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New Partner Announcement

Chef Shawn Gawle Announces Plans for his First Restaurant in Houston, TX

Camaraderie will open in the Houston Heights neighborhood in early 2025

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Robb Report

The 50 Most Powerful People in American Fine Dining

Robb Report's second annual ranking of the restaurant industry's most influential figures, as chosen by their peers.

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Bloomberg

Two Star Chefs Are Secretly Feeding Your Favorite NBA and WNBA Players

Aramark has teamed up with Bizarre Food’s Chef Andrew Zimmern and Soigne Hospitality Chef Gavin Kaysen to serve more pro and college athletes nationwide

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Food & Wine

How One Chef Has Changed the Midwestern Culinary Landscape

2007 F&W Best New Chef Gavin Kaysen is paving the way for young cooks in Minneapolis and beyond.

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New Partner Announcement

elemental mktg proudly announces it is now the agency of record for KZ Provisioning, a culinary company founded by award-winning Chefs Andrew Zimmern and Gavin Kaysen in 2017 to fuel professional athletes.

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BBC Wildlife

Can the Great Barrier Reef be saved?

How Australia’s Indigenous Peoples could hold the key

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Earth

Why Elevating Indigenous Voices Is Crucial to Protecting the World’s Coral Reefs

Opinion:

Just 6% of the world’s population are First Nations peoples, yet they steward 80% of the world’s biodiversity. And they do it without easy access to capital. Less than 1% of global climate finance has reached Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. Creating an environment where First Nations peoples are financially supported and welcomed into leadership roles in conservation is critical to the survival of our planet’s most sensitive and vulnerable habitats.

(Photo credit: Tourism and Events Queensland)

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Associated Press

Chef Stefani De Palma and Commis Bradley Waddle for Team USA won Gold at the Bocuse d’Or Americas culinary competition in New Orleans. Now they’re heading to the finals in Lyon, France in January 2025.

(Photo credit: Ken Goodman)

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New Partner Announcement

elemental mktg is proud to announce its partnership with Ment’or, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation that aims to educate and inspire excellence in young culinary professionals.

Ment’or champions the diversity and creativity of the traditions and quality of cuisine in America. The Foundation is led by founders Chefs Daniel Boulud, Thomas Keller and Jérôme Bocuse, as well as an esteemed Culinary Council of over sixty renowned chefs.

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NBC “California Live”

NBC’s “California Live” turns the spotlight onto Brandi Andres, owner of The Wellest. in Long Beach. A non-alcoholic bottle shop and modern mercantile featuring a variety of fair trade and sustainable home goods and products for health-positive living

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New York Times

The New York Times itinerary for 36 Hours in Minneapolis features Spoon and Stable as its top pick for a bustling restaurant and bar with a beautiful, newly renovated bar and dining room. “A recent dessert stand-out was the almond cake with coconut and lime curd, pineapple sherbet and a sprinkle of ancho chile powder.”

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20 Years of Scaleable Impact

For 20 years, CovationBio PDO has silently been working behind the scenes to reduce global dependence on petroleum-based materials in our every day lives.

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Earth Day Beach Cleanup

We see images of beaches and waterways clogged with litter and it’s hard to accept that our home beaches are also suffering. We gathered up some friends for an Earth Day beach cleanup. And were astonished at how much we collected in just 1 hour

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Thrillist

This new Google Arts & Culture exhibit from the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Google, and UNESCO tells the story of the reef and its protectors.

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Axios

Australia's Great Barrier Reef has been hit by a major bleaching event affecting 73% of the iconic ecosystem, according to a new Australian government report.

Scientists are […] working with Aboriginal traditional custodians off the coast of the state of Queensland.

Bob Muir, a Woppaburra people elder who works as an Indigenous partnership coordinator with the Australian Institute of Marine Science on reef restoration and adaptation projects, said the first Australians had carried out key work harvesting coral spawn to replenish reefs.

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New Partner Announcement

elemental mktg is proud to announce its partnership with the Great Barrier Reef Foundation (Queensland, Australia) to elevate the voices of the Traditional Owners of the land and sea Country on and around the Great Barrier Reef.

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Star Tribune

Gavin Kaysen's Demi earns global recognition

The 20-seat tasting-menu restaurant from Kaysen's Soigné Hospitality is among the newest members of Relais & Châteaux, a prestigious global network of 580 independent hotels and restaurants.

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Athletics Weekly

Saucony has partnered with CovationBio PDO to create a new version of its range-topping Triumph model powered by Susterra® propanediol. The Triumph RFG is the first running shoe that uses 55 percent of the corn-based petroleum-free product in the PWRRUN BIO+ cushioned midsole. The shoe feels as plush and exciting to run in as ever, making it a great choice for daily training

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Beach Cleanup

Living in a beach community, we regularly witness the effects of pollution in our waterways. Hosting and joining beach cleanup efforts are one of the ways we contribute to the community. Thank you to Paddle LA & OC and Living LA & OC for hosting this morning event. We filled over 13, 5-gallon buckets with garbage in less than one-hour

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The Mercury News

Folks have called Bex Pezzullo a modern-day Johnny Appleseed — with good reason. The Bay Area hospitality industry veteran and sommelier happened to be launching an apple-centric venture at a challenging time, right before the pandemic hit in 2020. So she hit the road to spread the word about her hard cider. It worked.

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