Olive Garden Restaurant Announces Their Culinary Institute of Tuscany Sweepstakes

(SANEPR.com) March 30, 2009 --
Olive Garden restaurant announces an opportunity to experience the beauty and culinary delights of Italy. Enter the ‘Win a Trip to Italy’ sweepstakes for a chance to win an 8-day guided trip for two to Rome, Florence and Olive Garden’s Culinary Institute of Tuscany. Throughout the promotion winners will be selected daily to win a $25 gift card for this authentic Italian restaurant. The promotion ends on April 12, 2009.

Every year Olive Garden restaurant chefs and managers travel to the Culinary Institute of Tuscany to learn cooking secrets from Italian Chef Romana Neri and Chef Paolo Lafata. The ‘Win a Trip to Italy’ sweepstakes allows the public to experience Tuscany the way Olive Garden’s restaurant chefs would. Learn the essential skills needed in an authentic Italian restaurant, including creating Italian cuisine, choosing the freshest ingredients, and the pairing of wine.

A Chance to Discover the Inspiration Behind an Authentic Italian Restaurant

As a part of this latest promotion from Olive Garden restaurant, a social networking widget can be found on the sweepstakes entry page so entrants can share this exciting opportunity with friends and family via the web. Also in affiliation with Food Network and The Travel Channel, this promotion is sure to be the biggest yet for this authentic Italian restaurant.

Win a trip to Italy and stop by http://www.OliveGardenSweeps.com daily for a chance to win a $25 gift card! Four grand prize winners will be whisked away for the culinary experience of a lifetime, while 500 daily winners will receive $25 Olive Garden restaurant gift cards. All winners will be announced May 1st, 2009.

About Olive Garden restaurant:
Olive Garden is the leading restaurant in the Italian dining segment with 670 restaurants, more than 80,000 employees and $3.1 billion in annual sales. Olive Garden is a division of Darden Restaurants Inc. (NYSE:DRI), the world’s largest casual dining company. For more information about this authentic Italian restaurant, visit Olive Garden's Web site at http://www.olivegarden.com

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