American Vantage Companies Announces Border Grill Las Vegas Partner Competes on Bravo's 'Top Chef Masters'

American Vantage Companies Announces Border Grill Las Vegas Partner Competes on Bravo's 'Top Chef Masters'

LAS VEGAS, April 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Vantage Companies ("AVCS" or the "Company" // (Pink Sheets: AVCS) // www.americanvantage.com), today announced that Susan Feniger, a chef and equity partner in the Border Grill Las Vegas restaurant ("Border Grill") will compete in Bravo's "Top Chef Masters" which began on April 7, 2010. The Company holds a 49% equity interest in Border Grill which is located at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino (owned by MGM/Mirage) in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ms. Feniger and her business partner, Mary Sue Milliken, hold a 51% equity interest in the Border Grill, are veterans of the Food Network TV series "Too Hot Tamales" and have also co-authored five books.

Ms. Feniger will compete with 21 "world-renowned" chefs for cash donations to their respective charity with Ms. Feniger competing for the Scleroderma Research Foundation (www.sclerodermaresearch.org).

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Source: American Vantage Companies

CONTACT: Ronald J. Tassinari, Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Officer, +1-702-227-9800, of American Vantage Companies; or Bravo Media, Tory
Brody, +1-212-664-5276, victoria.brody@nbcuni.com

Web Site: http://www.americanvantage.com/

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