8/5 - Clay Brock, Dave Williams, Sam The Cooking Guy,

 Clay Brock - Wine Maker of the Year - Wildhorse Winery & Vineyard

Clay Brock, Director of Winemaking, joined Wild Horse Winery & Vineyards in 2008, after spending seven years as the Vice President of Winemaking at Zaca Mesa. His tenure in the industry includes winemaking positions at Edna Valley Vineyards and Byron Vineyards in Santa Maria after graduation from Cal Poly. The 2010 San Luis Obispo County's most respected wine industry's Wine Maker of the year was won by Clay Brock, Wild Horse Winery and Vineyards. Clay was chosen by his peers  for his leadership in Ca's. 3rd largest wine region.

Dave Williams - GM  "Ralph Brennan's Jazz Kitchen"

Jazz on over to the Jazz Kitchen, a savvy representation of New Orleans’ dual legacies – food and music- served up in a whimsical setting depicting the charm, ambience and hospitality of historic and contemporary New Orleans.  Located in Downtown Disney® District, our two-story replica of traditional French Quarter architecture includes a ground floor, interior, open-air courtyard flanked by a quick service dining facility (Jazz Kitchen Express) and a New Orleans-style jazz club (Flambeaux’s). Upstairs, you’ll find traditional New Orleans dining rooms and an outdoor ‘Jazz balcony’ with seating that overlooks the revelry of the Downtown Disney® District.  For over fifty years, Ralph Brennan and his family have proudly served the finest Louisiana ingredients and our Chef, Darrin Finkel, has peppered those celebrated flavors throughout our menus. The Jazz Kitchen boasts festive, ‘Big Easy themed’ private party facilities and comprehensive event planning services. From our mouthwatering Louisiana cuisine to the live jazz played at Flambeaux’s every night, every detail of the Jazz Kitchen delivers on the promise of New Orleans.

"Sam the Cooking Guy"

Sam the Cooking Guy is about an everyday guy - me (ok, so I have 12 Emmys) who has found a way to make cooking casually understandable. With no fancy equipment and by speaking English instead of ‘chef-speak,' I'm sort of the everyman of television cooking. The show is shot right in my house – and I cook with my kids, dogs and neighbors occasionally around – just like we all do. There's no fois gras... no white truffle oil, no ‘Peruvian mountain-raised squab in sesame-lime-soy marinade stuffed with braised forest turnips and wild inoki mushrooms in a hand pressed plum and raspberry glaze'. I'm just a regular guy, using regular words showing how to cook easy, great food... Food that's ‘big in taste and small in effort'. It's a handful of ingredients and a few steps – that's it. This is a cooking show "for the rest of us," I like to say. And now it's on several networks and stations.  But in the beginning it was going to be about travel, not cooking. I quit a job at a drug development company to do ‘travel for the regular person' – sort of the opposite of The "Lifestyle of the Rich and Famous." I was going to model it after a trip I had taken to Tokyo. I spent a week there discovering cool neighborhoods, traveling the subway, eating in little yakitori shops sometimes communicating only by pointing at O.P.F. (other people's food) to be able to order. The trip was a ball and I felt a show that encouraged people to travel afar by showing them they could have a great time in seemingly complicated places made sense. So I quit my job to become a traveling TV guy. But a month before I was to leave for a demo shoot in Tokyo and Hong Kong - September 11th happened. And while it changed thousands of other people's lives much more significantly than mine – I needed to figure out what to do. So I decided to hang on to the TV idea, and just change the concept for the show - I would demystify something else. The something else happened to be cooking – not because I was a fantastic cook but because I believed it needed simplification. For too long now TV chefs have tried to ‘impress' with their food & style. But a ton of ingredients and a ton of steps just winds up with people saying they can't cook. And it's not that they can't cook – it's that they don't because they think it's too hard. So isn't it time someone made cooking easy?  And so with no culinary training or television experience, I made a demo and sent it to a handful of industry ‘experts' and waited for their opinion. And I got it – but comments like "you don't have a @#$%+ chance", "you don't know what you're doing" and "get a better kitchen" – just pissed me off. So with nothing to lose, I sent the tape to two local television stations, and the reaction was different - "Sam the Cooking Guy" became a regular 2-minute cooking segment twice a week on a morning news show in San Diego.  But since then, it's grown to a regular half hour show (in fact we're about to shoot our 100th episode) we've won 12 Emmys, it's become a national series on Discovery's Health channel, and my 3rd book is due out in February 2011. Who knows what's next? It's a big country... someone's gotta cook for it.

8/4 - Cynthia Peck, Larry Lipson, Marcia Gay Harden,

Cynthia Peck - Angelo's & Vinci's Ristorante

Thirty-nine years ago, our restaurant was built with tradition and has since continued with tradition. At our home in the old marketplace, we tribute our ancestors who came to America in the late 1800’s – their spirit and their recipes! Originally built as an L-shaped marketplace in the days when Fullerton was an orchard (early 1900’s), the local farmers would bring their produce in from the fields by horse and wagon to sell to the townspeople. The original wood trusses of the old roof system may still be seen in the Venetian Room. Approximately twenty years later, renovation of the building changed it from its original L-shape to a square. This was accomplished by the large wood barrel trusses (an unusual truss!), which can be seen in the Sicilian Room and the Piazza Fantasia. During our renovation in 1992, the old wood, terra cotta tiles and brick was salvaged and re-used to keep alive the feeling and memories of those days long ago. Be prepared when you walk into Angelo’s and Vinci’s Ristorante to be overwhelmed! With surprises in every corner, you won’t know where to look first! You will sit amidst the art of the great masters, in an Italian town square complete with the storefronts of old Italian butcher and cheese mongers, fruit and wine vendors, seamstresses showing their wares, and more. Fairy lights abound under cathedral ceilings as our ancestors smile down at you from the Family Love Altar. Explore and you will be surrounded by colorful Sicilian puppets, the carnival masks and canals of Venice, and the romance of Romeo & Juliet. Find our mystical Room of the Moon…and don’t forget King Kong, Dracula, Frankenstein, witches, ghosts and who-knows-what that await you in the Monster Wine Cellar!  Founder, Steven Peck, renowned Hollywood dancer, choreographer and veteran actor of over 100 movies and television performances, has delightful photographs of over 40 years of famous stars, directors and dancers. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Gary Cooper, Robert Taylor, Broderick Crawford, Kirk Douglas, Walter Winchell, Sam Wanamaker, Vincent Minnelli, Sylvester Stallone, Ted Danson, David Hasselhof, Ray Sharkey, Shirley MacLaine, Cyd Charisse, Dolly Parton, Joan Collins, Raquel Welch, Olympia Dukakis, Shelly Winters and so many more. Films from Paramount, Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Bros., MGM, Desilu, United Artists, Universal Studios, to name a few.

Marcia Gay Harden - OSCAR-WINNING ACTRESS  ("Contact Lenses")

Marcia Gay Harden has twice been nominated for Academy Awards, winning for her role in Pollock. She won a 2010 Tony Award for her performance in God of Carnage on Broadway. She has appeared in films such as Sinatra, Mystic River, Millers Crossing, The First Wives Club, Meet Joe Black, Mona Lisa Smile, The Hoax, Used People, and Whip It, which also featured her daughter Eulala Grace Scheel. She was nominated for two Emmy® Awards, one for her role in The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler and another for her guest star role on Law and Order. And she co-starred in the critically acclaimed FX drama Damages.  Just in time for Back-to-School, award-winning actress and mother of three, Marcia Gay Harden, is available to discuss the importance of proper vision care for academics, sports, and overall performance. Harden’s daughter – Eulala Grace Scheel, 11 years old, also an actress – recently navigated the transition to contact lenses. A recent survey revealed that 50% of parents know their child would rather be wearing contact lenses over glasses[1] and studies indicate that kids with glasses sometimes choose not to wear them because they don’t like the way they look. Parents are then left wondering what they can do to help overcome this challenge because, when kids don’t their wear glasses, it can negatively affect their performance in academics, sports and other areas. However many parents feel the everyday maintenance, responsibility, and hygiene associated with contacts is too much for their kids to manage.  "Seeing Eye to Eye".

Larry Lipson - Live from Costa Rica

Former LA Daily News Food Columnist (50 Years) Larry Lipson is live and direct from his research Institute in Costa Rica. He will talk about wine food and the good life and will have comments  From Frommer's Travel Guide: " Wine: Although some European immigrants have been experimenting with wine grape cultivation in Costa Rica, no one has succeeded. The government did sponsor an experimental effort several years ago, but eventually most of the vines were ripped out.  If you see Costa Rican wine for sale, it is almost surely from imported Chilean grape juice that is then processed in Costa Rica--the quality is terrible and it is--at least so far--not worth buying except as a total novelty."

8/3 - Sandra Lee, Mike "Bogey" Boguslawski, Chelsea Chinery,

Sandra Lee -  Semi-Homemade®

Marble Slab Creamery is pleased to be working with Sandra Lee and Share our Strength® in an effort to end childhood hunger in America. The ice cream giant has titled the program, Sandra Lee’s Taste of Summer, as Sandra will debut 16 new ice cream Tasty Creations combining the company’s freshly made ice cream with delicious mixins. Lee shares her Semi-Homemade® 70/30 culinary philosophy of combining 70% ready-made products with 30% fresh ingredients to celebrate the different tastes of summer.  Marble Slab Creamery and Sandra Lee will donate $25,000 to Share Our Strength® and customers are invited to visit www.marbleslab.com to make their own contributions throughout the summer. Share Our Strength® is the leading organization working to ensure that no child goes hungry in America. The combination chosen from the following list that receives the most online votes will be featured in a forthcoming cookbook by Sandra Lee.

 “Sandra Lee’s Taste of Summer allows Marble Slab Creamery to connect with its chef-driven roots, while also bringing attention to an important cause and the wonderful organization, Share Our Strength®,” stated Jenn Johnston, senior vice president of brand marketing for NexCen Franchise Management, Inc. “We are thrilled to work with Sandra Lee, whose sensibility and taste for fresh ingredients align directly with Marble Slab Creamery’s commitment to ice cream excellence.” About Marble Slab Creamery (http://www.marbleslab.com/ )
Marble Slab Creamery®, a leading purveyor of super-premium hand-mixed ice cream and the innovator of the frozen slab technique, was founded in 1983. Every batch of Marble Slab Creamery ice cream is made on location using ingredients from around the world and fresh dairy from local farms. Marble Slab Creamery’s famous mix-ins include fresh fruits, fine nuts, candies and cookies that can be blended into all ice cream flavors. Today, Marble Slab Creamery has an international presence with locations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Scotland, Lebanon, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates.   Sandra Lee has a passion for simple solutions that create dramatic results in all areas of home life. She is editor-in-chief of Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade magazine, the host of Sandra Lee Celebrates, a series of primetime specials on HGTV and two highly rated television shows on Food Network, the multi-Emmy-nominated Semi-Homemade Cooking and Sandra’s Money Saving Meals. Sandra Lee is also The New York Times bestselling author with twenty books including the much anticipated 2010 fall releases Semi-Homemade The Complete Cookbook and Semi-Homemade Comfort Food. Sandra was awarded the President’s Volunteer Service Award for her involvement with many charitable and philanthropic organizations, as well as the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 2009 by the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate for contributions made to society. Sandra is the national spokesperson for Share our Strength’s Great American Bake Sale, a groundbreaking program focused on ending childhood hunger in America.


CHELSEA CHINERY ( NBC' s "Minute To Win It")

All-American chef and television personality, Guy Fieri, hosts NBC's new game show, "Minute to Win It," which features everyday people in the most unlikely competition.  In 2006, Fieri premiered his first show, "Guy's Big Bite," on Food Network. Today, this culinary rock star hosts three popular shows and can barely walk down the street without being recognized. In "Guy's Big Bite," he teaches viewers how to make fun, fearless food with bold flavors. The tables turn in "Ultimate Recipe Showdown," where Fieri steps out from behind the kitchen counter and hosts this competition between home cooks. His culinary adventures continue as he travels across America to find the most unique "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives."  Contestants  Nathan Moon, Chelsea Chinery ($5000)  Perfect strangers Nathan and Chelsea get acquainted over $5K.


Mike "Bogey" Boguslawski -  Veteran consumer reporter

"The people of Los Angeles and Southern California know who Bogey is," the self-appointed freedom fighter said, talking about himself in the third person. "They know his reputation, his honesty and integrity, so I decided I don't need to scream anymore." He may not have been screaming -- but he wasn't exactly whispering either -- as he talked about a segment on his upcoming show involving a woman whose house burned down. "This lady was not being given what she was entitled to. She was living out of her car. It's crazy, it's stupid," he said emphatically. "So I got on the phone and got her $181,000. That's what her house was worth, and they were draggin' this on. But I got the case settled. Yup!"

8/2 - Paul Barbey, Chef Paul Prudhomme, Peter Mondavi, Jr.

 Paul Barbey - Owner - Hurley's - New York City

This legendary Manhattan Saloon has a fascinating history and celebrities  from Ed McMahon & Johnny Carson, to Jack Paar, Bob Hope and Tom Brokaw among others were among the many customers. The original location was right next to 30 Rock and there was even a tie line to the bar so the network could call and let the talent know when they were needed.  Hurley's is at a new location now, but Paul Barbey the owner's son has fond memories of a different time and era.


Chef Paul Prudhomme  - K-Paul's Restaurant - New Orleans 

First there was the ravishes of Katrina, then the economic meltdown followed by the BP Oil spill and another storm. Is New Orleans on the way back?  What about seafood - is it safe? Chef Paul has all the answers.  Chef Paul Prudhomme has propelled the distinctive cuisine of his native Louisiana into the international spotlight and continues to push the limits by creating exciting and new American and international dishes.Chef Paul learned the importance of using the freshest ingredients while cooking at his mother’s side and continues to use only earth’s finest harvests. As the youngest of 13 children, Chef Paul was always adventurous. His strong curiosity of life and cultural customs motivated him to leave Louisiana in his early 20’s and travel across the United States to experience every culinary environment possible. From an Indian reservation all the way to the finest, five-star restaurant, Chef Paul learned to love, appreciate and blend the flavors of his younger years with those of many other cultures.


Peter Mondavi, Jr. - Charles Krug

As the third generation member of the family who owns and operates C. Mondavi & Sons, Peter Mondavi, Jr. now leads the vision for the historic Charles Krug Napa Valley brand. His responsibilities include day-to-day operations such as winemaking and overseeing the 850 acres of Napa Valley estate land, in addition to directing sales and marketing for this brand. As co-proprietor, he works closely with his father and brother, Marc, to carry forward the legacy of the Peter Mondavi Family and steward all of the winery's brands.  The second son of Peter and Blanche Mondavi, Peter Mondavi, Jr. was born in 1958 and raised on the historic winery property. Peter Jr. followed in his father's footsteps by attending Stanford University, where he earned a BS and an MS in Engineering, then an MBA. Peter's engineering background has proved a valuable asset to the winery; he has directed a number of key design projects, including the development of a state-of-the-art winemaking facility. His business education has contributed to the development and execution of the company's long-term strategic plan.  Peter Jr. is overseeing an ambitious, $21.6 million winery and vineyard investment program, focused on replanting the family's 850 acres of prized Napa Valley land and upgrading winemaking operations. The intention is to enhance Charles Krug Winery's reputation as one of Napa Valley's premier properties, centering on the family's tradition of innovation, integrity and quality.  He is a member of numerous wine-related organizations, including the Wine and Food Society of San Francisco and the American Society for Enology and Viticulture. He is a former board member of both the Napa Valley Vintners Association and the Family Winemakers of California.

7/30-Sean Lennon, Milt Larsen

Sean Lennon-Winner of the 2010 "Atomic Wings" Buffalo Wing Eating Contest sponsored by Atomic Wings

For the first time in New York City, you can now have authentic Buffalo wings. Sure, some places serve things they call wings, but to a true connoisseur it seemed criminal that in a city that has everything, there was not an authentic Buffalo Chicken Wing in sight. Now that's changed: Atomic Wings has arrived!
ATOMIC gets its wings fresh from Buffalo, where the chickens are unusually big as well as tasty. Then we prepare them as they were invented in 1964 in Buffalo. The result is unforgettably good eating.
As upstate college freshmen in 1981, I had my first encounter with this unique delicacy. Standing knee-deep in snow, I realized that I had a mission in life: to bring real Buffalo wings to New York. With the opening of ATOMIC WINGS, my mission is complete and your deliverance is at hand. Call or stop by now and experience the taste we've been waiting for.






Milt Larsen-Host of Hear the Again for the First Time and Owner of the Magic Castle

Milt Larsen is a writer, actor, performer, lyricist,magician, entrepreneur, speaker and the creator of The Magic Castle, a nightclub for magicians and enthusiasts.

The Larsen Brothers' father died in 1955, his dream of a place for magicians to gather and swap trade secrets over drinks unrealized. In 1961 Larsen met Tom Glover, the owner of the hillside property which included the Hollywood restaurant The Yamashiro.

Larsen told Glover about his father's idea of a clubhouse for magicians, and Glover agreed to Milt's proposal to transform the Lane mansion on Glover's property, below The Yamashiro, into The Magic Castle, a nightclub for magicians and home of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Larsen leased the property and restored the Victorian period mansion to house the club. His brother Bill, at the time a CBS television producer of (The Danny Kaye Show), helped promote the club among his network show business connections, recruiting members. When The Magic Castle opened its doors in 1963, Bill came on board as President of the Academy of Magical Arts and Sciences, and was soon joined by Irene Larsen, in the promotions department.

He also created the Mayfair Music Hall in Santa Monica, California (a Victorian British music hall featuring live stage shows) (1973-1980), The Variety Arts Theatre - Los Angeles (1977-1990) and Caesars Magical Empire at Caesars Palace Las Vegas (1995-2004).

7/29-Irwin Mayfield, Craig Haserot, Ellie Krieger

Irwin Mayfield-Grammy Award Winning Jazz Trumpeter

At only 32 years old, Irvin Mayfield represents the continuity of the unfolding Jazz legacy of New Orleans. Winning both a Grammy Award and a Billboard-award, this versatile trumpeter, bandleader, composer, arranger, professor, cultural ambassador and recording artist is on a path to position Jazz at the center of American culture. His musical virtuosity and devotion to the music has made Mayfield one of the most recorded and decorated Jazz musicians of his generation. In 2002, Mayfield created the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO), a performing arts institution dedicated to presenting engaging and transformative Jazz experiences. Under his artistic direction, NOJO won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble for its critically acclaimed CD Book One on the World Village/Harmonia Mundi label. The 20-piece orchestra, which is one of the most sought after touring Jazz orchestras in the country includes such respected musicians as Victor Atkins on piano, Ed “Sweetbread” Petersen on saxophone and Evan Christopher on clarinet, to name a few.


Craig Haserot-Sojourn Cellars and the Wine Cork Sniffing Dog, Ziggy

Sojourn Cellars is a partnership between Craig Haserot and Erich Bradley, two friends who met on the tennis courts of Sonoma, and who share a desire to create delicious, handcrafted artisanal wines. Erich describes his winemaking as New World style complemented by Old World sensibilities, and he employs artisanal techniques to produce superior and distinctive wines.

• We are red wine makers with a New World winemaking style; our wines are bold and expressive.
• Our wines are artisanal, handcrafted and made in small lots to ensure the highest quality.  Some of our guiding principles include...

1. Meticulous vineyard management
2. Sovereignty on the vine, with no two clusters touching, to insure even ripening
3. Field cluster sorting, both before and after fruit is harvested
4. Cluster and berry sorting in the winery
5. Three to five day cold soaking of the fruit
6. Whole berry, native fermentations in open-top fermenters
7. Punch downs by hand
8. Gentle basket pressing
9. Unfined and unfiltered finished wines

• Our wines have a strong value component.  They are not cheap, but we price them within many wine buyers’ reach.
• We believe in 100 percent customer satisfaction, backed up by a Money Back Guarantee, regardless of reason.

Ellie Krieger-Author, Chef and Food Network Host  

New York Times bestselling author and James Beard Foundation and IACP award winner Ellie Krieger helps people of all ages achieve wellness  and get the most out of life.   She is a registered dietitian and host of a hit show, “Healthy Appetite,” on Food Network.
Ellie’s warmth and charisma have made her the go-to nutritionist in the media today. Her success can be attributed to her way of offering real advice without any of the gimmicks and crash diets the permeate today’s news. She reaches people with her message that it is possible for anyone, given the tools and knowledge, to live life to the maximum by being in healthy balance, nurturing a richly satisfying and sumptuous, attainable lifestyle. She believes that through her work she can help to change the way society views food, health and nutrition.    

7/28-Chef LaLa, Joe Buck, Larry Lipson

Chef LaLa-Chef and Author live from the Expo Comida Latina Trade Show

A third-generation restaurateur and daughter of Mexican immigrants, LaLa grew up in the kitchens of her family’s California-based eateries and inherited her father’s talents at the stove. Before following in his footsteps, she briefly studied to become a cardio-pulmonary therapist, but quickly realized it wasn’t the right career for her.

Still, LaLa’s interest in health was never far from mind, even as she enrolled in the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu and went on to found her own catering company, Savor! Caterers, serving A-List Celebrities, VIPs in entertainment and politics, including two U.S. Presidents and a President of Mexico, Vicente Fox.

Two forces in LaLa’s life profoundly influenced her thoughts about food and her career: One was her constant battle with her weight. The other was her family’s history of diabetes, the complications of which claimed the lives of both of her grandmothers and one of her grandfathers. Looking for ways to make cuisine more healthful, she has continually taken courses to improve her nutritional knowledge and is certified as a specialist in fitness nutrition, kids’ nutrition, and lifestyle and weight management.

Whether she’s teaching nutritious cooking at a Farmer’s Market or on a television show, LaLa is on fire with her desire to share everything she has learned to make people’s lives healthier and happier–one meal at a time.

Event:	Expo Comida Latina 2010
When:	Saturday, August 14, 2010:  10am – 5pm Sunday, August 15, 2010:  11am-5pm Monday, August, 16, 2010:  11am – 4pm
Where:	Los Angeles Convention Center 1201 S. Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA  USA Hall J
Media Contact:	Amelia Collins, acollins@divcom.com, 207-842-5414

Joe Buck-Baseball Broadcaster

Joseph Francis "Joe" Buck (born April 25, 1969) is an American sportscaster and the son of sportscaster Jack Buck. He has won numerous Sports Emmy Awards for his play-by-play work with Fox Sports.

Buck called play-by-play for the then-Louisville Redbirds, a minor league affiliate of the Cardinals, and was a reporter for ESPN's coverage of the Triple-A All-Star Game. In 1991, Buck did reporting for St Louis' CBS affiliate KMOV. Also, in 1991 Joe followed in his father's footsteps by broadcasting for the Cardinals on local television and KMOX Radio, filling in while his father was working on CBS telecasts. In the 1992–95 season he was the color commentator for University of Missouri basketball broadcasts.

Buck continued to call Cardinals games after being hired by Fox, initially with his father on KMOX and later on FSN Midwest television. As his network duties increased, however, Buck's local workload shrunk, and prior to the 2008 season it was announced that Buck would no longer be calling Cardinals telecasts for FSN Midwest. This would mark the first time since 1960 that a member of the Buck family would not be part of the team's broadcasting crew.

In 1994 Buck was hired by Fox, and at the age of 25 became the youngest man ever to announce a regular slate of National Football League games on network television. 

Larry Lipson - Live from Costa Rica

Former LA Daily News Food Columnist (50 Years) Larry Lipson is live and direct from his research Institute in Costa Rica. He will talk about wine food and the good life and will have comments and comparisons between his new adventure.