ISSUE #01 | 01.27.22 DISPLAY UNTIL 02.23.22
SOBEWFF®:
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5. COVER STORY: KIM CHI & SOBEWFF® DRAG BRUNCH We interview Kim Chi, Mistresses of Ceremonies of this year's South Beach Wine & Food Festival® Drag Brunch.
8. PUBLISHER’S CORNER: THE SOUTH BEACH WINE & FOOD FESTIVAL® TURNS 21!
Publisher Rafa Carvajal discusses what to expect for the 2022 SOBEWFF®.
10. CENTERFOLD: SEXY CANADIAN COVER MODEL CHRISTOPHER COTE
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14. COVER STORY: IRON CHEF GEOFFREY ZAKARIAN We chat with Iron Chef Geoffrey Zakarian about the 21st SOBEWFF® and his latest projects.
16. COVER STORY: SOBEWFF® CHEFS & TALENT Famous personalities and over 400 chefs and wine and spirit producers will be at the SOBEWFF®.
18. COVER STORY: SOBEWFF® EVENTS PREVIEW We preview some of the best 90+ SOBEWFF® events taking place in Miami-Dade and Broward counties.
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SOBEWFF®: THE DRAG BRUNCH WITH MISTRESS OF CEREMONIES KIM CHI
By Rafa Carvajal | Photos by Tanner Abel. Provided by SOBEWFF®
RC: What are you looking forward to the most as co-Mistress of Ceremonies of the 2021 SOBEWFF® Drag Brunch hosted by Kalen Allen? KC: Just having a good ol’ time with everyone in the audience! RC: What should Brunch attendees expect during this very popular SOBEWFF® event? KC: Blood, betrayal, drama and lots of gore… All jokes aside, just watching fabulous performances from fierce drag artists and having a good time! RC: What else are you planning on doing during the 21st SOBEWFF®? KC: Charm the audience with my smile. RC: What's new with you? Any new projects you are working on? KC: Yes! Working on lots of new launches for my makeup brand KimChi Chic Beauty! Check it out at kimchichicbeauty.com and stay tuned! RC: Any shade you want to share with our readers? KC: PANTONE 17-3938 Very Peri is the shade of 2022! RC: What else would you like to share with Wire Magazine? KC: Y’all looking for a cover girl?
One of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival® most popular events is the Drag Brunch. This year, it will be hosted by Kalen Allen and feature Mistresses of Ceremonies Kim Chi and Athena Dion. The Brunch will take place Sunday, February 27, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the North Beach Bandshell, 7275 Collins Avenue in Miami Beach. We sat down with Kim Chi, who Wire Magazine featured on the cover and an interview in issue #10 of 2016 (wiremag.co/issue10_2016), to preview this year’s Brunch and chat about her. Kim Chi is a seven-foot tall live-action anime character, world-renown foodie, and the first Korean American drag super star. She was born in the U.S. and raised in South Korea. The uber-talented Kim is an ever-evolving chameleon who always amazes us with her larger than life looks and her outstanding work. I personally love seeing her photos because they always bring a big smile to my face. Rafa Carvajal: Describe yourself in three words to our readers? Kim Chi: Fearless, audacious and really??? #1 2022 WIREMAG.COM 5
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER THE SOUTH BEACH WINE & FOOD FESTIVAL® TURNS 21! This week, we bring you our annual special issue about the Food Network & Cooking Channel South Beach Wine & Food Festival (SOBEWFF®). The Festival turns 21 years old with a four-day wine, spirits and food special line-up of events, chefs and talent February 24-27, 2022. SOBEWFF® will include 90+ events in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. The culinary and wine festivities will kick off on Thursday, February 24 with iconic chef, restaurateur, Emmy Award-winning TV host and Mayor of Flavortown Guy Fieri hosting the new Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives LIVE event. Guests will get a taste of Guy’s travels across America as they enjoy bites from over 25 eateries featured on his hit show. SOBEWFF®’s quintessential open-air tasting tents will return to the sands of South Beach with a combination of new and classic events featuring some of our country’s most talented chefs and lifestyle personalities. Visit sobewff.org to check out all events and intimate dinners and purchase tickets before they sell out! On the mainland, you can enjoy the SOBEWFF® Miami Design District Event Series that will be anchored at Jungle Plaza and feature several new events celebrating the District’s high fashion, architecture, design and world-class dining. Other Festival highlights include the very coveted brunches, chef-led intimate dinners, wine seminars, Master Classes, Tribute Dinner, and latenight parties. We preview the very popular Drag Brunch in this issue by interviewing Co-Mistresses of Ceremonies Kim Chi. We also interview Iron Chef Geoffrey Zakarian, chairman of City Harvest Food Council and co-host of The Kitchen on the Food Network, and preview some of the 2022 events, and chefs and talent participating in the 21st SOBEWFF®. In addition, I am proud to announce that Wire Magazine is now an official sponsor of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival® representing our LGBTQ community at this exceptional fête making a great difference in Miami’s educational community. The South Beach Wine & Food Festival® has raised over $31.8 million to support its educational mission to cultivate the future leaders of the hospitality industry at the Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management at Florida International University (FIU); and continues to live its motto EAT. DRINK. EDUCATE. This month’s handsome cover model is Christopher Cote from Canada. Check out his sexy centerfold photo. I also invite you to support Latinos Salud, a great community organization making a difference, by attending their Gala al Fresco outdoor event February 19-20. Visit latinossalud.org/gala to buy your tickets. Cheers,
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more than $1 million to feed families across the U.S. Geoffrey’s latest project is Turning Tables: Cooking, Serving and Surviving the Global Pandemic, which is a co-production documentary with Katie Couric, Robert DeNiro, and Tribeca Films. Rafa Carvajal: What is your favorite reason for participating in the South Beach Wine & Food Festival®? Geoffrey Zakarian: I get to hang with the best chefs in the country, most of whom are my dear friends. RC: Please tell our readers why they should attend this year’s SOBEWFF® and which events will you be participating in? GZ: My wife Margaret and I are hosting a fashion show and lunch at Bal Harbour shops, and my girls, Madeline and Anna, and myself will be doing a cooking demo. It’s so much information about food and beverage all wrapped up in a sunny party atmosphere! RC: What is the best part of what you do for a living? GZ: I really get to do what I love, which is please people and provide hospitality. It literally flows through my blood!
As part of Wire Magazine’s preview of the 21st Food Network & Cooking Channel South Beach Wine & Food Festival, we sat down with Iron Chef Geoffrey Zakarian, Chairman of City Harvest Food Council (dedicated to fighting hunger in New York City), and co-host of The Kitchen on the Food Network. Geoffrey is a globally acclaimed chef, restaurateur, executive producer, TV host, and national best-selling cookbook author. He loves to inspire, teach and share the art of living well through his social media platforms that reach over one million followers, his prime-time TV shows, and his growing line of gourmet foods and culinary tools for the home cook. Geoffrey’s television career on the Food Network includes his role as cohost of The Kitchen, his 46-season tenure as a judge on Chopped, and his international status as Iron Chef Zakarian on Iron Chef America. His multimedia production company Corner Table Entertainment has created the new prime time Food Network TV special Feasting with The Stars, iHeartMedia’s Four Courses with Geoffrey Zakarian podcast, and the Thanksgiving telethon The Great American Foodathon, which helped raise 14 WIREMAG.COM #1 2022
RC: What would you say is your style of cuisine as a chef? GZ: I am firmly rooted in classical French methodology with a twist of American sensibility. RC: What projects are you working on? GZ: Working on The Kitchen on Food Network is truly a pleasure. We are all best friends, and I can’t believe we get to hang out together and bring so much joy and knowledge to our viewers! QVC is going great as well. We are constantly renewing a marvelous stream of new gadgets and tools to make cooking easier and more enjoyable – giving you all the confidence in the kitchen!
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SOBEWFF®: THE CHEFS & TALENT By Rafa Carvajal | Photos Provided by SOBEWFF®
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SOBEWFF®: EVENTS PREVIEW By Rafa Carvajal | Photos Provided by SOBEWFF®
The 21st SOBEWFF® will feature 90+ events in Miami-Dade and Broward counties, including walkaround tastings, intimate dinners, late-night parties, brunches, lunches, master classes, wine seminars and more. Visit sobewff.org for full details and to purchase tickets.
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• 16th annual Burger Bash® hosted by Rachael Ray and José Andrés • B A C A R Dĺ C a r n i v a l h o s t e d b y Andrew Zimmern • Chicken Coupe hosted by Tyler Florence • Drag Brunch hosted by Kalen Allen featuring Mistresses of Ceremonies Kim Chi and Athena Dion • Fontainebleau Miami Beach presents Wine Spectator's Best of the Best sponsored by Capital One • Goya Foods' Grand Tasting Village featuring engaging Publix Culinary Demonstrations by fan-favorite Food Network and Cooking Channel personalities and the nation's most celebrated chefs • Goya Foods' Swine & Wine hosted by Robert Irvine and Fernando Desa • Oyster Bash hosted by Josh Capon • Southern Kitchen Brunch hosted by Trisha Yearwood • Tribute Dinner honoring Guy Fieri, Bill Deutsch and Peter Deutsch hosted by Master of Ceremonies Rachael Ray
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