World Liberty TV team interviewed many of the Vegetarian Vendors and Exhibitors at the festival. See what they had to say about eating Vegan.
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Interview with Chef Daniel (Dan) Coudreaut for McDonald’s USA, LLC – 2011
Dan Coudreaut (born 1965), known to his colleagues as “Chef Dan”, is the executive chef at McDonald’s.
Coudreaut was responsible for the addition of several items to McDonald’s national menu, including:
Asian and Southwest Chicken Salads
Angus and Chicken Snack Wraps
Angus Burger line of sandwiches
McCafe coffee drinks
Oatmeal
Real Fruit Smoothie beverages
Spicy Premium Chicken sandwich
Chef Dan also sings lead vocals in “Chef Dan and the Appetizers” which is a classic rock band formed by McDonald’s employees in 2008 to raise money for Ronald McDonald House Charities.
Chef Marcus Samuelsson, Winner of Bravo’s Top Chef Master Season Two – 2011
Marcus Samuelsson is an Ethiopian-born, Swedish-raised chef and owner of Red Rooster Harlem in New York City and three other restaurants.
As of 2010, he lives in Harlem, near the site of his newest restaurant, Red Rooster, which opened in December 2010.
In March 2011, the Red Rooster hosted a fund-raising dinner for the Democratic National Committee. President Obama attended the dinner. The $30,800-per-plate event raised $1.5 million.
After appearing consistently as a culinary judge on the Food Network show Chopped Samuelsson competed in and won Chopped All Stars: Judges Remix. He was awarded the grand prize of $50,000 for his charity, the Careers Through Culinary Arts Program.
In 2013, Samuelsson won the James Beard Foundation award for Writing and Literature related to food. The book, Yes, Chef: A Memoir, chronicles his journey, from his grandmother’s kitchen to his arrival in New York City, and the earning of a New York Times three-star rating at the age of twenty-four.
QEDC’S Queens Taste of Queens 2013 at Citi Field
Queens Taste 2013: Another Year, Another Successful Gala with the Borough’s Best Culinary, Beverage, Business and Entertainment Industries.
A wide variety of top-notch food and drink options provided the basis for a festive atmosphere as 40 vendors and more than 900 attendees filled their bellies and networked during Queens Taste 2013 at Citi Field’s Caesars Club on May 14.
Hosted by the Queens Economic Development Corporation, the eleventh annual extravaganza included performances by a Big Apple Circus clown, an appearance by 1969 Miracle Met Ed Kranepool, a booth displaying work by local emerging artists curated by Jackson Heights-based Zoescope and a stand-up routine by Steve Hofstetter of the Laughing Devil Comedy Club in Long Island City.
There was also a taste competition as judged by a team of local foodies and media types. The Pine Restaurant, which is located at the Holiday Inn LaGuardia in Corona, and Woodside’s Ottomanelli’s shared Best Entrée honors. The Pine served Chicken Scarpariello, while Ottomanelli’s offered specially spiced hamburgers.
McClure’s Pickles, which was providing spicy and garlicky gherkins, won Best Appetizer, while Take a Break and I’ll Bake, which specializes in high-quality baked goods for fundraisers, special events and restaurants, won Best Dessert. This brand new company’s table was full of cream cheese pies with berries on top, muffins and pineapple upside down cakes.
“We are extremely happy with how everything turned out, and I’m already looking forward to next year,” stated QEDC Executive Director Seth Bornstein. “The food, the beverages, the networking and the upbeat, almost giddy, atmosphere really couldn’t be beaten, and it looked like everybody had a great time.”
Queens Centers for Progress (QCP) Annual Food and Wine Gala (2011)
Queens Centers for Progress Formerly United Cerebral Palsy of Queens Cordially invites you to an Evening of Fine Food
Honoring “Chefs of the Year”
Daniel Leone
Executive Director, QPTV
Walter Sanchez
Owner/Publisher
The Queens Ledger Newspaper Group
on Tuesday, February 8, 2011, 6:30 PM at Terrace on the Park.
International Restaurant and Food Show of New York Vendor and Exhibitors – 2012
In the restaurant and foodservice industry, you’re constantly looking for new ideas and the International Restaurant & Foodservice Show of New York is your source! From insightful education to palate-pleasing food and drink trends; new product options and idea generating special events – don’t miss this opportunity to fine tune your business.
The World Liberty TV team for our Food and Wine channel were on hand to speak with some of the exhibitors and vendors at the show.
International Wine Event in New York – 2011
New York International Wine Competition and Press/Trade Event 2011. Showcasing and explaining the competition and the winners of this trade only wine competition held in Manhattan, New York.
World Liberty TV was on hand to cover the International Wine Event in New York, interviewing wine producers and drinkers from all over the world.
Monster Retailer Awards 2013 at the Paris Ballroom in the Paris Hotel, Las Vegas
The annual Monster Retailer Awards drew an overflow crowd to the Ballroom of the Paris Hotel, where Grammy-winning artist Alicia Keys wowed it with a, well, monster live performance.
Before the concert kicked off, head monster Noel Lee presented the company’s Most Monstrous Awards to its best-performing retail partners of the previous year, with the top honor, the Gold Award, going to Australian CE chain Harvey Norman.
This year’s winners, by category, were as follows:
Most Monstrous Domestic Distributor: Almo
Most Monstrous Independent CE Retailer: Crutchfield
Most Monstrous Travel Retailer: Dixon’s Travel (United Kingdom)
Most Monstrous Specialty Chain: Media Markt (Russia)
Most Monstrous Power Retail Chain: Harvey Norman (Australia)
Interview with Kenny G, Saxophone Great – 2011
Kenneth Bruce Gorelick better known by his stage name Kenny G, is an American adult contemporary and smooth jazz saxophonist. His fourth album, Duotones, brought him breakthrough success in 1986. Kenny G is the biggest-selling instrumental musician of the modern era, with global sales totaling more than 75 million records.
Kenny G signed with Arista Records as a solo artist in 1982, after label president Clive Davis heard his rendition of ABBA’s “Dancing Queen”. He has released many solo albums and collaborated with various artists including Andrea Bocelli, Whitney Houston, Peabo Bryson, Aaron Neville, Toni Braxton, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Natalie Cole, Steve Miller, Weezer, Dudley Moore, Lee Ritenour, The Rippingtons, Michael Bolton, Celine Dion, Frank Sinatra, Smokey Robinson, Bebel Gilberto, George Benson, Chante Moore, and Aretha Franklin. Influenced by the likes of saxophonist Grover Washington Jr., his own albums are usually classified as smooth jazz.
Will.i.am, Founder i.am angel Foundation, at the CGI 2012
The unusual premiere speaks to Will.i.am’s larger initiative to inspire students and young people to cultivate an interest in science. At the JPL event, the artist, born William James Adams Jr., also announced a partnership between his i.am.angel Foundation and digital resource provider Discovery Education for a program called i.am.STEAM, intended to bring science, technology, engineering, art and math (or STEAM) to K-12 classrooms around the country.
Will.i.am isn’t the first musician whose music cracked Earth’s atmosphere. The Voyager deep-space probes, launched in 1977, house a copy of Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode,” for instance, but Will.i.am became the first to have a song on Mars. He initially connected with NASA after buying a $5 million time block on ABC for the back-to-school one-hour TV special “i.am.FIRST-Science Is Rock and Roll” last August. (The special was filmed at the 2011 FIRST Robotics Championships for kids.) After the show, NASA administrator Charlie Bolden was piqued by Will.i.am’s educational initiative, inviting him to attend the Curiosity launch at Cape Canaveral in November and putting in motion the idea to beam an original song on a 708 million mile round trip between Earth and Mars.
Let’s Stay Together Live Performance by Entertainer Seal – 2012
Seal, is an English soul and R&B singer-songwriter, of Nigerian and Brazilian descent. Seal has won numerous music awards throughout his career, including three Brit Awards—winning Best British Male in 1992, four Grammy Awards, and an MTV Video Music Award. Seal is known for his numerous international hits; the best known being “Kiss from a Rose”, which appeared in the soundtrack to the 1995 film Batman Forever. He has sold more than 20 million albums worldwide.
Kiss From a Rose by Seal – 2012
“Kiss From a Rose”
There used to be a graying tower alone on the sea.
You became the light on the dark side of me.
Love remained a drug that’s the high and not the pill.
But did you know,
That when it snows,
My eyes become large and
The light that you shine can be seen.
Baby,
I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray.
Ooh,
The more I get of you,
The stranger it feels, yeah.
And now that your rose is in bloom.
A light hits the gloom on the gray.
There is so much a man can tell you,
So much he can say.
You remain,
My power, my pleasure, my pain, baby
To me you’re like a growing addiction that I can’t deny.
Won’t you tell me is that healthy, baby?
But did you know,
That when it snows,
My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen.
Baby,
I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray.
Ooh, the more I get of you
The stranger it feels, yeah
Now that your rose is in bloom.
A light hits the gloom on the gray,
I’ve been kissed by a rose on the gray,
I’ve been kissed by a rose
I’ve been kissed by a rose on the gray,
…And if I should fall along the way
I’ve been kissed by a rose
…been kissed by a rose on the gray.
There is so much a man can tell you,
So much he can say.
You remain
My power, my pleasure, my pain.
To me you’re like a growing addiction that I can’t deny, yeah
Won’t you tell me is that healthy, baby?
But did you know,
That when it snows,
My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen.
Baby,
I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray.
Ooh, the more I get of you
The stranger it feels, yeah
Now that your rose is in bloom,
A light hits the gloom on the gray.
Yes I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray
Ooh, the more I get of you
The stranger it feels, yeah
And now that your rose is in bloom
A light hits the gloom on the gray
Now that your rose is in bloom,
A light hits the gloom on the gray.