Sunday, March 14, 2010

7:00 - 9:30 pm

US1 & SW 136 Street

Tropical Dining & Entertainment

Join us for an evening of delicious food and three stages of live entertainment all in a beautiful setting. Sample the delights of some of South Florida’s premier restaurants and caterers such as:

• A Joy Wallace Catering Production & Design Team
• A&S Delicious Catering
• Anacapri
• Antonucci Events
• Bargello Bistro
• Café Sambal
• Creative Tastes Catering
• Crepe Maker
• Death by Chocolate<
• Fare to Remember Creative Caterer
• Flans, Etc.
• Giardino Gourmet Salads
• Golden Chic Catering
• InterContinental Miami
• Johnny Rockets
• LA Sweets
• Los Ranchos Steakhouse
• The Melting Pot
• Power Pizza
• Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory
• Sir Pizza
• Smith & Wollensky
• Starbucks
• Trattoria Sole
• We're Having a Party, Inc.

       And...

• Robert Morgan Educational Center
• Vera Bradley
• Williams-Sonoma

Restaurant Bios

	LA Sweets LA Sweets is the brain child of owners Letty Alvarez and Eddie Dominguez. The elegant yet trendy hotspot serves up gourmet desserts and coffee. Letty is both baker and owner, churning out everything from smooth, moist cupcakes and luxuriously decadent butter cream frosting to chocolate drizzled strawberries and caramel covered apples.  The family-run business prides itself in using only the finest ingredients and offers customers a cozy and relaxing ambience for both adults and children, with free Wi-Fi, classic board games and a large flat screen TV.
	Flans, Etc. Flans, Etc. began as just an idea between two friends Lucia Plazas and Maria Elena Iglesias, who felt that their favorite childhood dessert could use a little makeover. Although the original recipe is to die for, they wanted to give flans, a little facelift…  with such premium flavors as White Chocolate Delight, Dark Chocolate Fantasy, Amaretto, Cappuccino, etc.  Flans, Etc. has definitely accomplished what they set out to do!

2010 Chefs Cook it Up for Kids Excellence Award Winner

Joy Wallace, President
A Joy Wallace Catering Production & Design Team

Joy Wallace and her husband Richard have been South Florida residents since 1972. They met at Bowling Green State University and had the opportunity to travel quite a bit while Richard was in the Army. They moved from Ohio to Miami with their two daughters, Kellie and Hollie, who now live in Gainesville and Conway, Arkansas. 

Joy spent her early years in Miami at home with their girls. Once they were both in high school, Joy went back to school at Florida International University. Her love of people and her natural gift for putting them at ease, plus her love for cooking and creating new recipes, led her to FIU’s famed School of Hospitality. After earning a B.S. in Hospitality Management with a 4.0 GPA, Joy went to work as the bookkeeper at downtown Miami’s prestigious Miami Club. When members began to inquire into the possibility of having their private parties catered, Joy was instrumental in developing the policies, procedures and clientele of this new venture, as she took on responsibility for the coordination of special events.  Eager for the freedom to bring her own unique style to the industry, Joy took the plunge. On 12/01/88, with the staunch support of Richard and the girls, A Joy Wallace Catering Production was born. The cornerstone of her company has been and always will be Joy's strong faith and sense of morality. She has lived her beliefs and remained true to them no matter the circumstances. The challenges have been many, and Joy has faced them all with grace and undaunted energy. Natural disasters (such as Hurricane Andrew in 1992 in which Joy lost her home), global events (like the Gulf War in 1991, the economic recession of recent years, the terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001) and personal crises have all been met head-on and have failed to curb the strength of character and infectious enthusiasm of Joy Wallace. Her business aplomb has grown, her instincts about people (clients, employees and colleagues) have sharpened, and her sense of style has remained fresh, innovative and totally unique.

The success of the company has led to local and national recognition of Joy both as a businesswoman and a caterer. In 2003 and 2007, Joy was named Caterer of the Year by Event Solutions Magazine and Catering Magazine. She has been honored as Business of the Year by the South Florida Business Journal. The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce awarded her company with the Jeanne Bellamy Award (“for Advancement and Promotion of Women in the Workplace”). She has received Seven CATIE Awards from the International Caterer’s Association, three Special Event Gala Awards and two Event Solutions Spotlight Awards. These prestigious awards have fueled continued growth for the company.

In recent years, Joy Wallace has been successful in establishing A Joy Wallace Design Team, a Café and Gift Shop at Miami’s Villa Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, A Joy Wallace Disaster Relief Catering Division, and A Joy to Rent.

Now an icon of the South Florida catering industry, she is respected by her peers, celebrated by her clients, and loved dearly by her family and her catering family; the dedicated group of talented individuals who make up A Joy Wallace Catering Production and Design Team.