Naples Next Ideas Festival

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Leading the American Conversation to Enhance 

Understanding and Build a Better Future

March 18, 2019 Naples Grande Beach Resort 

I was hired by B3 Marketing to cover their clients, Asif Syed (21 Spices Dining Naples), and Jason Goddard (Aielli Group Executive Chef, Dorona, Sea Salt, and Barbatella), and also featuring Vincenzo Betulia (Tulia, The French),and Soraya Kilgore (Pastry Chef & Owner MadLab Creamery Miami) as they participate in the local talent showcase along with James Beard Foundation Featured Chef; Star of Top Chef Season 12, Gregory Gourdet, Master Sommelier Jon McDaniel, and mixologist and "top 50 taste maker(s) in the south' Tiffanie Barriere.

Opera Naples Egyptian Gala

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Pilot Light - Rookwood Pottery Dinner

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I was hired by Margaret Events to photograph their event for Pilot Light Chef's Paul Kahan,( Awarded Outstanding Chef by the James Beard Foundation in 2013 and Best Chef of the Midwest in 2004),  Jason Hammel (chef and owner of Lula Café in Chicago) and Matthias Merges (FOLK ART Management ) with the help of Carolina Catering's impeccable serving staff.Pilot Light is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that helps children make healthier choices by connecting the lessons they learn in their classrooms to the foods they eat on their lunch trays, at home and in their communities. They have recently joined with Rookwood Pottery who has graciously offered to help raise funds for the program through the sale of beautiful handmade tableware. The pottery seen featured here are prototypes of the pieces that will be handmade and sold in support of Pilot Light.