Sam Kass

Celebrity Chef Sam Kass is all about a nice garden to table meal. For the past few years he has served as President Barack Obama’s Senior Advisor on Nutrition and the official White House Chef up until December of 2014. He is the first chef to plant a vegetable garden on the White House grounds since the 1890’s. When Sam decided to join the President in the White House he also became the Executive Director of Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! Campaign for health promotion among children.

Celebrity Chef Speaker Sam Kass was named #11 on Fast Company magazine’s 2011 100 Most Creative People list for his work with the Let’s Move! Campaign.

Sam’s got the answers to your questions on everything organic!

Sam’s cooking career started a little different than most. During his junior year of college, Sam worked under Dean Zanella at 312 Chicago. This sparked an interest that would change his life forever. During his senior year, Sam decided to study abroad in Austria and trained under Chef Christian Domschitz. When his time there came to an end, Sam continued traveling around the world studying under some amazing chefs including Chef Paul Kahan.

Sam moved back to Chicago in 2006 and in 2007 and opened the Inevitable Table, his personal culinary company that focused solely on health conscious and nutritious food. Soon after, Sam became the Obama’s personal chef. In 2009 he moved with the Obamas to the White House and became an assistant chef under Executive Chef Cris Comerford. He also became Michelle Obama’s Food Initiative Coordinator. Sam was promoted to Senior Policy Advisor for Healthy Food Initiatives in 2010. Celebrity Chef Sam is comfortable in front of the mic after providing countless interviews, press conferences and fundraising events as the go-to chef on new health initiatives.

Sam spent some of his time in 2014 traveling around the world to promote “Let’s Move!” and acting as a keynote speaker at events. Sam has also been very involved in school nutrition. He led the political defense of the Department of Agriculture’s new school standards in hopes of creating a healthier cafeteria menu.

2015 will be a new year for Sam! In December of 2014, Sam decided to retired his apron at the White House and move to New York City. We are so excited to see what this new path holds for Chef Sam and his inspiring career to create a healthier nation.

Bryson Billapando

Bryson Billapando, the talented chef for the U.S. men’s soccer team at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, endured a long and painful journey before earning the honor of serving the United States in the world’s biggest sporting event and reaching celebrity chef status. The aspiring chef began his studies at Johnson & Wales University’s esteemed college of culinary arts in Denver, Colorado. After graduation, the young talent stayed in the Denver area to begin his career as a chef, where he was able to witness some of the best chefs in the business at work, such as Paul and Lourdes Ferzacca of La Tour in Vail and famed restaurateur Thomas Keller. However, Billapando’s whole world would soon be flipped upside down. In July of 2012 tragedy struck when chef Billapando and his then wife, pregnant with their second child, went to the midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises at an Aurora, Colorado movie theater. During the movie a gunman entered the theater and opened fire killing 12 people and injuring 70, including Billapando’s wife who was struck by flying fragments. It was by a stroke of luck that the chef and his wife were not killed in that theater. Despite surviving the attack, the aftermath and road to recovery were a struggle for Billapando, as he underwent many counseling sessions to deal with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. He began to immerse himself into his cooking to distract himself from the traumatizing events of the shooting, and two years later he saw new light in his life as he was bestowed the honor of being the chef for the U.S. men’s soccer teams as they traveled to Brazil to compete in the world cup.

Celebrity chef Bryson Billapando has already become a popular figure on the men’s soccer team as he ensures that the players receive all their favorite, and of course nutritious, dishes that they are familiar with, despite being in a foreign country where many simple American staples such as cheerios, peanut butter, and A1 steak sauce are hard to come across. Not only does Chef Billapando provide players with their favorite foods, but he is also always sure to incorporate organic and wholesome ingredients to every meal to ensure top quality meals for America’s top athletes. With the help of U.S. team nutritionist Danielle LaFata, chef Billapando tailors every meal to each athlete and his caloric and nutritional needs creating as many as 50 individual meals per day. Additionally he helps LaFata create pre-workout energy drinks, and post workout recovery smoothies that are much more effective than the average run of the mill sugary sports drink. The experience of being a chef at the world cup with Team USA has provided chef speaker Bryson Billapando with an incredible support system, helping him move on from the theater shootings, and become stronger than ever before.

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Vivian Howard

From opening a nationally recognized restaurant in eastern North Carolina to creating her own award-winning show entitled A Chef’s Life, it is hard to believe that chef Vivian Howard still has time to write her two upcoming books and raise a family. Howard did not always envision herself as a renowned chef, though. In fact she originally uprooted herself from her tobacco-raising, hog-farming hometown to go to college and later move to New York City to fulfill her dig dreams in advertising.

Contrary to her high expectations though, Howard found the advertising world somewhat disenchanting compared to the vibrant cooking scene she observed in the city. Following her instincts, Howard quit advertising and became a server at the Voyage in Greenwich Village. She eventually trailed under the restaurant’s chef Scott Barton, who specialized in Southern cuisine with an African twist, which allowed her to learn more about southern food and preparation. Howard said she never originally planned to prolong her journey in the culinary arts, but rather considered a career in writing for a food magazine a more viable option. As her love for the industry progressed though, she decided to attend the Institute of Culinary Education and begin her career as a chef before getting an internship as a chef at WD~50 and launching a small catering business from her house.

Despite Howard’s growing success in NYC, she and her husband decided to move to Kinston, NC in 2006 where they opened their restaurant Chef & the Farmer. Cementing a strong relationship with the state’s local farmers, the restaurant serves both fresh and local southern cuisine.

Although the restaurant did not thrive at first, word of the restaurant’s charm and talent has made it a travel destination with an impressive turnout of both tourists and locals. Much of the restaurant’s increased attendance can also be accredited to Howard’s PBS show A Chef’s Life, which documents the food and preparation techniques of the eastern Carolina region. Intrigued by her own unfamiliarity with local recipes of the older generations in her area, Howard hoped to find a way to preserve the many unknown cooking traditions of the past — hence her decision to create the PBS show A Chef’s Life that won a Peabody Award for its impact in June 2014.

From the television screen to paper, Howard also has a two-book deals in the works as well, with her first book to be published in 2015 and the second in 2018. The first is entitled Deep Run Roots: Ingredients from My Corner of North Carolina, which is about her experience cooking in eastern North Carolina while raising a family. Her second book, however, is still under wraps.

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Tyler Florence

Tyler Florence is a celebrity chef that has appeared on television networks across the country. After graduating from the College of Culinary arts in South Carolina, Tyler made the move to New York City and it was there that he first established himself as one of the finest young culinary stars. Tyler showed his skills under the city’s leading chefs including Charlie Palmer at Aureole, Marta Pulini at Mad 61 and Rick Laakonen, and eventually being named top chef at Cafeteria. As his career started to pick up, Food Network started to take notice of his abilities. To date, he has hosted four shows on the Food Network, including “Food 911”, “How to Boil Water”, and his current shows, “Tyler’s Ultimate” and “The Great Food Truck Race”.

Tyler has made countless appearances on a variety of talk shows, including the Oprah Winfrey Show, which he was a contestant on a nationwide sandwich cook-off. He has also made guest appearances on The Today Show and The View.  Tyler Florence’s cooking and food success both in print and on television have earned him an honorary doctorate from his alma mater.

Chef Tyler Florence is the author of seven cookbooks, including his two New York Times Bestsellers, “Family Meal” in 2010, and “Dinner at My Place” in 2008. His latest book, “Tyler Florence Fresh” was released in December 2012, which is made up of recipes that include only the freshest ingredients that are not hard for the average home cook to find.

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Ryan Hardy

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SPECIALTIES: Corporate Appearances, Endorsements, Speaking Engagements & Autograph Signings, Cooking demonstrations, Hosting, Mommy Blogger Events, SMTS, Public Relation Campaigns, and Corporate Hospitality

BIO: Ryan Hardy is The Little Nell’s executive chef who has developed a impeccable reputation for his menu creations. To supply his restaurant guests with the freshest ingredients, Ryan grows produce and raises livestock no his 15-acre farm, Randezvous Farms, all in addition to using local farmers and growers for his ingredients. He also produces delicious cheeses and constantly uses them in his recipes and as appetizers.

He is a constant improver of the current trends in gourmet cooking and selects light foods with strong flavor incorporating Earth Mastering with electrifying spices all while using local farmers, ranchers and his own organic farm. He began his culinary ventures at the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco, then to San Francisco restaurant Rubicon and the Rustique restaurant in Aspen.

Ryan Hardy has been nominated for the James Beard Award in 2008, 2009 and 2010 and is available for speaking engagements, personal appearances and hosting.

WHO REPRESENTS RYAN HARDY: Celebrity Chef Ryan Hardy can be hired for endorsements and events in roles such as culinary consultant, event planner, public speaker, autograph signings, cooking demonstrations, hosting, Mommy Blogger events, SMTS, public relation campaigns, team building events and corporate hospitality.

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