Meet the Master Chefs of the Miami Gardens Wine and Food Experience

Meet the culinary master minds competing at this year’s inaugural Miami Gardens Wine and Food Experience, set for this Saturday, November 14, at the Miami Gardens Municipal Complex.

Chef Myriam Charles

Claim to Fame: Owner of Divine Cakery, making wedding cakes for celebrities like Amar’e Stoudemire

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Signature Flavor: Though a self-taught pastry chef, Charles brings her Le Cordon Blue culinary background to her technically masterful and whimsical cakes.

Chef Boy Ali

chef boy ali

Claim to Fame: personal chef to sporting elite, like Miami Heat’s Norris Cole and NFL’s Antrelle Rolle and Frank Gore.

Signature Flavor: Cooking for such sport stars, Ali is the go-to guy for big flavors and Americana classics.

Chef Alain Lemaire

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Claim to Fame: Co-owner and Executive Chef of Sensory Delights and a member of both the Silver Key Honor Society and the “Chaine des Rotisseurs.”

Signature Flavor: The Port-au-Prince native loves to bring fresh and bold Haitian flavors in his dishes.

Chef Troy Tingling

Claim to Fame: Celebrity personal chef to the stars, from Miami Heat royalty to former Jamaican Prime Minister, Bruce Golding.

Signature Flavor: Born in Jamaica, Tingling loves to mix a blend of Caribbean flavors in his dishes

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