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 disucssion 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.

https://youtu.be/y2CZwEOLu94

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.

World Dog Surfing Championships Livestream Hybrid Event Make Sports History

The World Dog Surfing Championships and TasteTV thank all of the fantastic dog surfers (and humans) who took part in the 2020 Livestream Hybrid Event. To our knowledge no other sports has ever attempted to organize and produce an event that utilizes the video and tech capabilities of Zoom to broadcast a live competition via livestream from multiple locations and multiple teams.

This was an historic, first-of-its-kind event, including both the heats live-streamed directly from various beaches across North America, as well as featuring recorded video from 2020. Realtime viewers and aficionados of the sport watching on Facebook Live numbered in the several thousand, and the amount of fans continues to grow daily as they watch and share the video replay of the event on Facebook.

Because of the unique nature of the Championships and the scarcity of live sports events at this time, enjoyment of the dog surfing event was extremely high.  A side effect was that judging was an unexpected challenge due to the great coordinated efforts of all of the surf dogs.

Teddy and Derby at the World Dog Surfing Championships

Below are the final results:

VIDEO HEATS

Highlight Reels
1 Carson
2 Charlie (tie)
2 Delilah (tie)
2 Flofy Tiny Surfer (tie)
2 Rothstein (tie)
2 Samson & Delilah Tandem (tie)

Small Dog Video
1 Carson (tie)
1 Flofy Tiny Surfer (tie)
1 Rusty (tie)
1 Tristan (tie)

Large Dog Video
1 Faith (tie)
1 Koa (tie)

Very Large Dog Video
1 Charlie Surfs up
2 Lily Lilo the Lab
3 Beezel

Tandem Dog Video
1 Brandy, Derby, Carson, Faith, Flofy, Rusty, Tristan
2 Rusty and Faith

Tandem Human/Dog Video
1 Koa and Oak (uncontested)

Fetch-Frisbee Video
1 Lani
2 Bamboo & Bobby Ellis

LIVE HEATS (LIVESTREAMED)

Small Dog Heat 1: LIVE
1 Carson
2 Delilah
3 Samson
4 Ziggy

Medium Dog: LIVE
1 Cherie
2 Tristan

Large Dog: LIVE
1 Faith the Surfing Pitbull (tie)
1 Rothstein (tie)

Very Large Dog: LIVE
1 Charlie Surfs Up
2 Derby
3 Teddy

Tandem Dogs Heat 1: LIVE
1 Derby & Teddy
2 Rusty & Faith
3 Samson & Delilah

Tandem Human/Dog: LIVE
2 Bamboo & Bobby Ellis (tie)
1 Derby & Kentucky
2 Quadruple tandem/Koa & Oak (tie)

WATCH THE CHAMPIONSHIPS REPLAY HERE ON FACEBOOK LIVE

Video Trailer drops for the 12th Annual TASTE AWARDS

The newest trailer for the 12th Annual TASTE AWARDS has dropped!

The TASTE AWARDS are the highest awards for creators, producers, hosts, and directors of Lifestyle Programs, Series, Shows & Cinema.

The TASTE AWARDS are the premier broadcast awards show celebrating the year’s best achievements in Food, Fashion, Health, Travel, and Lifestyle programs on Television, in Film, in Online and Streaming Video, and in Apps, Radio, Podcasts and Photography.

http://www.TheTasteAwards.com

TasteTV Partners with Cision’s PRWeb for Business Press Release Promotion

FOR PRESS RELEASES AND IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Cision has created a special press release package in honor of the TasteTV events, partners, awards, and fans so that you can economically announce any of your achievements or partnerships.

Everyone is invited. This 15% discount applies to any Basic, Advanced, or Premium press release distribution through PR Web. To enjoy this promotion, new users should go to this PRWeb site to register, then login at app.prweb.com, and enter: Promo code (15% OFF): TASTE2021

If you are an existing PRWeb customer, you can login as usual at https://app.prweb.com/Login.aspx and then use the TASTE2021 promo code.

 

Virtual CHOCOLATE SALON Panel: Conversation with 3 Master Chocolatiers

TasteTV & the International Chocolate Salon in conversation with 3 Master Chocolatiers about their creative inspirations & business challenges, including tips for great chocolate, flavor profiles, travels, and tips for success. Discover and support these great artisans!

The Panel Discussion features:  Chocolatier Michael Benner of Michael’s Chocolates, Elyce Zahn of CocoTutti, Julie House of Panache Chocolatier, and moderator, food writer Amy Sherman.

This educational panel is free to attend. Watch the full recorded panel below