#14 - Melissa Andre | How To Feed 200 Guests Well

02/18/21 • 48 min

Today’s guest is an event designer to the Stars. She has planned and produced events for celebrity clients like Drake, Victoria Beckham, The Weeknd, brands such as Louis Vuitton and Instagram HQ. She hails from Toronto and as such planned some amazing events for Toronto’s elite and noteworthy.

Now based out of LA, the wonderful Melissa Andre sits down with me, virtually of course, and we talk all things party and party food.

If you are planning an event or have a wedding coming up this is a must listen.

Melissa Andre is an event designer, product developer, and entertaining expert.

She is the word on noteworthy events. She has been featured in publications like Forbes and Vogue, and now even teaches!

She is a wealth of knowledge. And a fountain of creativity. Often she’ll explain an event detail she would love to see, she’ll execute it for a client and in a couple years it will become common place at events and all over Pinterest.

Besides me working along side her for many years, many years ago, her and I share many food memories. We don’t get into them but early on she loved my cooking. If I’m being honest she probably helped plant the seed for me eventually going to culinary school for baking arts. We share a love of events, fashion, food, and the arts.

She gives away some amazing tidbits in this episode and I hope you’ll enjoy!

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To follow Melissa Andre on Instagram @melissaandre

Melissa’s website is melissaandre.com

To follow Melissa Andre Design Co. Team on Instagram @madco_team

For some major inspiration follow Melissa on Pinterest

To follow Food Is Culture | A Podcast along on Instagram @foodisculture.apodcast

Music and editing provided by @roninimperial from @bigsmokebounce

Podcast Artwork by @giftsfrombilly giftsfrombilly.com

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Now based out of LA, the wonderful Melissa Andre sits down with me, virtually of course, and we talk all things party and party food.

If you are planning an event or have a wedding coming up this is a must listen.

Melissa Andre is an event designer, product developer, and entertaining expert.

She is the word on noteworthy events. She has been featured in publications like Forbes and Vogue, and now even teaches!

She gives away some amazing tidbits in this episode and I hope you’ll enjoy!

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To follow Melissa Andre on Instagram @melissaandre

Melissa’s website is melissaandre.com

To follow Melissa Andre Design Co. Team on Instagram @madco_team

For some major inspiration follow Melissa on Pinterest

To follow Food Is Culture | A Podcast along on Instagram @foodisculture.apodcast

Music and editing provided by @roninimperial from @bigsmokebounce

Podcast Artwork by @giftsfrombilly giftsfrombilly.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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#13 - Patricia Yeboah | Kelewele, Community, & Keeping The Dialog Open

I’m so excited to share today’s episode. Today’s guest is such a wonderful woman.

I love our conversation for a couple reasons. 1. Patricia Yaboah is lovely. She’s a great conversationalist - which is a lost art in my humble opinion. 2. She loves food. Food is a connector for her. It’s connects her and her mother. Her to her home country. Her heritage. Her culture. It connects her community. And the way her family and friends rallied to make her dream a reality is so wonderful. 3. And most importantly, to me, is this is the very reason I started this podcast.

Born in Ghana, she moved to North American as a child. She is proud to be Ghanaian and loves sharing her culture through food with those around her.

Patricia Yeboah has a zest and go getter-ness that is infectious and admirable. When we ended this conversation I was sad to get off the line. My face hurt from smiling. And my stomach was craving some Jollof and Kelewele.

I can’t wait to see Patricia and Mama Akua’s next move. I know there is a community cheering them on and I’m rooting right there along side.

Shout out to @cucharajewelry

A few of the dishes talked about today were:

Kelewele - Spiced Plantain

Jollof - Rice cooked in tomato stew

Waakye - Rice and beans served with tomato stew

Red Red - Fried plantain served with spicy stewed beans

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To follow Patricia Yaboah on Instagram @sansxespoir

To follow Mama Akua’s on Instagram @mamaakuas

To follow Food Is Culture | A Podcast along on Instagram @foodisculture.apodcast
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#15 - Evangeline Miliotis | Old Friends & An Escape To A Greek Beach

Today on the show I have on a dear friend of mine. Not only is this episode an ode to Greece but also a trip down my own food memory lane.

Evangeline Miliotis is a Greek born, Toronto raised beauty. At time of recording she is in Greece and has been there for some time. Which adds to the whole escapism of this episode.

Being Greek she shares some of her food culture and we share some stories of our shared food history and fun stories from shared travels and events.

She’s taught me many things, not only about food, but also about life. I’m not sure what the joie de vivre or la dolce vita translation would be in Greek - but she is the epitome of that.

Since before Instagram made snapping food pics cool, Evangeline has been known to snap a picture of a lovely fruit produce display while we strolled along the Danforth or through Thessaloniki.

She eats slow, thinks quick, and often stops to smell the roses.

I hope you’ll enjoy our chat.

στην υγεία σου [Stin Ygeía Sou] (To Your Health!)

Yamas (Cheers!)

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To follow Evangeline Miliotis on Instagram @evangeline.miliotis

To follow Food Is Culture | A Podcast along on Instagram @foodisculture.apodcast

Music and editing provided by @roninimperial from @bigsmokebounce

Podcast Artwork by @giftsfrombilly giftsfrombilly.com

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