Countdown to The 18th Annual Food Network & Cooking Channel South Beach Wine & Food Festival 2019 Hosted by Lee Brian Schrager at The Continuum
Miami Beach, FL – February 16, 2019 – The iconic Continuum luxury beachfront residences presented an invitation-only cocktail reception for its residents and private dinner for the invited guests of South Beach Wine & Food Festival founder and director, Lee Brian Schrager, at The Patio Restaurant. Residents enjoyed signature cocktails and champagne on the lawn with a chance to meet the culinary maestro, who then hosted an elaborate table of 42 esteemed guests who continued to celebrate the countdown to this year’s 18th annual gastronomic extravaganza, while toasting the forthcoming weddings of FOX Miami television personality Belkys Nerey and Telemundo’s Ana Navarro. An quintessential Italian-themed four-course family style menu was created by The Patio’s Executive Chef Fabio Vaccarella.
Ana Navarro, Lee Brian Schrager, & Ingrid Hoffmann
Ana Navarro, Lee Brian Schrager, & Belkys Nerey
Tulia Merlo, Fabio Vaccarella, & Michele Merlo
Tulia Merlo, Lee Brian Schrager, & Michele Merlo
Michele Merlo
Fabio Vaccarella
Fabio Vaccarella & Michele Merlo
Lee Brian Schrager & Fabio Vaccarella
Tulia Merlo & Alex Verona
Demetri Mouratis, Belkys Nerey, & George Andrews
Lee Brian Schrager & Laine Doss
Lee Brian Schrager & Robert Coleman
Lee Brian Schrager, Laine Doss, & Rishi Idnani
Pedro Maal, Lee Brian Schrager, Rishi Idnani, & Leonardo Davalos
Athya & Rishi Idnani, Lee Brian Schrager, & Michele Merlo
Lee Brian Schrager, Athya & Rishi Idnani
Athya & Rishi Idnani
Ken Gorin
Jose Soler & Martin Gastelu
Lee Brian Schrager
Al Cardenas & Ana Navarro
Antoine Alsayah, Paul Burkley, Jocelyn Druzak, & Lee Brian Schrager
Jim Shneider, Francine Mich Dietsh, Jay Kurtz, & Adrianne Krieger
John & Cary Klinger, Charlotte Davis, & Stuart Davis
Yuly Hernandez, Isabel Olmos, Silvio & Minerva Sulichin, & Rishi Idnani
Egidio Guerreri, Nikos Nanou, & Larry Rivero
Steven Neckman, Egidio Guerreri, Lary Rivera, & Nikos Nanou
Laine Doss, Athya & Rishi Idnani, Lee Brian Schrager, Lauren & Nick Madigan
Tulia Merlo, Lee Brian Schrager, & Michele Merlo
