Toast our Talent
Our community is a diverse + passionate ensemble dedicated to great food, fresh ingredients, amazing wines, beers + cocktails, and passionate storytelling. “Toast our Talent” highlights their contributions in bringing this festival to life, allowing attendees to share their appreciation + gratitude. These “toasts” will be shared with the recipients following the festival. Shout out your favorite beverage pro, chef, dish, drink, farmer, musician, purveyor, you name it — or don’t pick a favorite and toast the whole talent community!
Food
Tyler Cochran
Daps Breakfast & Imbibe
Charleston, SC
Eggs In Da’ Club
Deviled eggs with club sandwich filling and topped with house-made secret sauce
Greer Gilchrist
The Harbinger Cafe | Harken Cafe
Charleston, SC
Starry Night Brownie
Fudge brownie with vanilla buttercream and edible gold
LGBKind Cookie Sandwich
Cocoa Cookies sandwiched with matcha, blueberry, turmeric or beet buttercream
Charlie Layton
Basic Kitchen
Charleston, SC
Spinach and Feta Rolls
Squash and Red Onion Tarts with Goat Cheese
Heather Hutton
Edmund’s Oast
Charleston, SC
Ube + Banana Caramel Petit Profiterole
Ube is a sweet purple yam, popular in the Philippines, that has a vibrant color and sweet, earthy flavor. Ube is used to make a fabulous purple sweet ice cream and then is paired with caramelized bananas and warm caramel in a classic petit profiterole.
Mason Morton
Bar George
Charleston, SC
Johnny Cake Canapé
Johnny cake, fish tartare, beet, horseradish, dill
Danetra Richardson
Swank Desserts
Summerville, SC
Toasted Coconut Crémeux
Passionfruit curd, boozy pineapple, cilantro, mini coconut macaron
Juan Gutierrez
Four Seasons Hotel Chicago
Chicago, IL
Strawberries + Cream
Pickled strawberries, vanilla crémeux, vanilla sponge, strawberry foam
Claudia Martinez
Miller Union
Atlanta, GA
Ruby Chocolate + Raspberry Mousse Cake
Steven Satterfield
Miller Union
Atlanta, GA
Belgian Endive Pinxtos
With crispy country ham, blue cheese, dates, and pickled peppers
Hamby Catering & Events
Charleston, SC
Carolina Jewett
Tinto y Crema
Charleston, SC
Salted Carmel Affogato (vegan option available)
Signature espresso poured over our creamy, house-made salted caramel gelato
Poffertjes
With powdered sugar + butter
Mohan Kumar
OddFellows Ice Cream Co.
Charleston, SC | Brooklyn, NY
OddFellows
Olive Oil Ice Cream with Chili Crisp Drizzle
Strawberry Basil Lemonade Sorbet
Beverage
Palmer & Co
Reims, FR
Champagne Palmer
Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey
Lynchburg, TN
Fruit Salad
Jack Daniels, Banana Liqueur, Fruit Cocktail Syrup, Vanilla
Rhonda Cammon
Perfectly Cordial
Nashville, TN
Saffron Paloma
Salted Grapefruit and Saffron Paloma
Nikki Fairman
The Substitutes
Charleston, SC
Not Sorry Colada
Rum, Pisco, Hpnotiq, Pineapple, Coconut, Butterflies and Rainbows
Pam Wiznitzer
New York, NY
21Seeds Tequila
San Francisco, CA
21Seeds Blackberry Margarita
21Seeds Cucumber Jalapeño Tequila, fresh lime juice, blackberry syrup
James Bolt
The Gin Joint
Charleston, SC
6 O’clock Gin
Her Name Was Lola
6 O’Clock London Dry Gin, Dragonfruit, Cacao, Bitters, Lemon
Carolina Jewett
Tinto y Crema
Charleston, SC
La Vieille Ferme
Rhone Valley, FR
Pango Tango
Champagne poured over pineapple, Passion Fruit, Mango Sobetto with a Tajin rim
Chinola
Majagual, DR
Acqua Panna
S.Pellegrino