NEW YORK, Feb. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/
-- Meredith Corporation's (NYSE: MDP) FOOD &
WINE announces that Kwame Onwuachi
will be a contributing Executive Producer, effective immediately.
In this new role, Onwuachi will collaborate with the editorial team
to develop content for the brand across FOOD & WINE's print,
digital, and video channels and will play an integral role in
signature initiatives and events, including the FOOD & WINE
Classic in Aspen and the FOOD
& WINE Best New Chefs Mentorship Program. Onwuachi reports to
FOOD & WINE Editor in Chief Hunter Lewis.
"We're thrilled that Kwame is officially joining our team and
bringing his point of view and expertise to all that we do," Lewis
said. "We knew Kwame was a singular talent when he joined the FOOD
& WINE family in the 2019 class of Best New Chefs, and it has
been exciting to see him rise up and become one of the leading
voices in the culinary industry. What he's accomplished as a leader
and creative culinary force in the past five years is incredible:
opening a restaurant that was the first of its kind; authoring a
compelling memoir that will soon become a movie; going from being a
contestant to a judge on Top Chef; writing a travel
column for FOOD & WINE. Now, he's turning to event production.
Kwame is redefining the role of a chef for the modern
era."
Among the projects that Onwuachi is taking on in his
new role is The Family Reunion presented by Kwame Onwuachi, a multi-day
event scheduled to take place in Middleburg, Virginia, in August 2021. Created in collaboration with
Salamander Hotels & Resorts and FOOD & WINE, this event,
debuting this year with Onwuachi as its host, will celebrate
diversity in the hospitality community. Onwuachi will also play a
key role in shaping the FOOD & WINE Classic in Aspen, returning for its
38th year in September 2021.
In a new interview for F&W Pro, FOOD & WINE's
platform for the restaurant and hospitality industry, Onwuachi
talks about what he wants to achieve through his relationship with
the brand in the next two years: "I want to create dope
experiences," he said. "I want to shake things up. FOOD & WINE
is a publication that has been such a constant in my life for a
very long time. As someone who's a culinarian in the food industry,
it's incredibly humbling to have a hand in shaping it for the next
two years."
Author of the memoir Notes from a Young Black
Chef, which is currently being adapted into a feature
film, Onwuachi was the executive chef at the celebrated
Afro-Caribbean restaurant Kith/Kin until 2020. He has received an
array of notable culinary accolades, including winning a
James Beard Award for Rising Star
Chef of the Year in 2019 and being named a FOOD & WINE
Best New Chef in 2019, among others. In the past
year, Onwuachi wrote a collection of three articles about his
family's roots and culinary history for FOOD & WINE and was
featured in a corresponding longform video series
called Tasting Home.
About
FOOD & WINE
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the ultimate authority on the best of what's new in food,
drink, travel, design, and
entertaining. FOOD & WINE has an extensive
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and YouTube. FOOD & WINE includes a monthly
magazine in print and digital; a website, foodandwine.com; a
books division; plus newsletters, clubs, events, dinnerware,
cookware, and more. At FOOD & WINE, we
inspire and empower our wine- and food-obsessed
community to eat, drink, entertain, and travel better—every
day and everywhere. FOOD & WINE is part of
Meredith
Corp.'s (NYSE: MDP: Meredith.com) portfolio of
best-in-class brands.
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