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Rob Valencia
Chocolate Maker and Chef
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Robert Valencia has spent his culinary years devoted to artisan chocolate making across the country, from his native Texas to San Francisco to the East Coast. Robert’s work has been featured in Art Culinaire, Time Out NY, the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and most recently, Chocolate French and Sweet New York. Rob also worked at Zero Degrees, now known as Myth Cafe.
Chocolate Television
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Chocolate Demonstration /
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Jay Friedman
Seattlest
Seattle Sound
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Jay Friedman is the restaurant reviewer for Seattle Sound magazine, and is a contributing food writer for Seattlest.com. He can often be found in his kitchen playing with a takoyaki grill pan, or one of his three woks or four waffle irons. He plans his business trips, vacations, and daily life around food - and especially loves organ meats, spicy food, and, of course, chocolate.
www.seattlest.com |
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Maggie Dutton
Seattle Weekly
The Wine Offensive
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Keren Brown
Frantic Foodie,
(formerly the Savvy Savorer)
Seattle PI
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Salon Awards Tasting Panel |
Eric Scigliano
Editor
Seattle Metropolitan Magazine
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Michael Natkin
The Herbivoracious Blog
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Michael Natkin is an up-and-coming chef. His mission is to bring a high level of culinary imagination and technique to vegetarian food. At his website, Herbivoracious.com, you can see his creations such as Edamame in an Edible Tofu Bowl, Buckwheat Blini with Asparagus Caviar, and Iraqi-Jewish Eggplant Sandwiches.
www.herbivoracious.com |
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Matthew Amster-Burton
Seattle Magazine
Rootsandgrubs.com
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Matthew Amster-Burton writes frequently for Gourmet.com, Culinate.com, Seattle Magazine, and the Seattle Times. He has been featured in the Best Food Writing anthology repeatedly. Fine him online at rootsandgrubs.com.
www.seattlemag.com |
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Viv
Seattle Bon Vivant
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Angela Shen
Savor Seattle Food Tours
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As the founder and owner of Savor Seattle Food Tours, Angela Shen shares her passion for food with locals and visitors daily. She guides foodies behind-the-scenes to the best eats in town, as well as introducing them to the great people behind the food. Her tours have been featured in Bon Appétit Magazine and are ranked the #1 Attraction in Seattle by TripAdvisor.
www.savorseattletours.com
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Molly Wizenberg
Orangette
Bon Appetit
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Molly Wizenberg writes the monthly column "Cooking Life" in Bon Appetit magazine, and her first book, A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table, will be published in early 2009. She is also the voice behind the award-winning blog Orangette.
orangette.blogspot.com
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Traca Savadogo
Seattle Examiner
Seattle Tall Poppy
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Bio Coming soon
seattletallpoppy.blogspot.com/
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Carol Dearth
Sizzleworks Cooking School
and Culinary Videos
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Carol is principal chef and owner of Sizzleworks in Bellevue, as well as co-host of KCTS-9 Cooks, the only LIVE television cooking show in the US, produced by our Seattle PBS affiliate. Having trained in both Cuisine and Pastry, Chef Carol has teaches home cooks how to take their cooking to the next level, in classes at Sizzleworks, with her new line of culinary videos or her award-winning cookbook.
www.thesizzleworks.com |
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Julien Perry
"Go Eat!" - KOMO Radio
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As the host of 'Go Eat!,' Julien has been introducing KOMO 1000 NEWS listeners to local chefs and restaurateurs for the past four years in hopes of sparking their interest in Northwest dining. She also hosts "Friday Night Bites" - a weekly live chat in which she gets to talk about a new restaurant or an old favorite she recently visited.
komonews.com |
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Ritzy Ryciak
Conscious Choice Magazine
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Bio Coming soon
seattle.consciouschoice.com
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Dana Cree
TastingMenu.com
Pastry Chef, Veil Restaurant
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Bio Coming soon
TastingMenu.com
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Brenda Pederson
CulinaryFool.com
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Bio Coming soon
www.culinaryfool.com |
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Loretto Hulse
Tri-City Herald
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Bio Coming soon
www.tricityherald.com |
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Katelyn Hackett
Seattlest
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Bio Coming soon
www.seattlest.com |
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Luci Masredjian
Seattle Homes & Lifestyles
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Bio Coming soon
Seattle Homes & Lifestyles |
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A.K. Crump
TasteTV and ChocolateTelevision
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Book Author Signing |
