Celebrity Chef Speaker Jamie Deen, the oldest Deen brother, attended Valdosta State University. During the early years of Paula Deen’s brand, Jamie was working in a variety of businesses following his graduation. Jamie helped launch Paula Deen’s home meal delivery business to one of America’s most thriving restaurants, Lady and Sons in Savannah, Georgia. This move…
Jehangir Mehta is a celebrity chef, restaurateur, television personality, and cookbook author. After working at several critically acclaimed restaurants in New York City for celebrity chefs Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Rocco Dispirito, Mehta decided to open his own food and wine bar, Graffiti in 2007. Graffiti received much media attention for Chef Mehta, including features on…
Celebrity Chef Speaker John Besh is an author, restaurateur, and TV personality. He owns an impressive nine award-winning restaurants including his leading restaurant, August, which serves contemporary French cuisine mixed with flavors from his Southern Louisiana roots. The restaurant is located in New Orleans and has been named a Wine Enthusiast Top 100 Restaurant and…
Chef Jon Ashton is a chef, celebrity chef speaker, media personality, and contributor for publications. Jon gives credit to his grandmother for his successful career in cooking as she introduced him to it at a young age in Liverpool, England. He cooked in several famous kitchens in England, including The Kirkfield Hotel in Newton Le-Willows…
Celebrity speaker for hire Newt Gingrich is a politician, author and historian. Gingrich was a Republican candidate for President of the United States, also serving as the 58th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. He represented Georgia’s 6th congressional district as a Republican and served as House Minority Whip from…
Actor, producer, writer, director and Celebrity Speaker Tom Cruise has been nominated for three Academy Awards and is the recipient of three Golden Globe Awards. Tom’s first movie debut was in The Outsiders which was released in 1983. After playing in Risky Business, his career took off onto the next very successful film, Top Gun…