Martha Stewart to Appear at the 2007 Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival Presented By Food & Wine Magazine and Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

Martha Stewart to Appear at the 2007 Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival Presented By Food & Wine Magazine and Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

MIAMI, July 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Lee Brian Schrager, Founder and Director of the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival presented by Food & Wine magazine, announced today that multi-media lifestyle entrepreneur, Martha Stewart, will receive the Festival's Lifetime Achievement Award.

On Sunday, February 25, at the Festival's Tribute Brunch, Stewart will be honored for being a visionary in the multi-media lifestyle arena. The Festival will also pay tribute to world renowned winemakers Robert and Peter Mondavi with the Southern Wine & Spirits of America Lifetime Achievement Award and Florida International University will also recognize a soon-to-be named honoree with the Michael E. Hurst Distinguished Hospitality Leaders Award.

"We are thrilled and honored to be welcoming a true pioneer in the world of cooking, decorating and entertaining," said Schrager. "Martha Stewart is the ultimate lifestyle guru. We are elated that she has taken time out from her busy schedule to join us on the beach for the sixth year of the festival."

"I'm honored to be receiving this award from the South Beach Wine and Food Festival, which has grown so much and given so much back to culinary education," commented Martha Stewart. "I am very excited about attending the festival in February, and in Miami Beach, one of my favorite places, so rich in culture and inspiring to me in all of the food, lifestyle and design work that we do at Martha Stewart Living."

Stewart will also lead the opening culinary seminar at the Festival's popular Grand Tasting Village on beautiful South Beach. The announcement of Stewart's participation comes just weeks after Food Network announced its new role as title sponsor of the annual epicurean gathering in South Beach.

Produced by Florida International University and Southern Wine & Spirits of Florida, the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival presented by Food & Wine magazine will continue to bring together some of the planet's greatest chefs, winemakers, spirits producers and culinary personalities to entertain patrons in high style and to educate palates with cooking demos and wine seminars.

For more information about the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival visit the Festival website at http://www.sobewineandfoodfest.com/ or call 877-762-3933. For more information about Florida International University visit http://www.fiu.edu/ and for more information about Southern Wine & Spirits visit http://www.southernwine.com/ .

Source: Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival

CONTACT: Patrick Jong, +1-305-627-1275, or patrickjong@southernwine.com;
or Lisa Palley, +1-305-642-3132, or lpalley@bellsouth.net, both for the Food
Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival; or Maydel Santana Bravo, Florida
International University, +1-305-348-1555, or Maydel.Santana-bravo@fiu.edu

Web site: http://www.sobewineandfoodfest.com/
http://www.fiu.edu/
http://www.southernwine.com/

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