Ann Nguyen, Hospitality Student & Recipient of LDEI Scholarship
It is with great pleasure that I introduce you to Ann Nguyen, a hospitality student at Georgia State University and a recipient of an Les Dames D’Escoffier – Atlanta scholarship award. I was curious to understand the challenges she faced as a hospitality major now taking all her classes online. I also wondered what her point of view was about the ‘new hospitality‘ and her thoughts of how these changes would...
New Business Models In A Covid-19 World
From supermarkets, to food makers, restaurants, farms and retail stores the food industry is pivoting to meet the challenge of how to stay alive in a Covid-19 reality. In the midst of a wobbly world new innovative models including commerce, consumer confidence, and product offers are being developed. We were curious to understand how various sectors of the food world were conducting business. So we do what we do best, we reached out...
Interview With Dr. Bill Lumsden, Glenmorangie & Ardbeg
Dr. Bill Lumsden, Director of Distilling, Whisky Creation & Whisky Stocks at Glenmorangie & Ardbeg kindly agreed to answer a few questions from this still whisky novice. My love affair with the dark spirits began when I joined a southern gentleman in a dram. The southern gentleman is long gone but my enjoyment of whiskies and bourbons continues. The more I taste the more I become curious about the creation of fine whiskies...
#FoodTVChat Interview With Chef Dorian Hunter
Chef Dorian Hunter, MasterChef Season 10 Winner ~ A Twitter Interview It was a great pleasure to have Chef Dorian Hunter guest host Diva Foodies #FoodTVChat tweet chat guest last month. Although at the time of the chat we didn’t know Chef Dorian’s life was about to change we did know that her skills and talents were taking this gracious lady to the MasterChef finale. In our pre tweet chat conversation Chef Dorian shared...
A Chef’s Story: Chef Sang, Bun Mi Vietnamese Grill
In between the condos, apartments and retail stores on Peachtree Street, in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta, is restaurant where the chef is passionate about sharing his love of Vietnamese street food or as Chef Sang calls it “working class food.” I was introduced to Bun Mi Vietnamese Grill through a tweet from my pal @SashaEats. [Side note: Social media can work deliciously for restaurants & food makers!] Thank...
Q. D. Foodie Kitchen Tools Come To Life!
Q. D. Foodie Kitchen Tools Come To Life! About a year ago I ‘met’ Marci Heit, founder of Q.D. Foodie, on Twitter @DivaFoodies. Yes, I said Twitter; but that’s a story for another day. Marci was in the process of a Kick Starter campaign to fund an adorable set of kitchen tools – Q. D. Foodies. I fell in love not only with her playful kitchen tools but with the story of the little, girl character Q. D. aka Quinn...