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Community Events

One of the hotel’s 10 values is Health Consciousness, which is promoted through the natural gourmet food concept at Essensia and all the hotel’s culinary outlets. But this integral value is not only expressed within the hotel – it is also taken into the community through an array of charities and projects that have the goal to change the way children eat and to help reverse the trend of child obesity in the US. Some of the projects and charities we are involved in are:

Miami-Dade Public Schools Department of Food and Nutrition

Together with the Let’s Move Initiative by Michelle Obama have created a Chef Partnership Program, where local celebrity Chefs Michelle Bernstein, Kris Wessel, Ken Lyon and the hotels’ very own Executive Chef Frank Jeannetti have partnered with schools that are in the same neighborhood as their respective restaurants. Engaging students and staff in culinary arts [...]
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Common Threads

Common Threads is a charity that teaches low-income children to cook wholesome and affordable meals. Their philosophy believes that through hands-on cooking classes childhood obesity can be prevented and the trend of generations of non-cookers reversed, while celebrating cultural differences and the things people all over the world have in common. Their mission is to educate [...]
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AIWF Days of Taste

The American Institute of Wine & Food’s mission is not only to raise money for food and wine scholarships for local culinary schools, but to create a positive impact in the community via educational initiatives geared toward making our next generation one that is happy, healthy and well-nourished. Their Days of Taste series is a [...]
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