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.
Daniel & Bethany Heinze: Vern's (Charleston, SC)
Marvin Ross: Peculiar Pig Farm (Dorchester, SC)
Joy Wilson: Joy the Baker (New Orleans, LA)
Vishwesh Bhatt: Snackbar (Oxford, MS)
Kim Shaw: Small City Farm (Charlotte, NC)
Barbara McKay: TV Personality, Cook, & Author (Charlotte, NC)
Will Green: The Whig, WECO Bottle and Biergarten (Columbia, SC)
Josh Quick: Odette (Florence, AL)
Justin Hill: Eastaboga Bee Company (Eastaboga, AL)
Jaime Tenny: Coast Brewing (North Charleston, SC)
Don Trowbridge: Trowbridge's (Florence, AL)
Mark Overbay: Big Spoon Roasters (Durham, NC)
Tim Hontzas: Johnny's Restaurant (Homewood, AL)
Alex Sherman & Jeff Daniels: Non-Fiction Coffee (Pelham, AL)
Kelly & Tony Chu: Red Orchids China Bistro (Charleston, SC)
Chris Coleman: The Goodyear House, Old Town Kitchen & Cocktails (Charlotte, NC / Rock Hill, SC)
Emily Meggett: Gullah Geechee Home Cooking (Edisto Island, SC)
Aaron Goss: Carolina Malt House (Cleveland, NC)
Ashley Boyd: 300 East (Charlotte, NC)
Jesse Leadbetter & Erin Bradley: Freshlist (Charlotte, NC)
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