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.
188: Ashley English, Author, Teacher & Homesteader (Candler, NC)
187: Femi Oyediran & Miles White, Graft (Charleston, SC)
186: George Motz, Filmmaker & Writer, Hamburger America (Brooklyn, NY)
185: Teresa Smithmyer, Bulls Bay Saltworks (McClellanville, SC)
184: Shorlette Ammons, Center for Environmental Farming Systems at NC State (Durham, NC)
183: Dale Hawkins, Fish Hawk Acres (Buckhannon, WV)
182: Elijah Heyward III, International African American Museum (Charleston, SC)
181: Cynthia Wong, Life Raft Treats (Charleston, SC)
180: Home Bar Basics with Miguel Buencamino, Holy City Handcraft (Charleston, SC)
179: Michael Shemtov, Butcher & Bee and Pay it Forward Charleston (Charleston, SC)
178: Meredith Leigh, The Ethical Meat Handbook (Asheville, NC)
177: Tuffy Stone, Cool Smoke Barbeque, Richmond, VA (Live from Charleston Wine + Food)
176: Kevin Gillespie, Red Beard Restaurants, Atlanta, GA (Live from Charleston Wine + Food)
175: Chris Shepherd, Underbelly Hospitality (Houston, TX)
174: Sammy Monsour, Preux & Proper (Los Angeles, CA)
173: Kris Tominaga, Manuela (Los Angeles, CA)
172: Vivian Howard, Chef, Author and TV Personality (Kinston, NC)
171: A Special Episode -- Why I Love Restaurants
170: Brian Dunsmoor, Hatchet Hall (Los Angeles, CA)
169: Aaron Siegel, Home Team BBQ (Charleston, SC)
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