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October Events (Updated)

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WOMEN’S SUCCESS SUMMIT

Nov.13 & Nov. 14

 
The Women’s Success Summit VI is offering a SAVINGS of 20% discount on VIP and VIP Plus tickets when you use my discount code: WokStar. Don’t Delay, Purchase your tickets TODAY! Click here. 

O.K. ladies, entrepreneurs who have a business, thinking of starting one or just want to network with hundreds of other professional women, here’s the next Women’s Success Summit!
Michelle Villalobos is the power house behind this event and puts on a fantastic Summit.  These bi-annual conferences feature top notch speakers to motivate and light our fire but also provide useful tips to help us.
I have enjoyed going to these and always come away inspired and rearing to go!  It’s also a lot of fun, there’s something happening constantly.  There are vendor tables outside during breaks showcasing a wide variety of businesses and it’s such a fantastic way to get exposure infront of over 400 professional women all in one place!
Click here for all sessions and topics.

Click here and GET YOUR 20% DISCOUNT, USE CODE: WokStar!

 

FIRST ANNUAL BREAST CANCER AWARENESS HEALTH FAIR

Sat. Oct.27, 10-2pm

Health, Hope, Healing, a speech about breast cancer prevention by Janinha Piazetta, founder & executive director of H3. I met Janinha at a Cancer conference years ago, she’s doing a fantastic job of helping other cancer survivors and also spreading the word to prevent cancer.
FREE mammograms for underinsured, registration required!  Lots of information, screenings to help women!

Find out more about H3 Hope here.

 

Must be that time of year cause there are 2 TV castings:  Master Chef and Food Network Star

MASTER CHEF CASTING IN MIAMI!

OPEN CALL:
Saturday 10/20/12
Le Cordon Bleu
3221 Enterprise Way
Miramar, FL 33025

It’s so funny that Fox TV asked me to help spread the word, cause I watched the UK program on my recent trip to London. It was definitely a good watch cause  the Japanese scientist, Aki sculpted a bento box extravaganza! I can’t believe she did that in under 1 1/2 hours!  If you’ve not watched this episode, you really must.
Anyhow, Fox TV is here to cast for the USA series, so if you’ve always fancied trying a hand at being on TV and cooking infront of some judges (yup, Gordon Ramsey is one of them!), here’s your chance…
Fox’s hit series MASTER CHEF are looking for AMATEUR HOME COOKS (I think this is contradictory?) who have a love and passion for food and cooking!  Applicants do not have to be culinary trained or be a professional chef.
This is an amazing opportunity!!  Please spread the word. (please see flyer)
For details or to apply, click here.  www.masterchefcasting.com
 

FOOD NETWORK STAR

Season 9 Casting
Miami Open Casting Call
Date: October 25th
Time: 10am- 2pm
Location: The Epic Hotel
270 Biscayne Boulevard Way, Miami, FL 33131

Essentially, we are looking for those with a captivating personality who believe they’re at the top of the culinary game and want to inspire a Food Network audience through their passion for food and cooking! Please help us reach out to any chef or culinary professional who might be interested in becoming the host of his or her own cooking show.

 
 

FOOD DAY

Oct.23 and Oct.24

University of Miami

Food Day is a nationwide celebration and a movement for healthy, affordable, and sustainable food.  The following events are free and open to the public.  Events include food fair, farmers market, keynote speaker and film screening with panel discussion.
Here’s schedule for Tuesday and Wednesday.

FREE EVENT

ARTS ON THE AVENUE!
STREET FAIR ARTS BLOCK
LIVE MUSIC at

9701 NE 2nd Ave Main Stage
Saturday, October 13: 4-8pm

Sounds like a fun event, I have many friends who live there, so hope to see you then!

 
 

Books and Books

(extracted from Books and Books site)
265 Aragon Avenue
Coral Gables, FL 33134

Oct 5, 2012 @8:00 pm

Culinary Conversation & Exhibition: Photographer, writer, traveler Naomi Duguid’s heralded cookbooks have always transcended the category to become “something larger and more important” — Los Angeles Times. And as Burma opens up after a half century of seclusion, who better than Duguid to introduce the country and its food and flavors to the West. Burma (Artisan, $35) is interspersed throughout the 125 recipes are intriguing tales from the author’s many trips to this fascinating but little-known land. Tonight, join Naomi for a conversation with travel writer Thomas Swick and the opening of an exhibition of her photographs in the Books & Books gallery.

Visit Naomi’s website or her blog for more details.
 
I can’t wait to meet Naomi tomorrow, hope to see you there! Now, I’m hankering for Burmese food, is there any in Miami?


August Events, Google+ live cooking show (Updated)

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Wok Star Eleanor Hoh debuts her new cooking show LIVE on Google Plus 
Learning How To Cook Like A Wok Star 
Wednesday, August 15th
Join her 6:30pm(ET), 5:30pm(CT), 3:30pm(PT)
Hosted by award winning Pepe Calderin Design showroom
FREE!
I’ll be adding my video promo once it’s uploaded, so check back!


It’s always been my dream to connect with you.  Here’s a chance for Wok Stars and wannabes all over the world to join in!
I will demystify wok cooking by showing you how to make easy, one dish dinners in under 30 minutes, using a few ingredients and only 4 seasonings!
Here’s the scoop:
Catch the show on Larry Fournillier’s G+ profile page OR on Hangoutnetworks.com
7 lucky folks can ‘hangout’, ask questions and interact LIVE on webcam with myself and Larry. How cool is that?
1. Sign up NOW for a Google account!
2. Add Eleanor Hoh & Larry Fournillier to a circle.
3. If you want to be in the ‘hangout’, email me at wokstar at eleanorhoh dot com
4. On Wed. Aug.15 @6:30pm ET or at your appropriate time zone (see flyer above), visit Larry’s Google + profile page to view the live stream OR visit www.hangoutnetworks.com
I’ll be cooking in the beautiful showroom of Pepe Calderin Design who hosts my regular cooking classes in Miami, Florida! Here’s a peek…
Chef Larry Fournillier is a private chef living in Trinidad and producer of Learning how to cook series on Google+.  Thrilled he’s invited me to be on his show. He has over 500,000 followers on Google+, so must be doing it right. Go check his About page for the full bio and MANY upcoming cooking shows!

Remember, Wednesday August 15,  join me and let’s create ‘wok-magic’ wherever you are!

Thanks to Pepe Calderin Design showroom for hosting my first live cooking show!!!

First Annual Artisan Food Fest
Coral Gables Museum
Saturday, August 11: 11-5pm
FREE

Visit Coral Gables Museum Events for full details.  I have personally tasted 5 of the artisanal foods: Copperpots, Freakin’ Flamingo’s Renee is my friend and makes delish jams, BBQ sauces etc., Proper Sausages (had their lamb sausages, they’re the real deal), And The Crackerman’s chili sauce hits the spot, Novae Gourmet’s Jerky is a crispy treat to sprinkle over salads or just as a protein hit. Look forward to sample the rest!  Hope to see you there. I won’t be giving any demos as some think, just enjoying for a change!
On Saturday, August 11 South Florida’s finest artisan food vendors will come together for a one-day Artisan Food Fest at the Coral Gables Museum. Admission is free and the event is held in conjunction with Family Day on Aragon, held the second Saturday of each month at the Museum. The Artisan Food Fest will run from 11:00am – 5:00pm and will include cooking demos, tastings, raffles and more! Vendors will sell handcrafted items from granola to jams to sustainably grown greens to sausages and everything in between! The Fest promises to be a veritable foodie heaven. Parents and adults can participate in the Fest while kids are enjoying arts and crafts and more at the Museum.
Confirmed to date: Copperpots, Freakin’ Flamingo, Cao Chocolates, The Cheesecake Gallery, Novae Gourmet, The Spiced Nut Factory, Proper Sausages, The Crackerman, Laurie’s Pantry Granola, Mr. Green Dean, Om Nom Nom Cookies, Herbal Passion Alchemy, Bottega la Dolce Vita, Pasta Amore, The Empanada Lady and Pickle Delicious.
 

TONIGHT, Aug.11 go and support The Miami Children’s Hospital Foundation at Bacchanalia, a food and wine festival at Wynwood art walk with live music!  Details here.
 

Tropical Fruit Meets Tropical Fish – South Florida’s Finest
If you’ve not been to Chef Julie Frans’ Seasonal Supper, you really need to. The last Seasonal Supper I went to was sensational!  My photos didn’t turn out that great cause it was dark.
This Thursday’s theme is Tropical Fruit Meets Tropical Fish – South Florida’s Finest. Check out the mouth-watering menu, Chef Julie likes to incorporate Asian flavors into many of her dishes, so I’m eager to taste.  I can’t wait to experience another intimate supper at Essensia.  Met some old and new friends! For reservations, call 305-908-5490.  The menu looks a bit small right? Sorry, menu sounds like a winner.
P.S.  I can’t wait to see their organic garden which only started last year.
P.P.S. I wrote about Chef Julie for a British magazine, VIVA which got published this past February, here’s the online version!  Food shots were taken by my good friend, Brenda Benoit Dudley whose photography I admire so much.  So vibrant and jumps out at you.
 
 
 

April Events in Miami

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Miami Food Blogger Bake Sale
Saturday April 28
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
South Miami Farmers’ Market
Only 2 weeks to raise funds! 

Miami’s own Renee Joslyn, blogger at Flamingo Musings is the Miami team captain heading up a bake sale to end childhood hunger.  Lots of local businesses and chefs have donated to this wonderful cause with gift cards from Harry’s Pizzeria, Whisk Gourmet Food & Catering, Crave Restaurant and includes a class gift certificate for 2 from Wok Star, that’s me!  Renee, herself has donated a gift basket of her Freakin’ Flamingo’s wonderful micro-batch jams & gift items. (I’ve had the pleasure of tasting numerous jars and now cannot buy commercial ones. I am going to order some for gifts right now!)  There are many ways you can contribute or buy a raffle for a chance to win those gift cards!   Click to see how you can help end child hunger.
 

CELEBRATE EARTH DAY AT SUSTAINATOPIA
April 19-25

Check out the LARGEST Earth Day celebrations with design, food, music, conferences, film series, parties, eco fashion, excursions, authors’ series, art. Many events are free, details here.

Opening Night – Revolution! The Party for Young Social Entrepreneurs
Thursday, April 19
Miami Event Space 
 
Carnivalia on Lincoln Road in South Beach FREE
Saturday April 21 : 7-8pm 
 
Pecha Kucha
Friday, April 20
The Wolfsonian

20 images, 20 second talk will obviously focus on green business and Ecopreneurs and guess what, Roz Gatewood of Ecovation 3, the event partner is a Wok Star! Details here.

 
Rum Renaissance
April 21-22
 

Can’t believe Rum Renaissance is here again!  This wonderful family, Robert & Robin Burr and son, Rob put on the largest rum festival with lots of rum related events throughout the weekend. I don’t even drink rum and went last year and it was pretty fun to see all the shenanigans going on. Details here. 
 

Lunch Hour Movie
premiers at Palm Beach Film Festival
Wednesday, April 18
 


Lunch Hour examines America’s national school lunch program which exposes children to unhealthy, but culturally acceptable foods at a young age.
Anyone who has children need to see this documentary, see the trailer, see the clips and get more information on how to get involved, click here. Join their Facebook page, twitter for latest updates.
This is such an important topic and I hope to get more involved this year. I’ve been invited to teach classes for parents and kids at Cooking with Kids, a school my friend Maria Cummins opened to educate kids and at the same time make cooking fun and healthy.