Foodie and the Beast - June 2, 2024

Foodie and the Beast

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis.

On today’s show:

· RAMW’s Communications Manager Keiristin Wilbert on this year’s Cocktail of the Year finalists;

· Tim O‘Rourke, wine sales and education manager at the Prestige-Ledroit Distributing Co. He trained as a chef, worked with Jose Andres at Minibar and Michel Richard at Citronelle. Michel turned him on to wines and the rest is history. Tim has just returned from France and drinking a lot of wine. Life is hard, we guess. He tells us all about it;

· Jovana Urriola is the executive chef at the Colada Shop. She’s a fabulously talented Panamanian chef, restaurateur and television personality. She’s in today with news about special new treats for summer on the Colada Shop menu – like croquetas!

· Great wines? Delicious beers? Who doesn't love both (just not in the same glass)? Jeremy Ligon is the winemaker and Jon Bowman is the brewer at the Barrel Oak Winery and Brewery, where they produce both and, by the way, recently won a Double Gold at the San Francisco International Wine Competition;

· Sydney Morgan is a senior account executive at Occasions Caterers. She plans all of the top events-- most recently the Kevin Hart Mark Twain awards evening at the Kennedy Center. She’s talking about Occasions, summer event/wedding planning and more.