29th Annual Wild & Crazy Taco Night

More than 700 guests enjoyed specialty tacos from 16 celebrated Orange County chefs featuring libations from CaliFino Tequila, Deschutes Brewery and New Belgium Brewing’s Fruit Smash hard seltzer. Hosted by the Share Our Selves Foundation, the event was held on Thursday, May 19, at OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa.

Once again, this foodie tradition raised over $100,000 in support of Share Our Selves social services. The comprehensive services address issues including food and housing insecurity and overall wellness of our neighbors who are low-income and experiencing homelessness.

Guests tasted curated tacos exclusively for this event with the opportunity to vote for the Yelper’s Choice Award “Fan-Favorite Taco” presented by our Premiere Sponsor, Yelp. This year’s winner was Chef Fonzy De Zuniga of Descanso. Chef Fonzy De Zuniga proved to be a fan favorite winning his second year in a row. This year serving up a creation of duck birria, habanero red pickled onions, cilantro, edible flowers and gold flakes on a cheese crusted blue corn tortilla.

We thank our generous restaurants, beverage partners, and sponsors for their generous contributions to benefit the 29th Annual Wild & Crazy Taco Night!

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Avenue of the Arts Hotel

Hector Zamora

Descanso

Fonzy De Zuniga

Farmhouse

Rich Mead

Five Crowns and SideDoor

Matt Luna

Melissa’s

Marco Zapien

Newport Rib Company

Sal Gonzalez

Orange Hill

Greg Byma

Pascal

Pascal Olhats

Populaire Modern Bistro

Ross Pangilinan & Nick Weber

Primal Alchemy

Paul Buchanan

Puesto

Erik Aronow

Rasta Taco

Natalie Aleksandrova

Taste Collective By Taste Culinary Group

Chris Tzorin

Westin Anaheim

Kenneth Williams & Andy De La Cruz

Yogurtland

The Share Our Selves Foundation thanks the following sponsors and underwriters for their generosity:

Premiere Sponsor

Habanero
The Sharon D. Lund Foundation

Pinata
Debbie Millar
DMP Properties
The Frome Family Foundation
Hoag
South Coast Plaza

Cactus
Jay Donoghue
Dr. Gwyn Parry
Laurie Dubachansky
Med Tech Solutions
Pacific Hospitalists Associates
PCV Murcor
ServiceNow – John Spriko
Thompson Family Foundation
Dr. Vik and Shama Mehta

Sombrero
Adams’ World Travel
Dr. Alberto and Jori Mendivil
Alkeme Insurance Services
AT Consulting
Bob and Anne Cress
Enterprise Bank & Trust
Fletcher and Jones Motorcars
Gary Bess Associates
Haskell Collection
Lynn and Roger Tomalas
Med Tech Solutions
Mike and Pam Howard
OneDigital
Patricia Doyle
Prestige Medical Group
Dr. Richard and Sandie Haskell
Susan and Kevin Daly
Western Community Housing, Inc.