National Restaurant Association Announces Winner Of Trip To New York City Premiere Of Eat, Pray, Love

Colin Thomas in Litchfield, Ill., is heading out for an all-expense paid trip to the New York City premiere of the new movie Eat, Pray, Love today, courtesy of the National Restaurant Association and Sony Pictures. Thomas is the lucky grand-prize winner of the drawing that was held at the Association's 2010 Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show, together with 20 others who won tickets to advance screenings of the film across the U.S. The NRA Show is the largest restaurant and hospitality industry trade show in the nation.


"Dinner and a movie is a classic 'night out,' but Colin Thomas will experience it in a more uncommon way at an actual New York City premiere," said Ira Cohn, Convention Chair for NRA Show 2010 and President of ARAMARK Business and Industry Group. "The NRA Show provides a window to the future of restaurant trends in a high-energy setting, which this year was made even more exciting by the opportunity to win tickets to the Eat, Pray, Love movie."


NRA Show 2010 attendees had the opportunity to enter a drawing in the World Culinary Showcase for movie tickets and the grand-prize trip during the four-day event, which was held May 22-25 in Chicago. Eat, Pray, Love stars Julia Roberts and Javier Bardem and opens in theaters on August 13.


The winners of the advance-screening movie tickets are:
� Sarah Halliday, Dayton, Ohio
� Mike Kummerer, Downers Grove, Ill.
� John Lopez, New London, Conn.
� James Morton Karl, Pittsburgh, Penn.
� Denise Dean
� Grace Platt, Sanborn, N.Y.
� Linda Waite, Quincy, Ill.
� Faye Stokes, Michigan City, Ind.
� Emily Guclandi, Hobart, Ill.
� Bonnie Davidson, Mt Prospect, Ill.
� Christine Lemley, Columbus, Ind.
� Allen Tines, Sarasota, Fla.
� Tamara Collins, New Smyrna Beach, Fla.
� Jay Hansen, Elgin, Ill.
� Michael McGovern, Bentonville, Ark.
� Adam Volk, Springfield, Ill.
� Mike Fields, Greentown, Ind.
� Joe Skibicki, Chicago, Ill.
� Khalil Tiner, Las Vegas, Nev.
� Kenneth Cutshaw, Atlanta, Ga.
� Angelina Lyso, Los Angeles, Calif.
� Lisa Schmidt, Sheboygan, Wisc.
� Kari Byerly, Olathe, Kan.
� Sabio Vasquez, Mountain View, Calif.


NRA Show 2011 will be held May 21-24 at Chicago's McCormick Place. The 2011 International Wine, Spirits & Beer Event will be held in conjunction with the NRA Show on May 22-23.


The annual National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show is the largest single gathering of restaurant, foodservice and lodging professionals. The event attracts tens of thousands of attendees and visitors from all 50 states and 100+ countries, and showcases more products, services, innovative ideas and other growth opportunities than any other industry event. For more information, visit the Show Web site at www.restaurant.org/show.