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Baha Mar Announces Exciting Lineup of Celebrity Chefs and Renowned Artists for the Fourth Annual Bahamas Culinary & Arts Festival, October 22-26, 2025
Guests Can Enjoy Exclusive Programming with the All-Star Roster of Tastemakers at this Spectacular, One-of-a-Kind Event Additional Images Available Here; Photo Credit: Baha Mar NASSAU, The Bahamas, June 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Baha Mar, the Caribbean's leading integrated luxury resort in The Bahamas, officially reveals its highly-anticipated five-day lineup of spectacular events and special guest appearances taking place at the fourth-annual The Bahamas Culinary & Arts Festival at Baha Mar on October 22-26, 2025. Hosted by world-renowned culinary talents including Marcus Samuelsson of Marcus at Baha Mar Fish + Chop House, Dario Cecchini of Carna, and Daniel Boulud of Café Boulud, alongside John Cox, Executive Director of Art & Culture at Baha Mar, The Bahamas Culinary & Arts Festival is truly a one-of-a-kind immersive culinary and art experience. Baha Mar's chefs will also be joined by well-known celebrity chefs including Bahamian celebrity chef, Simeon Hall Jr., and Food Network stars, Amanda Freitag, Carla Hall, Maneet Chauhan, Geoffrey Zakarian, and Scott Conant. Also in attendance will be the US' foremost spirits expert and author Noah Rothbaum, sommeliers Amanda McCossin and André Mack, as well as Bahamian mixologist Marv MrMixx Bahamas. The Festival kicks off Wednesday, October 22, with the annual Truffle Dinner with Daniel Boulud at Café Boulud and the opening of FUZE Art Fair. FUZE has been expanded to a five-day artistic platform, with more artists and galleries from Wednesday, October 22 through to Sunday, October 26. FUZE features extraordinary art from 14 countries, more than 70 artists, and work from over 40 galleries. FUZE is proud to welcome renowned artists and galleries, including Shacqueel Coleby, John Paul Saddleton, and June Collie, to name a few. Noteworthy new and returning programming at this year's festival includes Coconut & Cocktails Day Party with Marcus Samuelsson and Scott Conant, The Art of Brunch featuring Amanda Freitag, Carla Hall, and Maneet Chauhan, Flamingos and Flocktails, and Jazz Club Happy Hour featuring The Essence Band. Also new for 2025 is The Kitchen Masterclass Series. The series, hosted by Bon Appétit Editor In Chief Jamila Robinson and featuring leading celebrity chefs Geoffrey Zakarian, Maneet Chauhan, Amanda Freitag, and Carla Hall, is an intimate and fun-filled masterclass where guests will learn to prepare each chef's recipe before enjoying their creations together on an expansive garden patio. The Kitchen at Baha Mar is a one-of-a-kind culinary venue that combines a state-of-the-art professional kitchen with a high-tech interactive learning center. Tickets for the event are now on sale at and are priced by experience, ranging from $100 to $500 per person, per event. Guests can also enjoy The Bahamas Culinary & Arts Festival at Baha Mar with exclusive hotel packages including luxurious stays at the refined Rosewood Baha Mar, playfully hip SLS Baha Mar or modern Grand Hyatt Baha Mar. Festival goers can upgrade their experience by purchasing the all-inclusive Festival Weekend Pass ranging from $599++ for the Gold Weekend Pass and $899++ for the Platinum Weekend Pass which includes access to flagship events and experiences, and early access to some of the most exclusive chef experiences. More experiences will be announced in the coming weeks, including exclusive art activities hosted by Baha Mar's leading chefs and artists. For more information about the event, please visit for full details on featured chefs and artists, event specifics, art exhibitions, and a link for easy ticket purchase. About Baha MarBaha Mar is a master planned integrated resort development situated on 1,000 acres overlooking the world's famous Cable Beach. The white sand beach destination includes three global brand operators – Grand Hyatt, SLS, and Rosewood – over 2,300 rooms and more than 45 restaurants and lounges, a state-of-the-art convention center, Royal Blue Golf Course, an 18-hole Jack Nicklaus signature course, a brand new $200 million Baha Bay luxury water park, the Caribbean's first and only flagship ESPA spa, and over 30 luxury retail outlets. Baha Mar is a breathtaking location with dynamic programming, activities, and guest offerings in one of the most beautiful places in the world – The Bahamas. For more information and reservations, visit View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Baha Mar Sign in to access your portfolio
Business Wire
04-06-2025
- Business
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Celebrity Chef Carla Hall and The Fresh Market Team Up to Support Alzheimer's Association During Month of June
GREENSBORO, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Fresh Market is proud to partner with Alzheimer's Association and celebrity chef, author and TV personality Carla Hall to raise funds and awareness for Alzheimer's disease during Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month this June. From June 1-30, The Fresh Market will donate 10% of the purchase price of Hall's Sweet Heritage Butter Tart to the Alzheimer's Association. Carla Hall, beloved for her appearance on Bravo's Top Chef is now using her voice – and her passion for food – to make a meaningful impact in the fight against Alzheimer's disease. Share Carla Hall, beloved for her appearance on Bravo's Top Chef and Top Chef: All Stars, is known for her philosophy of cooking with love. She is now using her voice – and her passion for food – to make a meaningful impact in the fight against Alzheimer's disease in honor of her beloved grandmother, Freddie Mai Price Glover. 'My Granny had a larger-than-life personality, but what I remember most is her food — it was always made with love,' said Hall. 'Ironically, it was changes in her cooking that first signaled something was wrong. That's when we learned she had Alzheimer's.' Inspired by her grandmother's legacy, Hall is an outspoken Celebrity Champion for the Alzheimer's Association. She speaks out by sharing her story to raise Alzheimer's awareness, break down the stigma surrounding the disease and generate greater public support for the cause. "The Alzheimer's Association is thrilled to collaborate with The Fresh Market and Carla Hall during Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month this June,' said Sarah Fried, Alzheimer's Association vice president of Corporate Initiatives. 'This partnership will help fund critical support services and research, while encouraging others to join us in the fight to end this disease.' Alzheimer's impacts millions of families. The numbers are startling. For the first-time ever, there are now over 7 million Americans living with Alzheimer's disease and almost 12 million family members and friends serving as their unpaid caregivers, according to the Alzheimer's Association Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures report. 'It's not often we have the opportunity to collaborate with two incredible partners through a single initiative,' said Emily Turner, Chief Marketing Officer at The Fresh Market. 'We're honored to join forces with Carla Hall and channel our shared passion for food into raising awareness of Alzheimer's disease and supporting the vital work of the Alzheimer's Association in our communities.' Carla Hall's Sweet Heritage Butter Tarts are available in Apple, Cherry, Peach, Strawberry Rhubarb, and Fruits of the Orchard and feature a buttery oat crust with a hint of almond, a nod to the flavoring Carla's grandmother loved. The partnership will be active in all The Fresh Market locations throughout the month of June. About The Fresh Market Rated by USA Today as one of America's Best Customer Service Companies in 2025, voted #1 in three categories by USA Today's 10Best Readers' Choice Awards for 2024—"Best Grocery Store Bakery," "Best Grocery Store Deli," and "Best Grocery Store Prepared Foods"—and recognized for three consecutive years as the 'Best Grocery Store in America.' The Fresh Market currently operates more than 170 grocery stores in 22 states across the U.S. and one Spirits & Wine store, inspiring guests to discover new flavors and cook with confidence. For more information, please visit or follow the company on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X and Pinterest. About the Alzheimer's Association The Alzheimer's Association is a worldwide voluntary health organization dedicated to Alzheimer's care, support and research. Our mission is to lead the way to end Alzheimer's and all other dementia — by accelerating global research, driving risk reduction and early detection, and maximizing quality care and support. Our vision is a world without Alzheimer's and all other dementia®. Visit or call 800.272.3900.
Yahoo
15-05-2025
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Lowcountry woman featured in cooking competition hosted by Carla Hall
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A Lowcountry woman is featured in a 'game-changing' competition hosted by chef and television personality Carla Hall. Rhudine Washington, from Charleston, is competing against 11 chefs in the 'Favorite Chef' contest for a spot in the semi-finals. The challenge unites top chefs, passionate home cooks, and creative food artists in a showdown of skill and flavor. Washington said in an online bio for the competition that she was a stay-at-home mom who enjoyed cooking for her family. 'It brings me so much joy,' she said. Her parents were an inspiration behind her love for cooking. 'We owned a restaurant when I was a child,' she said. 'I learned to cook from them.' Washington added that her mother was also the cook for a local HeadStart program. Washington's specialty? Okra Soup, which she called a specialty in the Gullah Geechee corridor. 'I recently taught my youngest daughter to make this dish so we can continue our traditions,' said Washington. The winner of the 'Favorite Chef' competition will win a two-page spread in Taste of Home magazine, a cash prize, and the opportunity to cook with Carla Hall in New York City. You can vote for Washington by visiting her competition page on the Favorite Chef website. Voting for the semi-finals will end on Thursday, May 22. Organizers say the campaign benefits the James Beard Foundation. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
04-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Letters to the Editor: Readers moved by column challenging us all to 'listen to homeless people'
To the editor: Carla Hall makes so many important points in her editorial on the importance of listening to the homeless ("To understand homelessness, listen to homeless people. Here's what I learned," March 30). I believe, based upon many years of working with and around the homeless population of Los Angeles County when I was in law enforcement, that her most important point was that, above all else, people really do need a safe place to sleep before they can become more stabilized. Hall encourages the reader to imagine how hard it would be to solve a personal problem if you had no place to sleep, shower or use the bathroom. I thought about this point all the time when I worked around the homeless. I remembered how terrible I always felt after taking a red-eye flight anywhere; getting off the plane tired, hungry and in need of a shower. This thought always crept into my mind when trying to imagine how much worse people must feel when this is how they feel all the time and how almost impossible it is to make a sound decision when you feel this exhausted. Mix some drug use and crime into this recipe of stress and exhaustion and it spells disaster for most. If the city of Los Angeles was really serious about getting the homeless population stabilized, it would invest heavily in mobile units with doctors, pharmacists, social workers, showers and food that could come directly to the homeless encampments to assist people. It is much easier to have a discussion with an unhoused person about a long-term plan when they are rested, clean, fed and feeling safe (not to mention more hopeful). This is such a simple concept, yet it never seems to be emphasized enough when discussing the issue of homelessness. Jennifer Swoboda, Long Beach .. To the editor: Of all of the profound reflections that Hall shares with us that span the duration of her career covering issues of homelessness for The Times, perhaps the most poignant observation she makes is in her concluding statement when she calls upon all who care about the fate of Los Angeles with a call to action: "I challenge you to care about providing homes to people who need them. I challenge you to welcome new affordable housing when it's proposed in your community, because as an Angeleno witnessing this crisis, you know how many lives that housing could change — how many lives it could save." The acute housing crisis that has led to the highest level of homelessness in the nation, along with the unwillingness of the few who have benefited from a system of single-family zoning at the expense of the many who are stuck in permanent rentals, will destroy our city if not addressed in meaningful ways. For those living on the edge of housing insecurity, restrictive zoning, limited income growth and ever-increasing rents will continue to destroy lives and the future of our once-great city. Lisa Ansell, Beverly Hills .. To the editor: Reading Hall's interesting column about understanding the homeless got me thinking about how so many well-meaning people would like to see the unhoused. Unfortunately, the problem is far larger than the homeless being just folks who lost their jobs and had fallen on hard times but otherwise are no different than the rest of us. In my Burbank neighborhood, there's a man wandering around who occasionally walks down my street and starts howling at the top of his voice. He appears not to have bathed in the past year. Last week, I had to escort a woman living near me to her front door because he was standing nearby, looking scarily at her. In the past, he's dropped his pants and exposed himself to women on my street while having a blank stare in his eyes. The police have been contacted by several of us neighbors reporting this dangerous-looking vagrant but, of course, nothing ever happens as a result. I tried to ask the man to please leave the area, but he didn't even seem to understand that I was standing there before him, much less talking to him. This man would likely never accept living in a shelter home or being counseled or cared for by anyone because he trusts nobody. Until L.A. finds a way to deal with the mentally ill and substance-abusing addicts roaming and living on our streets, no amount of public policies or funding will make much of a difference, unfortunately. Doug Weiskopf, Burbank This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times
04-04-2025
- Health
- Los Angeles Times
Letters to the Editor: Readers moved by column challenging us all to ‘listen to homeless people'
To the editor: Carla Hall makes so many important points in her editorial on the importance of listening to the homeless ('To understand homelessness, listen to homeless people. Here's what I learned,' March 30). I believe, based upon many years of working with and around the homeless population of Los Angeles County when I was in law enforcement, that her most important point was that, above all else, people really do need a safe place to sleep before they can become more stabilized. Hall encourages the reader to imagine how hard it would be to solve a personal problem if you had no place to sleep, shower or use the bathroom. I thought about this point all the time when I worked around the homeless. I remembered how terrible I always felt after taking a red-eye flight anywhere; getting off the plane tired, hungry and in need of a shower. This thought always crept into my mind when trying to imagine how much worse people must feel when this is how they feel all the time and how almost impossible it is to make a sound decision when you feel this exhausted. Mix some drug use and crime into this recipe of stress and exhaustion and it spells disaster for most. If the city of Los Angeles was really serious about getting the homeless population stabilized, it would invest heavily in mobile units with doctors, pharmacists, social workers, showers and food that could come directly to the homeless encampments to assist people. It is much easier to have a discussion with an unhoused person about a long-term plan when they are rested, clean, fed and feeling safe (not to mention more hopeful). This is such a simple concept, yet it never seems to be emphasized enough when discussing the issue of homelessness. Jennifer Swoboda, Long Beach .. To the editor: Of all of the profound reflections that Hall shares with us that span the duration of her career covering issues of homelessness for The Times, perhaps the most poignant observation she makes is in her concluding statement when she calls upon all who care about the fate of Los Angeles with a call to action: 'I challenge you to care about providing homes to people who need them. I challenge you to welcome new affordable housing when it's proposed in your community, because as an Angeleno witnessing this crisis, you know how many lives that housing could change — how many lives it could save.' The acute housing crisis that has led to the highest level of homelessness in the nation, along with the unwillingness of the few who have benefited from a system of single-family zoning at the expense of the many who are stuck in permanent rentals, will destroy our city if not addressed in meaningful ways. For those living on the edge of housing insecurity, restrictive zoning, limited income growth and ever-increasing rents will continue to destroy lives and the future of our once-great city. Lisa Ansell, Beverly Hills .. To the editor: Reading Hall's interesting column about understanding the homeless got me thinking about how so many well-meaning people would like to see the unhoused. Unfortunately, the problem is far larger than the homeless being just folks who lost their jobs and had fallen on hard times but otherwise are no different than the rest of us. In my Burbank neighborhood, there's a man wandering around who occasionally walks down my street and starts howling at the top of his voice. He appears not to have bathed in the past year. Last week, I had to escort a woman living near me to her front door because he was standing nearby, looking scarily at her. In the past, he's dropped his pants and exposed himself to women on my street while having a blank stare in his eyes. The police have been contacted by several of us neighbors reporting this dangerous-looking vagrant but, of course, nothing ever happens as a result. I tried to ask the man to please leave the area, but he didn't even seem to understand that I was standing there before him, much less talking to him. This man would likely never accept living in a shelter home or being counseled or cared for by anyone because he trusts nobody. Until L.A. finds a way to deal with the mentally ill and substance-abusing addicts roaming and living on our streets, no amount of public policies or funding will make much of a difference, unfortunately. Doug Weiskopf, Burbank
