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Ten years ago, the Food Network’s South Beach Wine & Food Festival (SoBe) was the “Florida Extravaganza,” a modest gathering on FIU’s Biscayne Bay Campus to showcase food and drink. Fast forward to 2010. FIU just replicated what is now the biggest and best known food and wine festival, but [...]
Rodney Barchi ’04 will spend three months learning at étoile Restaurant at the Domaine Chandon winery in northern California. Napa Valley is about to get Pantherized. Rodney Barchi ’04 already had a degree in management from the College of Business Administration when he decided to pursue a second bachelor’s in [...]
FIU got another reason to “Feel the Pride” when Shena Corrado, David Rodriguez and Christian Poole were recognized for their Excellence in Special Event Management, Excellence in Wine & Culinary and Excellence in Overall Leadership, respectively during the 2010 Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival. School of Hospitality [...]
Nicolas Moore tells us what “SoBe” was like for him in the final entry of his Blue & Gold Blog. It became a routine for me. Every morning I would drive to Miami Beach at 6 o’clock and sit on the beach taking it all in. In front of me [...]
Nathalie Cortes tells us what “SoBe” was like for her in the final entry of her Blue & Gold Blog. Truth be told, I cannot believe that the 2010 Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival is over. Every spare moment for the past few months was dedicated to [...]
Barilla and Buckhead Beef of Florida presented School of Hospitality and Tourism Management students with awards for their work as student associates on last month’s Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival. Grad student Rachel Reppert received the Best FIU Student Chef Award, 2010, from Barilla. The award carries [...]
With the 2010 Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival now all wrapped up, Blue & Gold blogger Jennifer Miller tells us what “SoBe” was like for her. The 2010 Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival is over. Over, done, gone. Let me be honest with you: [...]
We have heard from Shena Corrado and Joseph Quiñones, who told us about their experiences at this year’s Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival and today, Blue & Gold blogger Michael Vidal gives us the inside scoop on what “SoBe” was like for him. So there I was [...]
In the weeks leading up to last month’s Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival, Panthers like Shena Corrado worked tirelessly behind the scenes to prep for “SoBe.” They kept us posted in a series of Blue & Gold Blogs. In this entry, Corrado shares what it was like to work as [...]
