. Brunch service hosted by
Chef Tim McKee
12 p.m. - 2
p.m. Lunch service
hosted by Chef Tim McKee
1
p.m. - 2
p.m.
Stephanie Izard signs Top Chef Cookbooks for current Delta SkyMiles
Credit Cardmembers and onsite applicants
2 p.m. - 4
p.m. Afternoon
sampling featuring Stephanie Izard’s creation
Aquatennial RiverBlast, Along the
Mississippi River in Downtown Minneapolis
Saturday, July 25, 2009
6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Sampling from Chef
Tim McKee and Radhika Desai
7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Radhika Desai signs Top Chef Cookbooks for
current Delta SkyMilesCredit Cardmembers and onsite applicants
About
American Express
American
Express Company (www.americanexpress.com) is a leading global payments and travel company
founded in 1850.
About Delta
Delta Air Lines is the world’s largest
airline. From its hubs in Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Memphis,
Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York-JFK, Salt Lake City, Amsterdam and
Tokyo-Narita, Delta, its Northwest subsidiary and Delta Connection carriers
offer service to 368 destinations in 66 countries and serve more than 170
million passengers each year. Delta’s marketing alliances allow
customers to earn and redeem either SkyMiles or WorldPerks on more than
16,000 daily flights offered by SkyTeam and other partners. Delta‘s more than
70,000 employees worldwide are reshaping the aviation industry as the only
U.S. airline to offer a full global network. Customers can check in for
flights, print boarding passes, check bags and flight status at delta.com.
About Food & Wine Magazine
Food & Wine is the modern, stylish,
trend-spotting, talent-seeking epicurean magazine. Published by American
Express Publishing, the leader in luxury lifestyle magazines, Food & Wine
has a monthly circulation of 925,000 and is online at foodandwine.com.
About the American Express® Delta
SkyMiles® Destination-A-Day Giveaway
No Purchase
Necessary. Open
only to legal residents of the 50 United States (including D.C.), 18 years or
older. Enter Contest between 5/29/09 and 7/27/09. To enter and
for Official Rules, including prize descriptions, visit makemilesmatter.com.
Void where prohibited. American Express is the sole sponsor of this
game.
1 20,000 bonus SkyMiles credited within 8 -12
weeks of first purchase, except 15,000 miles if upgrading from classic Delta
SkyMiles Credit Card. Additional 2,500 bonus miles credited for each approved
Additional Card submitted with application - up to 5,000 bonus miles. 2 $95 annual fee after first year
It has come time for me to announce the winner for the Product Giveaway hosted by Allmodern.com. I used Random.org to generate a # between 1-17 (# of comments on Giveaway post) and #9 was selected. Here is the comment from #9
Stay tuned for future prize giveaways here on Twin Cities Restaurant Blog