"Bloggers' Lounge"- The Bloggers' Lounge is an interactive experience that consists of the top Atlanta food bloggers. They will share live updates about their experience during the event and make mention of any chef or restaurant that stand out in taste, creativity & presentation.
Some of our favorite bloggers include:
runningwithtweezers.com
WhatNowAtlanta.com
eatdrinkrepeat.com
goeatgive.com
celiaceats.blogspot.com
itsamouthfull.blogspot.com
gigofatlanta.com
Our Judges
Broderick Smylie- Savory Exposure
Broderick Smylie is the creator of Savory Exposure, an Atlanta based food blog with original photography. Broderick combines stories about what went into producing the food with images of the local resources in our markets, the Chef's and the finished product.
You can find Broderick on Twitter at @SavoryExposure, Facebook at facebook.com/savoryexposure
Ginny McCormack- Chef
Ginny McCormack is a speaker, food writer, cooking instructor, and author of the cookbook, Sunday in the South. She writes and teaches about the art of southern cuisine and hospitality. Ginny appears regularly on regional and national television and radio. She was a TV chef and home life consultant for the nationally broadcast show, EveryDay, on Family Net Television. Ginny is a resident judge for Culinary Fight Night, the official chef of the Moby in the Morning radio show, and a food columnist for Southern Journal Magazine. She lives with her family in Marietta, GA.
Follow Chef Ginny on Twitter at
@GinnyMcCormack
Holly Firfer- TV & Radio Host
Holly is an Emmy nominated journalist who you have seen covering anything from hurricanes to floods to celebrity trials, campaign trails and sporting events for CNN. She is also heard on the radio on 94.1/ Star94 in Atlanta on the weekends.
She also worked as a correspondent for CNN's Health Unit where she won numerous honors from health and medical organizations for stories she wrote and produced. She was also part of the CNN team that won the coveted James Beard award as a correspondent on the CNN show "On The Menu".
Follow Holly on Twitter at @HollyFirfer