Mission Statement
The mission of the Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta is to create a week of food and wine events that promote Santa Fe as a world-class culinary destination. The Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta is a non-profit organization. Proceeds after expenses from the events help raise money for the SFW&C Fiesta's Restaurant Education program. The SFW&C Fiesta Restaurant Education program offers service, cooking and wine workshops to Santa Fe restaurants and their employees. By reinvesting resources and education into the Santa Fe Restaurant Scene, this Culinary Education serves the mission of the Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta - keeping Santa Fe on the map as a world-class culinary destination.

Greg O'Byrne
As restaurant manager, wine writer and educator, O'Byrne has been a steady presence in the Santa Fe restaurant scene since 1987. As executive director of the SFW&C Fiesta the past twelve years, O'Byrne has created and directed more than a 100 different wine seminars. As the wine educator at the Coyote Cafe from 1991 through 1995, O'Byrne taught twelve-week wine courses to dozens of burgeoning eonophiles. The wine columnist for the Santa Fe New Mexican, O'Byrne believes in wine with dinner every night and that the best wine is always the wine in your glass.

Susie Ross
Susan founded Waiter Training when she realized that restaurants might be able to utilize her extensive background in successful sales in the restaurant industry and as an instructor. Her background in the restaurant business runs the gamut from fastpaced, breakfast and lunch service to a more formal, evening and dinner atmosphere and spans nearly 10 years. She quickly decided that being a wait person was the most profitable career for her, and became a trainer for new staff because she had the salesperson attitude, not that of an order taker. Building confidence in inexperienced staff has become her trademark. Susan believes servers must approach the table with confidence and an ability to sell the menu, irrespective of the type of restaurant.