Tastemakers Summit Podcast: RecipeTV on Creating Unstoppable Broadcast Food Content

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CREATING UNSTOPPABLE BROADCAST FOOD CONTENT

They talk about Creating and Programming Outstanding and Viewer-Focused Food Content for Television Networks and other Broadcast Platforms.

Featuring Lisa‑Renee Ramirez, Executive Vice President / Executive Producer of Recipe.TV and Entertainment Studios; Moderated by Margaret McSweeney, Kitchen Chat

 

Tastemakers Summit Video: My Big Break

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MY BIG BREAK

In conversation with Food TV Celebs on How they Got, or Made, their Big Break, and strategies to Keep It. My Road to Celebrity and Success

Featuring Chef Jernard Wells, Host and Celebrity Chef, Food Network and Cleo TV; Danielle Chang, Executive Producer and Host, Lucky Chow television series; Moderated by Amy Sherman, Cooking with Amy



ABOUT DANIELLE CHANG

A cultural entrepreneur who builds brands across creative industries, Danielle is the founder and CEO of LUCKYRICE, a lifestyle brand that has been shining a spotlight on Asian culture through food and drink for the past decade. Under Danielle’s leadership, LUCKYRICE and its signature Festival series has expanded to eight key markets in the United States and has become the definitive voice for Asian culture today.

LUCKYRICE has also birthed two additional projects: Danielle’s first book Lucky Rice: Stories and Recipes from Night Markets, Feasts and Family Tables (Clarkson Potter) and the nationally broadcast TV show Lucky Chow, now in its fourth season, in which Danielle is the program creator and host.

Tastemakers Summit Video: Why Both Food and Travel Series are Hotter than Ever

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WHY FOOD SERIES & TRAVEL SERIES ARE HOT PROPERTIES

 

A Panel discussion featuring Joanne Weir, Host, Cookbook Author, Restaurateur & Celebrity Chef, “Plates & Places (National Television Series)”. Mickela Mallozzi, Host & Executive Producer, “Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi” (National Television Series)

Theme: Why Both Food and Travel Series are Hotter than Ever, and How We Succeeded with Ours.



Joanne Weir: A 4th-generation professional cook and James Beard award-winning cookbook author, Joanne Weir spent 5 years cooking at Chez Panisse after receiving a Master Chef Diploma with Madeleine Kamman.
Joanne is a James Beard award-winning cookbook author, cooking teacher, and host and Executive Producer for several award-winning PBS Television series. Her newest 26-part TV series filmed in Italy, Greece, Spain, Morocco and France is called PLATES & PLACES and airs on Public Television and CREATE TV nationwide.

Joanne has written 17 cookbooks. Her most recent is a food memoir “Kitchen Gypsy:Recipes and Storiesfrom a Lifelong Romance with Food”, and features aforeword by Alice Waters. She is co-owner of Copita, a tequileria & restaurant in Sausalito, California.
Joanne writes for several national publications and travels and teaches extensively around the world as well as in her San Francisco studio kitchen.
Web: www.joanneweir.com, Social Media: @ChefJoanneWeir

Mickela Mallozzi: Mickela Mallozzi is the four-time Emmy® Award-winning Host and Executive Producer of Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi, a travel series highlighting the diversity of dance which airs on PBS member stations nationwide and on Amazon Prime Video globally. A professional dancer and trained musician, Mickela decided to start a journey around the world, taking her camera with her to follow dance in the lives of everyday people wherever she went. From re-discovering her family’s heritage in Southern Italy to dancing tango on the main stage in Buenos Aires, the series covers Mickela’s adventures as she experiences the world, one dance at a time. She has been featured in The New York Times, O Magazine, AFAR, Travel Channel, Dance Magazine, Forbes, Condé Nast Traveler, and more, and she has performed on various television shows including Sesame Street and The Doctor Oz Show. Since the global pandemic, Mickela has been hosting a weekly #BareFeetLIVE series on Facebook and Instagram to stay connected with the world through dance and music. And stay tuned for a 2-part special of Bare Feetcoming to PBS stations in February, featuring Carnival in the Guadeloupe Islands!
Website: http://travelbarefeet.com, Facebook: Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi
Instagram: @travelbarefeet

Tastemakers Summit Video: Building a Media Tastemaker Empire

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BUILDING A MEDIA TASTEMAKER EMPIRE

They talk about how Gusto TV created its network of food-centric programming, how it stands out, and the keys to its success.

Featuring Chris Knight, President & CEO, Gusto TV / Gusto Worldwide Media. Moderated by Margaret McSweeney of Kitchen Chat.



ABOUT CHRIS KNIGHT: Television industry veteran and epicurean Chris Knight, is the President and CEO of Gusto Worldwide Media — an innovative media company that produces, distributes, and broadcasts inspiring culinary programming. In 2013, Knight independently launched the food and lifestyle channel Gusto TV in Canada. After three short years on air, Bell Media licensed the Canadian Gusto TV brand in a ground-breaking partnership. Since then, Knight has launched Gusto TV on multiple international streaming platforms throughout the globe and has won several awards.
Accolades include International Gourmand World Cookbook awards, several prestigious James Beard awards, Taste Awards and a 2020 induction into the Taste Awards Hall of Fame. Knight continues to deliver a diverse mix of engaging and inspiring cooking programming that resonates globally.

The 3rd Media Tastemakers Summit is October 7-10th, 2020

VIRTUAL INDUSTRY SUMMIT
OCTOBER 7-10, 2020

The 3rd MEDIA TASTEMAKERS SUMMIT takes place this October in an exclusive virtual setting via Zoom from October 7th-10th.

See the exciting 2020 Summit Agenda

  • CREATING UNSTOPPABLE BROADCAST FOOD CONTENT
  • WHY FOOD SERIES & TRAVEL SERIES ARE HOT PROPERTIES
  • BUILDING A MEDIA TASTEMAKER EMPIRE
  • MY BIG BREAK: My Road to Celebrity and Success
  • TASTEMAKERS ON TELEVISION & CABLE
  • MEET THE NEW INSTAGRAM STARS
  • EXCELLING IN PODCASTING AND RADIO FOR YOUR LISTENERS & YOUR BRAND
  • MODERN PR, FOOD MEDIA AND TASTEMAKING FOR RESTAURANTS, WINERIES & BRANDS
  • MUSIC VIDEOS & DANCE ARE BACK IN THE MIX

The Summit is a unique vehicle to discuss opportunities and challenges in the lucrative & highly influential lifestyle media categories of food & wine, fashion & design, and travel across all distribution platforms. These platforms include television, film, radio, online video, streaming video, podcasting, radio, social media and apps.

Limited attendee spaces per Panel.

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TastemakerSummit.com

 


 

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