BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Halifax X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Halifax BEGIN:VEVENT UID:170@devourfest.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20151107T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20151107T123000 DTSTAMP:20151013T154443Z URL:https://devourfest.com/program/managing-your-career-from-the-kitchen-t o-the-camera/ SUMMARY:Managing Your Career–From the Kitchen to the Camera DESCRIPTION:So\, you’ve been working hard at your craft\, and people are starting to take notice. The invitations are pouring in for appearances an d gigs\, and there appears to be no standard for what people are offering across the board. Most chefs on the ascendant rise often find themselves b alancing the load of a busy kitchen and restaurant management while trying to navigate the unknown: personal brand management\, the publishing\, fil m and television worlds\, not to mention that huge social media space. Our panel will share tips and trade secrets direct from both sides of the cul inary trenches.\n\nConfirmed Participants: Debbie Trenholm (Savvy Company) – Moderator\, Kimberly King (Limelight Communications)\, Bob Blumer (Su rreal Gourmet)\, Todd Perrin (Mallard Cottage)\, Ned Bell (Four Seasons Ho tel Vancouver)\n\n\n\nDebbie Trenholm\, Savvy Company\n\nDebbie is constan tly waving the Canadian flag.  She has devoted her career to helping wine makers\, brewmasters and artisan cheesemakers from coast to coast forge st rong ties with consumers. Debbie’s enthusiasm for sharing creative socia l experiences\, her refreshing approach to marketing and her in-depth indu stry knowledge have helped her clients increase their market access. At th e same time\, she has developed Savvy Company into the go-to resource for consumers and the media.  \n\nInitially focused on hosting and marketing wine and food events\, Savvy Company now offers Taste &\; Buy events wh ere consumers meet the makers. Debbie created Savvy Selections – Ontario ’s largest ‘wine-of-the-month club’ and recently launched Savvy Hip Hops craft beer of-the-month club that quickly has become the largest in O ntario.\n\nDebbie’s achievements and personal commitment to Savvy Compan y have earned her a place on the Ottawa Business Journal’s Top Forty Und er 40 list and was recognized as a finalist for Ottawa’s Businesswoman o f the Year Award. Recently Debbie was selected to be on the Board of Direc tors for Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance and the Amazing People movement .\n\n\n\nKimberley King\, Limelight Group\n\nKim's talent is that she know s talent. And she understands her customer.\n\nAfter many years in adverti sing and public relations\, Kim founded her own independent firm as a succ essful marketing consultant. Her work as a publicist and agent for Pete Lu ckett\, Canada's favorite greengrocer led her into the speaking industry\, where she recognized an opportunity to build a full service speaker and e ntertainment bureau: LimeLight.\n\nWorking with Kim is a process. She take s the time to truly understand her clients' objectives. Then\, she careful ly selects the right talent for the job. Because it can't be just anybody up on that stage. It has to the right somebody.\n\nAt LimeLight\, everythi ng is about delivering outcomes. Kim has spent years collecting a lineup o f truly inspiring talent from all walks of life.  Each artist and speaker is unique\, but the one thing they all share in common is excellence. Kim looks for authentic talent that moves people\; talent that wows the audie nce by connecting with them on a deeper level.\n\nKim is very passionate a bout the Meetings and Events industry. She is a founding board member of t he Atlantic Canada Chapter of MPI - Meeting Professionals International an d is a Past President of the chapter. She is also an active member of IASB (International Association of Speakers Bureaus).\n\nKim attended Mount St . Vincent University in the Public Relations program in Halifax\, Nova Sco tia and graduated from the Advertising and Public Relations program of Gra nt MacEwan in Edmonton\, Alberta.\n\n\n\nBob Blumer\, The Surreal Gourmet\ n\nProud born and raised Canadian (turned Californian)\, gastronaut\, arti st and seven time Guinness World Record holder Bob Blumer is the creator a nd host of the television series The Surreal Gourmet and Glutton for Punis hment\, and host of World’s Weirdest Restaurants.\n\nKnown for transform ing ordinary ingredients into wow-inspiring dishes through simple cooking methods and whimsical presentations\, his creativity has become his culina ry trademark. As an artist\, Blumer recently created a show featuring 25 s urreal wine glasses and decanters that he exhibited in Napa\, California\, and designed a Surreal Gourmet Suite for Toronto’s legendary Gladstone Hotel. \n\nHe is the author of five acclaimed cookbooks and is co-author o f the best-selling Pizza on the Grill (just released in it’s second edit ion). His culinary Inventions du jour can be found on his Instagram page\, @bobblumer.\n\n\n\nTodd Perrin\, Mallard Cottage and The Chef’s Inn\n\n Canadian foodies know Todd Perrin as the burly\, entertaining\, larger tha n life Newfoundlander who made it to the top 8 on Food Network’s hit ser ies Top Chef Canada in 2011.  Todd graduated from The Culinary Institute of Canada at Holland College in PEI and went on to work at The Lodge at Ka nanaskis in Alberta and then at a private hotel near Zurich\, Switzerland. In 2001\, he opened Two Chefs\, a fine dining eatery in St. John’s that in its first year\, was listed as one of EnRoute Magazine’s Top 50 New Restaurants. In 2008\, he opened The Chef’s Inn\, a B&\;B in downtown St. John’s\, where he sources the freshest local ingredients from his o wn backyard\, neighbors’ farms and his root cellar\, practicing farm-to- table whenever possible.\n\nTodd’s latest project is a restaurant at Mal lard Cottage\, in Quidi Vidi Village\, St. John’s. The painstakingly res tored 18th century cottage opened as a restaurant in November 2013 after m uch anticipation and was recognized by EnRoute Magazine as #5 on it's list of Top Ten Best New Restaurants in Canada 2014 and as #7 on the 2015 Vaca y.ca list of the top 100 Restaurants in Canada.\n\n\n\nNed Bell\, Four Sea sons Hotel Vancouver\n\nWhether cooking for six or six hundred in his role as Executive Chef at Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver and YEW seafood + bar\, Ned Bell’s cooking philosophy is globally inspired and locally created. \n\nNed’s love of sport\, travel and adventure have taken him all aroun d the world creating memorable experiences and cooking up a storm along th e way. He is inspired and passionate about crafting dishes that lean heavi ly on plant based\, nutrient dense ingredients with an emphasis on sustain able seafood. His community-focused life is firmly based on the health and wellness of his home\, his country and the world through ‘feeding’ ex traordinary life experiences. In 2014\, Ned founded Chefs for Oceans and r ode his bike 8\,700km across Canada. He hosted two dozen events that featu red some of the best chefs in the country striving to raise awareness for healthy lakes oceans and rivers and sustainable seafood.\n\nNed’s divers e British Columbia upbringing instilled a passion for fresh and locally so urced cuisine. This drive led him to work in some of the country’s top k itchens in Vancouver\, Niagara\, Toronto\, Calgary\, Kelowna and Vancouver amassing many great accolades along the way - from seven seasons on Food Network Canada’s Cook Like a Chef\, to Where Magazine’s Best Overall a nd Rising Star awards\, to being named Western Living Magazine’s Top 40 Foodie’s Under 40. To add to the list\, Ned was recently honoured as Can ada's Chef of the Year recipient for Food Service and Hospitality Magazine ’s 2014 Pinnacle Awards\, along with the Green Award for Sustainability at this years Vancouver Magazine Awards. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://devourfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/0 9/Managing-Your-Career–From-the-Kitchen-to-the-Camera-Workshop.jpg LOCATION:Al Whittle Theatre - Studio Z\, 450 Main St\, Wolfville\, NS\, B4P 1E2\, Canada GEO:45.091618;-64.362640 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=450 Main St\, Wolfville\, N S\, B4P 1E2\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Al Whittle Theatre - Studi o Z:geo:45.091618,-64.362640 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Halifax X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Halifax BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20151101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR