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:824@devourfest.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221027T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221027T192500 DTSTAMP:20221022T164402Z URL:https://devourfest.com/program/spotlight-gala-love-charlie-the-rise-an d-fall-of-chef-charlie-trotter/ SUMMARY:Spotlight Gala: Love\, Charlie: The Rise and Fall of Chef Charlie T rotter DESCRIPTION:Before the Food Network and social media\, Chef Charlie Trotter revolutionized global cuisine. He was a rockstar among the first generati on of celebrity chefs\, but his meteoric rise came at a price. With exclus ive access to never-before-seen archival material\, Love\, Charlie reveals how his pursuit of excellence ultimately consumed him\, with devastating consequences.\n\nSponsored by Mara Renewables Corp\n\nDirector Rebecca Hal pern\, producer Renée Frigo\, and Chef Norman Van Aken will be in attenda nce and will participate in a post-screening Q&\;A with festival host B ob Blumer.\n\nRebecca Halpern\, Director\n \nFrom true crime docuseries to feature documentaries rooted in history and the arts and culture\, Rebecc a’s work evokes emotion and enlightens and empowers audiences. Most rece ntly\, Rebecca served as Co-Executive Producer of Netflix’s How to Becom e a Mob Boss\, and she is making her directorial debut with Love\, Charlie \, a feature documentary named Best of the Fest at the 2021 Chicago Intern ational Film Festival. In 2021\, she also produced and wrote Who Is Stan S mith?\, a feature documentary about tennis great and fashion icon Stan Smi th. Prior to that\, she served as the Co-Executive Producer of Helter Skel ter: An American Myth\, a six-part documentary series about Charles Manson for Epix network. A native Chicagoan\, Rebecca earned both her Bachelor ’s and Master’s Degrees from Northwestern University. Rebecca serves o n the Entertainment Committee of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL)\, the Bo ard of Directors of the Facets Multimedia\, and Northwestern University’ s IMAP mentorship program for student-athletes. She also volunteers as a m entor angel for Imerman Angels One-on-One Cancer Support. @rebeccahalpern \n\nRenée Frigo\, Producer\n\nRenée was inspired to launch Oak Street P ictures\, so Charlie Trotter’s legacy would have its deserved place in h istory. Renée grew up in Chicago and was honoured when Chef Trotter put his stamp of approval on her extra virgin olive oil. Renée Frigo is the co-founder and former CEO of Lucini Italia\, the number-one premium Italia n food brand available in over 20\,000 US stores. Renée serves on the Bo ard of Directors for the Ed Asner Family Center\, which supports children with autism and special needs. @renee.frigo\n\nChef Norman Van Aken \n\nN orman Van Aken is widely known for introducing the term “Fusion” into the vocabulary of cuisine due to a speech he presented in Santa Fe in 1989 . He is the only Floridian Chef recipient of the James Beard Foundation’ s “Who’s Who” in American Food and Beverage. He has also been a semi finalist for the “Best Chef in America”. His namesake restaurant NORMA N’S\, was nominated as a finalist for “Best Restaurant in America”. He has represented the United States with international recognitions that include being honoured alongside Alice Waters\, Paul Prudhomme\, and Mark Miller as “One of the Founders of New American Cuisine” at Madrid Fusi ón\, Spain’s International Summit of Gastronomy. @normanvanaken\n\nBob Blumer\, Host\n\nGastronaut\, author\, and 8X Guinness World Record holder Bob Blumer is best known as the creator and host of Food Network’s awar d-winning shows Surreal Gourmet\, Glutton for Punishment\, and World’s W eirdest Restaurants. He has written seven cookbooks—transforming ordinar y ingredients into wow-inspiring dishes through simple cooking methods and whimsical presentations that have become his culinary trademark. The Glob e and Mail called his most recent book\, Flavorbomb: a rogue guide to maki ng everything taste better\, “a crash course in becoming a better\, bold er cook”. Bob is a long-term ambassador for Second Harvest\, a perishabl e food bank\, and an ambassador for Love Food/Hate Waste\, a national Cana dian zero-waste initiative. Bob documents his love of food\, travel\, and Wolfville on Instagram. You can stalk him @bobblumer.\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://devourfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/0 9/Love-Charlie-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:FILM LOCATION:Al Whittle Theatre\, 450 Main St\, Wolfville\, NS\, B4P 1E2\, Cana da GEO:45.0915;-64.362765 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:geo:45. 0915,-64.362765 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Halifax X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Halifax BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR