On this week’s episode, host Caryn Antonini is joined by Silvia Baldini, a classically trained, professional chef, business owner, author, speaker, seasoned media personality and winner of Chopped on Food Network. Born and raised in Torino, Italy, Silvia moved to the United States where she began her professional career in the advertising industry, quickly finding success as an award-winning art director. Her Italian upbringing instilled a passion for the culinary arts which prompted her to shift gears and pursue training at the International Culinary Center in NY. She went on to get her masters in restaurant management at Cornell and a degree from Le Cordon Bleu in London. Silvia has worked in restaurants in London, NY and CT which has included Michelin starred restaurants, the Ritz and Ottolenghi. She launched an innovative culinary group, Strawberry and Sage, has had her recipes and work published in numerous publications and recently authored a cookbook, Les Dames d’Escoffier New York Cookbook - Stirring the Pot.

For more information on our guest:

Silvia Baldinisilviabaldini.com

Caryn Antonini
www.cultivatedbycaryn.com
@carynantonini
@cultivatedbycarynshow

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On this week’s episode, host Caryn Antonini is joined by Houston Blackwell, Head of Sales at Ideal Fish, a seafood company that specializes in raising fresh and clean saltwater fish, which are chemical and hormone free. Their worldclass aquaculture facility produces sustainable, cage free-fish in an effort to provide consumers with healthy, fresh fish and to help our oceans heal.

Houston grew up on the water, accompanying his father on fishing trips, where he developed a passion for aquatic life. Ultimately, that enthusiasm became a lifelong career in the food industry, with the vast majority of those years in the seafood industry.

For more information on our guest:

Seafood Delivery CT | Order Seafood Online | Ideal Fishidealfish.com |

Caryn Antonini
www.cultivatedbycaryn.com
@carynantonini
@cultivatedbycarynshow

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On this week’s episode, host Caryn Antonini is out of the studio and on location with Josh Mesnik, owner and operator of Josie and Tony’s, a private supper club in the trendy SONO district of Fairfield County, Connecticut. Josh is a General Manager by training, bringing over 2 decades of experience to his first restaurant concept which also includes an Italian sandwich shop. He got his start in the restaurant industry waiting tables at Cafe Luxembourg and went on to work front-of-house at Sushi Samba and Bobby Flay’s Mesa Grill in Manhattan. Along the way, he discovered his passion for wine and interned under Virginia Philip, Master Sommelier at the Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida. As his career advanced, he served as lead sommelier at The Standard Highline, The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island and the White Elephant on Nantucket. He achieved a 2-glass Wine Spectator Award and with his dedicated folliwing went on to open Josie and Tony’s.

For more information on our guest:

Josie & Tony'sjosieandtonys.com | @josieandtonys

Caryn Antonini
www.cultivatedbycaryn.com
@carynantonini
@cultivatedbycarynshow

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Get great recipes from Caryn at https://carynantonini.com/recipes/