Charleston Wine + Food is a multi-day wine and food festival that takes place the first full weekend each March, and I have covered it as a media person, and/or participated as talent for all of its going-on 18 years excepting one. The following interview took place live in the midst of the Culinary Village at this year’s festival, and I’m sharing it now because I already have the 2024 festival on the brain. Not only is my behind the scenes planning well underway, but tickets go on sale to the public on October 19. I lovingly call it my Super Bowl, because it is, and the connections and education from it seeds much of the work I do. One of those relationships is with Alyssa Maute Smith, my conversation partner here and the festival’s Executive Director. Alyssa, a native Charlestonian, stepped into the Interim role in April of 2022, having successfully served as the festival’s Marketing + Communications Director for 6 years, then in 2023 was officially granted the title. There’s no mistaking the energy of Charleston Wine + Food, and Alyssa's enthusiasm for the work and for this community she calls home is a good compass for its future. And I’m proud to call her my friend.
Lou Thomann, Yaupon Tea Company (Savannah, GA)
Craig Richards, Lyla Lila (Atlanta, GA)
242: Frank Stitt, Highlands Bar & Grill, Chez Fonfon, Bottega (Birmingham, AL)
241: Amanda Storey, Jones Valley Teaching Farm (Birmingham, AL)
240: Brian Hart Hoffman, Bake from Scratch / Hoffman Media (Birmingham, AL)
239: Kalifa Shabazz, Shabazz Seafood (Savannah, GA)
238: Sara Bir, Chef, Author, & Forager, The Pocket Paw Paw Cookbook (Marietta, OH)
237: Brandon Carter & John Benhase, Common Thread (Savannah, GA)
236: Shuai & Corrie Wang, Jackrabbit Filly (North Charleston, SC)
235: KJ Kearney, Black Food Fridays (North Charleston, SC)
234: Ron Hsu & Aaron Phillips, Lazy Betty (Atlanta, GA)
233: James London, Chubby Fish (Charleston, SC)
232: Neal Cohen, Yoni Reisman, & Miles Macquarrie, Tip Top Proper Cocktails (Atlanta, GA)
231: Gena Berry, Culinary Works (Atlanta, GA)
230: David Thompson, David Thompson Architect (Charleston, SC)
229: Suzi Sheffield, Beautiful Briny Sea (Atlanta, GA)
228: Jamie Rosenthal, Roots Down (Atlanta, GA)
227: Kristian Niemi, Bourbon & Black Rooster (Columbia, SC)
226: Christian Spears, Tennessee Brew Works (Nashville, TN)
225: Hank Tisdale & Tracey Tisdale Richardson, Lillie's of Charleston (Charleston, SC)
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