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Submitted by Sheri Wetherell on April 21, 2016
Kristen Doyle is the creator of the award winning website, Dine & Dish. Since early 2006, Kristen has been sharing her favorite recipes, photographs and life stories with an ever growing audience of engaged readers.
Kristen has expanded her reach to include working with major brands (Bush’s Beans, Green Mountain Coffee, Hallmark, Zatarain’s…just to name a few) as well as providing editorial content and direction for nationwide print publications and websites. Her freelance writing career spans working with magazines on a local and national level as well as creating valuable web content for a variety of sites across the web.
Kristen is a busy mom of 4 young kids, loves to entertain, has a passion for photography, and believes in keeping things simple. An avid reader, a kind of runner, a horrible gardener, and the wife of an outstanding man, Kristen’s ultimate life goal is to connect and create meaningful relationships with others.
She will be co-hosting the Deep Dive Into SnapChat session on Saturday.
Submitted by Sheri Wetherell on April 21, 2016
As Director of Public Relations for Visit California, Jennifer Sweeney is responsible for overseeing global public relations strategy and public affairs outreach and messaging. Under her direction, Visit California has expanded its international media missions, adding media training in Mexico, Brazil and China, and developed global strategies for working with digital influencers and bloggers.
Jennifer acts as a spokeswoman for the organization, interacting with the media and carrying out campaigns to both promote California as a premier travel destination and position travel and tourism as a key economic driver in California.
Prior to joining Visit California in 2010, Jennifer served as Director of Communications for the California Department of Housing and Community Development for two years. For several years, Jennifer served on the board of directors for the Sacramento Public Relations Association, and was the recipient of the organization’s PR Professional of the Year award in 2010.
Jennifer began her career in public relations as Vice President at Halldin Public Relations, where she worked for four years. Earlier in her career, Jennifer gained media experience working as a producer for several news stations around the country, including Sacramento’s KCRA, Salt Lake City’s KTVX, and Reno’s KTVN.
She will be co-hosting the Culinary Travel Writing session on Saturday.
Follow her on Twitter @JennDawn74 and @VisitCA.
Submitted by Sheri Wetherell on April 21, 2016
Sean Timberlake is a professional writer, amateur foodie, avid traveler and all-around bon vivant. He has penned the blog Hedonia since 2006 and is the creator of Punk Domestics, a content aggregation site for the hardcore DIY food community. Community members contribute and share their experiences in home food preservation in areas such as canning, preserving, pickling, dehydrating, curing meats, making cheese, home brewing, foraging and microfarming. Founded in 2010, Punk Domestics aspires to evangelize and enable the home DIY food enthusiast by curating and presenting best-of-breed content from individuals and experts in their respective arenas.
Submitted by Sheri Wetherell on April 21, 2016
Submitted by Sheri Wetherell on April 21, 2016
Kathy Casey is a celebrated chef, mixologist and pioneer in the bar-chef movement. She is touted as the original Bar Chef and was named one of the top 10 most influential bar people of the past 25 years.
Kathy is the owner of Kathy Casey Food Studios®– Liquid Kitchen®, a global food, beverage, and concept development and innovation agency specializing in all things delicious.
Clients such as Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Raffles Hotel Group, Marriott International, California Pizza Kitchen, Cheesecake Factory, National Amusements, Island’s, Sunkist, Alaska Seafood Marketing, Costco, Holland America Cruise Line, Unilever, Odyssey Seafood, Landry's, HMS Host, Monin Gourmet, and Sun Orchard as well as spirit companies have sought her development skills, advice, and expertise.
Kathy and her team’s work has been highlighted in Esquire, USA Today, Fortune, People Magazine, Cheers, Food Arts, Food & Wine, Gourmet, Flavor Magazine, Nation’s Restaurant News, Imbibe, Chill Magazine, Time Out, theSan Francisco Chronicle, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.
An engaging speaker and hospitality expert, Kathy is a frequent presenter at VIBE, Flavor, IACP, MCC, CIA, and TOTC, and is called upon as an industry expert for TV, with appearances on CNN, Good Morning America, Food Network’s Unwrapped, the Travel Channel’s Cooking Across America, the Larry King Show, Fine Living’s Great Cocktails, and CBS This Morning. Her cocktail show Kathy Casey’s Liquid Kitchen on Small Screen Network mixes her talent behind the bar and experience as a chef into a creative journey through great drinks inspired by the kitchen.
Kathy is the author of ten cookbooks, including the James Beard-nominated NW Table and Sips & Apps. Her most recent book is D’Lish Deviled Eggs. She is also a regular contributor for the Food & Wine Cocktails annual recipe book. Her popular blog Dishing with Kathy Casey is the companion to her radio segment Dishing with Kathy Casey airing weekends on KOMO radio. She is also an avid social media enthusiast.
Kathy will be leading the engaging and interacting #SippingSocial Trends with Kathy Casey, Liquid Kitchen session on Sunday.
Follow her on Twitter @KathyCaseyChef and on Facebook
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