Hosting at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival

March 1, 2011

Hosting at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival

If you follow me on Twitter, then you know that I was in Miami last weekend at the 10^th anniversary celebration of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival. This is always such a fun event, star-studded with world-renowned chefs and foodies galore. This year, festival founder, Lee Schrager, asked me if I would host a party called Let Them Eat Cake, with Emeril Lagasse, honoring this milestone year. Lee is a hard man to say no to, since he has done so much for food and wine. At this party, ten pastry chefs, cake artists, and confectioners, presented delicacies to complement the cocktails and Moët & Chandon Champagne that flowed all night. Prior to Let Them Eat Cake, we stopped off at the beautiful tent erected on the sandy beach behind the famous Delano Hotel where Bobby Flay was hosting a mouth-watering event called BubbleQ. Enjoy!

: Here I am with Rachael Ray and Emeril. Seth Browarnik/WorldRedEye.com

: Basketball star – Chris Bosh, Adrienne Williams, and Me Seth Browarnik/WorldRedEye.com

: The scene at ‘Let Them Eat Cake’ Seth Browarnik/WorldRedEye.com

: I was very impressed with this chocolate tower. Seth Browarnik/WorldRedEye.com

: Duff Goldman’s ‘Divine’ cake admired by Emeril Seth Browarnik/WorldRedEye.com

: A really interesting creation Seth Browarnik/WorldRedEye.com

: Emeril is always fun to be around. Seth Browarnik/WorldRedEye.com

: Jacques Torres and Emeril Lagasse Seth Browarnik/WorldRedEye.com

: What is Emeril so agog about? Seth Browarnik/WorldRedEye.com

: My friends, Alain Ducasse and Emeril Seth Browarnik/WorldRedEye.com

: Foodie Gabriele Corcos and wife – Debi Mazar – actress, me, & Emeril Lagasse Seth Browarnik/WorldRedEye.com

: It’s a cake with an American Express card on top – a sponsor of the event. Seth Browarnik/WorldRedEye.com

: Giada De Laurentiis and Debi Mazar Seth Browarnik/WorldRedEye.com

: Here I am with Jill Martin – TV personality and fashion expert. Seth Browarnik/WorldRedEye.com

: This cake was the creation of Edda Martinez of Edda’s Cake Designs, Miami, FL. Seth Browarnik/WorldRedEye.com

: Here I am taking a photo of Guy Fieri. Seth Browarnik/WorldRedEye.com

: It was good to catch up with Bobby. Seth Browarnik/WorldRedEye.com

: Al Roker caught me enjoying some of his great-tasting chicken. Seth Browarnik/WorldRedEye.com

: Edda Martinez also offered Petit Fours: Vanilla Rum, Guava, and Chocolate. Also Cake Balls: Red Velvet and Chocolate

: Lori Karmel of We Take the Cake, Ft. Lauderdale, FL had assorted mini cupcakes

: This glowing cake was made by Patti Schmidt of The Dessert Lady, Orlando, FL.

: Sweet Street Desserts of Reading, PA offered a large assortment, including these yummy cream puffs.

: It was an amazing creation of David Funaro of Godiva Chocolatier.

: So did Daisy – my makeup artist and Kevin

: The venue for BubbleQ – a beautiful tent on a moonlit patch of white sand beach behind the elegant Delano hotel

: And here’s the photo!

: This sold-out event featured barbecue in every possible incarnation, along with a favorite beverage – Perrier-Jouët champagne!

: Desserts under the tent were provided by Sweet Street Desserts.

: For the third time, Bobby Flay was the host of BubbleQ.

: Men and women were suspended from the ceiling performing an aerial act.

: Defeating all odds

: Another tower of chocolate by Jacques Torres of Jacques Torres Chocolate, New York

: Epicure’s entry – a replica of Miami Beach

: Fabulous!

: This towering cake was from Florida cake shop A Piece of Cake, a third-generation pasty shop whose cake was inspired by local artist Romero Britto.

: Ben-Israel’s amazing homage to the city, an elaborate sugar ensemble based on artist Robert Indiana’s LOVE sculpture, with SOBE in an art deco typeface