Carowinds will open their gates tomorrow to kick off the Taste of the Carolinas and we’ve got one lucky blogger set to visit the park and experience all that Taste of the Carolinas has to offer!

Taste of the Carolinas is an exclusive event brought to you by Carowinds that highlights great southern food, music and culture. The event will be open to the public starting April 18th and will run on the weekends through May 17th. You can check out the schedule of events by clicking HERE. Interested in purchasing tickets for the event? View ticket information HERE. 

Taste of the Carolinas will feature foods from around the Carolinas that are sure to satisfy your taste buds!

Experience tastes on the menu from the following areas: 

Asheville/Mountain RegionUpstate South, Carolina Region, Lowcountry Region, South Carolina Barbecue Region, Calabash Region, Outer Banks Region, Lexington Barbecue Region, Charleston Region, Piedmont Region, Funnel Cakes of the Carolinas.

From chef appearance from today’s top chefs to extraordinary food demonstrations and live music – Taste of the Carolinas is jam packed with family-friendly fun that will have Carolina on your mind!  – https://www.carowinds.com/taste/experience

Bloggers, are you visiting Carowinds soon and riding the new roller coaster, Fury 325?

We’d love to see pictures and hear about your experience!

Tweet us at @bloggincarolina  #Fury325 #FuryFever or catch us on Facebook as Carolina Blogging.

Jessica from PositiveInspiredLiving.com will be representing Carolina Blogging and attending Taste of the Carolinas tomorrow (April 18th, 2015). She was selected for the opportunity to catch a cooking demonstration by the Food Network‘s very own Damaris Phillips! Want an inside look at a few of the highlights from Food Network‘s Damaris Phillips?

Here are a few of her highlights:

• Damaris is a Kentucky native.
• In 2013, Damaris Phillips became a contestant on the 9th season  of the Food Network series, “Food Network Star“.  She advanced to the final 3 contestants of the show for that season! She went on to win the the “Food Network Star” competition August 2013.
• You can catch Damaris Phillips in her Food Network series called “Southern at Heart“. The shows premier eposiode aired 10/27/2013 and she updates her fans via her Facebook page which you can visit HERE.

Not able to attend the Taste of the Carolinas at Carowinds? Don’t worry! Taste of the Carolinas has prepared a few Southern Recipes that you can enjoy right in your own home! Check out the recipes HERE.

About Our Blogger: Jessica Ballard

Jessica writes over at Positive Inspired Living and blogs about Crafts, Staying Healthy, Southern Travelers and as the Savvy Southern Parent. Follow Jessica on Twitter as @jessicawballard and on Instagram.

Catch her updates on Instagram and Twitter as she enjoys food demonstrations, live music and all that Carowinds has to offer at Taste of the Carolinas.

 CarolinaBlogging.com wants to THANK our member Anne from HeathlySouthernMama.com for bringing this event to our attention! We appreciate all of our members and look forwarding to bringing you more events like this in the future!  Jessica was qualified via our Sponsored Post request and selected to represent CarolinaBlogging.com and participate in the Taste of the Carolinas brought to you by Carowinds. CarolinaBlogging.com is group of North & South Carolina Bloggers who have come together to Learn, Network and Grow! We are here because our vision is to share our stories with others via our blogs. Whether it be one subscriber or thousands, our blogs are uniquely important to each as they exist to publish our stories and inspire our readers. CarolinaBlogging.com will have it’s official website launch scheduled for May 1st, 2015 and will feature posts from bloggers around North and South Carolina. 

For more information about sponsored post opportunities with Carolina Blogging, or to have a Carolina Blogging member attend your event, contact us via the Contact page on our site or email us at carolinablogging@gmail.com.