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Taste of Cooper City Vendor Application

The City of Cooper City is hosting its second Taste of Cooper City showcase featuring the best Cooper City has to offer in food, soft beverages, beer, wine, coffee, tea, desserts, and other culinary specialties. The event will be held on Wednesday, November 20, 2024, at Memorial Park located at 9001 SW 51 Street from 6 - 8:30 PM.

This outdoor tasting event offers Cooper City's restaurants, tea houses, cafes, coffee shops, bakeries, diners, confectioners, caterers and other specialty food and beverage establishments and retailers the exclusive opportunity to feature sample-size introductions of their sweet and savory delicacies to future customers from the community at large. Vendor participation is available exclusively to active Cooper City businesses with a valid, current Cooper City Local Business Tax Receipt (LBTR), renewed and paid through September 30, 2025.

The City of Cooper City will advertise and market this event, including your business name and logo, through all of our media platforms. Our Advisory Boards and local Chamber of Commerce will additionally promote this event. We welcome everyone in our immediate and surrounding community to attend and savor something special.

We are seeking culinary and beverage establishments and retailers to participate in Cooper City "Taste", as “vendors.” The vendor participation charge is $50.00. This is a free sample advertisement and community participation opportunity. There will be no on-site sales at this event.

"Taste" vendors will be afforded a 10x10 space in Memorial Park, one (1) six-foot table and two (2) chairs from which to create their display and share their samples with attendees. Vendors are welcome to set up their own 10X10 canopy within the allotted space, their own additional table (6-feet in length or less and fits within the designated area) and must supply their own table cover(s), utensils, serving vessels, napkins, etc.

Interested participants: Complete the following Taste of Cooper City Application and submit it by Friday, October 25, 2024.

Applications will be accepted on a first received/verified/paid basis as capacity allows. A Payment Link will be sent to you upon verification of your complete application, agreement and verification of your active Cooper City LBTR and is due no later than November 1, 2024.

For additional event information, please call the Cooper City Community Development Department at (954) 372-4286.

We look forward to creating a successful event with you!


All vendors must be registered as a Cooper City business and provide a copy of your current, valid Cooper City Local Business Tax Receipt with your application. SUBMITTAL OF AN APPLICATION DOES NOT GUARANTEE A SPACE.
 

 

Why be a participating food/beverage vendor?

  • Participating vendors attract new patrons. This event will showcase your business and provide a direct community/future customer connection.
  • Enter the competition and get the chance to claim your creation as the best taste in Cooper City.

What is a vendor's obligation to the event?

  • You must agree to serve your product for the full 2.5 hours of the event, providing for no less than 500 guests - replenishing/re-stocking as needed.
  • You may begin set-up at 4 PM and set-up MUST be completed by 5:30 PM.
  • Your activity and display must be confined to your allotted vendor space, as designated.
  • You must provide your own table cover for the single 6-foot table provided.
  • You are responsible for your own booth, which must be manned AT ALL TIMES.
  • Break-down may not begin prior to 8:30 PM and must be complete by 9:30 PM.
  • You must dispose of waste throughout the event and maintain a clean space.
  • You must provide enough of the proper food/beverage containers, plates, cups, napkins and utensils, as applicable for each of your sample(s) to be handled and consumed while standing or walking.

APPLICATIONS AND PAYMENT MUST BE RECEIVED BY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2024

If mailing an application, please address to:
Cooper City Community Development Department
9090 SW 50 Place
Attn: Taste of Cooper City
Cooper City, FL 33328

You may also drop off an application in person at the Cooper City Community Development Department.
For additional information, please contact the Cooper City Community Development Department by calling 954-434-4300.


TAKE PART IN A CULINARY COMPETITION
This is your chance to compete for top honors, including 'Best Tasting Bite,' 'Most Delicious Drink,' 'Most Delectable Dessert,' and the 'Best Alternative Option.' You can enter one item per category for this taste-bud-tingling competition where your creations could earn bragging rights as the top taste in Someplace Special!
 
Event attendees will be your judges sampling your gastronomic creations via online polling as they stroll along food walk on the night of the event, so plan your specialties accordingly. As examples, a savory sample might be a Braised Lamb Kebob, a Coconut Lime Frosty may serve as inspiration for a specialty drink, red velvet cake pops may be your winning dessert entry, and alternative food, drink or snack options are offerings are anything that cater to vegan, gluten-free or other diets or may be a savory snack not otherwise deemed “dessert.”

 

ONLINE VENDOR APPLICATION

(Submitting an online application will help our staff contact you and complete the application process)

 

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  • The sale, use or possession of alcohol (beer and wine ONLY, this event) requires applicable DBPR licensure and must adhere to all laws of the State of Florida.
  • Subletting of your assigned/reserved space is strictly prohibited.
  • Rules are subject to change with our without advance notice.
  • Vendor spaces are assigned by the Cooper City Community Development Department.

INDEMNIFICATION

As a participant in a City of Cooper City (the “City”) cultural, sporting, entertainment or other activity or event, or as a user of any City facility, premises or equipment, I hereby voluntarily assume the risk of any loss, injury or damage to myself or my property which in any way arises out of the use of such facilities, premises or equipment or participation in such activities or events, which said loss, injury or damage is sustained while upon said facilities or premises, using such equipment, participating in said events or activities or being transported therefrom or thereto. Further, I do hereby waive any claim against the City and its agents, servants and employees, arising from said loss, injury or damage and do covenant not to sue Cooper City or its agents, servants and employees, thereon, regardless of whether such loss, injury or damage is caused in whole or in part by the negligence of the City or by the negligence of the agents, servants, or employees of the City.

I hereby give permission for the City to call my physician and/or arrange for emergency medical service technician response or for transportation to a hospital, in the event of any injury or illness to myself, although I understand that the City assumes no responsibility to do so.

By submitting this registration, you also understand and agree to the following:

  1. Participate in the 2024 Taste of Cooper City, Rain or Shine.
  2. Arrive by 4 PM to check in and complete set up by 5:30 PM.
  3. Serve no less than 500 portions of the full 2.5 hours of the event - restocking your food/beverage as needed.
  4. Provide linens, table coverings and decorations for your table(s).
  5. Supply paper and plastic good and utensils to serve your product; and ice, if required.
  6. Provide code-compliant fire extinguisher if cooking on-site with an open flame.
  7. Provide and set up signage to identify your business.
  8. Have Cooper City Local Business Tax Receipt and Certificate of Liability Insurance on hand at the event. Please also e-mail a copy of these documents within a week of the event.
  9. Provide your event staff with shirts and name badges identifying your business.
  10. Ensure no damage to concrete, asphalt canopies, tables or other property of the the City of Cooper City.
  11. Agree that NO VENDOR SALES OF GOODS OR SERVICES ARE ALLOWED.
  12. The City of Cooper City reserves the right to remove any vendor at any time for any cause felt to be inappropriate or not meeting the needs of the event.
  13. Complete breakdown by 10 PM on the day of the event.

PRINT/ELECTRONIC MEDIA RELEASE

I hereby give my permission to the City of Cooper City to take, use and display photographic or digital images of me or my child, which may be posted on the City’s Internet website or forwarded to newspapers and other publications in which the photograph or digital image would be associated with the City of Cooper City, Florida.


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ADDITIONAL DETAILS

Competition Details

If you wish to participate in our "Best of" competition, please tell us the name(s) of the creation(s) you will be entering in the appropriate category.


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