BY: Atul Kapoor Staff Writer For World Liberty TV
The event welcomed more than 2,400 guests during the course of the day and evening events including industry professionals and consumers at Chelsea Piers in NYC. Throughout the day over 400 varieties of top wines and spirits were shown –over 2,000 bottles were poured and upwards of 35,000 plates of mouthwatering bites from top kosher eateries were served. Kosher Food & Wine Experience is produced each year by Royal Wine, the leading producer, importer and distributor of kosher wines and spirits in the world.
According to Jay Buchsbaum, VP Marketing & Director of Wine Education at Royal Wine Corp.,
“Kosher wine is growing double the pace of general market wine consumption with an average price per bottle of $20+ due to growing consumer demand & industry accolades.
In particular, Israeli wines are very much in demand. Israel is the region with the strongest growth in the kosher wine world, hands down. And critics are taking note too– this past October the Wine Spectator featured a cover story on Israeli wines along with an impressive list of over 20 90+ rated wines.”
With Passover just around the corner (April 10-18, 2017), seasonal demand for kosher wines is already ramping up. KFWE has fulfilled its growing role as a key influencer in determining which wines will grace America’s Seder tables showing wines ranging in price from $6 to $250.”
Kosher Foods & Cuisine at KFWE 2017
The cornucopia of food represented a variety of cuisines including classical French, Japanese, steakhouse favorites, traditional Jewish cooking, nouveau American, charcuterie, fusion, Caribbean, authentic barbecue, and Mexican, as well as a variety of decadent desserts and specialty coffees. Guests enjoyed some unexpected dishes such as herb crusted rib-eye, Thai chicken and rice, beef and beet dumplings, Hamachi with yuzu, chicken comfit with mashed cauliflower, tuna poke, lamb bacon brittle, and truffle gribenes.
“The Kosher Food and Wine Experience is a chance for restaurateurs, caterers, vintners, and spirit distillers to showcase the very latest in the expanding world of kosher food & beverage. It is a chance to set trends and raise the bar,” said David Levy, VP of Marketing and Special Events for Royal Wine Corp who’s already planning next year’s shows.
World Liberty TV, Food and Wine Channel team was on hand and had a great time tasting the food and enjoying the festivities of the night, see more about Kosher food in our World Liberty TV, Food and Wine Channel by Clicking here.
Jean Shafiroff is an American philanthropist and socialite. She lives in Manhattan, in New York City, and in Southampton, New York. Shafiroff serves on philanthropic boards in New York City and Southampton.
Shafiroff has been a trustee of the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services (JBFCS) since 1992, and served as a board member of the Youth Counseling League, a division of JBFCS, from 1998 to 2009. She has served as co-chair of Southampton Bath & Tennis Club Charitable Foundation since 2005, and as a member of the board of directors from 2001 to 2004.
Shafiroff is also a board member of Lighthouse International since 2009. She joined the board of Couture Council, which supports the museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), in 2010. In April 2012, Shafiroff was appointed to the board of the French Heritage Society. Later that year, she joined the board of the New York Women’s Foundation after having hosted the foundation’s annual luncheon fundraiser the previous four years. She is an honorary board member of the Southampton Animal Shelter.
Shafiroff is known for “her leadership in raising money for the Southampton Hospital.” She chaired the hospital’s annual summer gala fundraiser for the years 2010–2011 and 2013. Shafiroff has chaired other galas and fundraisers, including the Bicentennial Gala of the NY Mission Society,the Solar One Gala,and the New York City American Cancer Society Gala three times. Shafiroff has also organized and hosted high-profile luncheons for charitable organizations.
She married Martin D. Shafiroff, managing director at Barclays, in 1982. They have two adult children, Jacqueline and Elizabeth.
World Liberty TV ,Team was on hand at The Successful Philanthropy ,How to make a life by what you give ,Book Debut Cocktail Reception By Jean Shafiroff and introduction by Georgina Bloomberg.., See Exclusive interview with Mrs Shafiroff in our World Liberty TV ,Book Review Channels ,See what She had to say about her book and why she Wrote it.
The Book The Successful Philanthropy ,How to make a life by what you give, can be bought on Amazon , Kindle Version and hard Copy and is published by Hatherleigh.
Theodore A. “Teddy” Atlas, Jr. is an American boxing trainer and fight commentator. The son of a doctor, Atlas grew up in a wealthy area of Staten Island, New York City, New York. His mother Mary Riley Atlas was a former contestant in the Miss America pageant system, as well as a model. His father was of Hungarian Jewish descent. Teddy spent summers in Spring Lake New Jersey, with his family’s friends.
Teddy Atlas trained as an amateur boxer with Hall of Fame trainer Cus D’Amato. He had some amateur fights but had to turn to training due to a back injury. Atlas was an assistant to D’Amato, although his role in the Catskill Boxing Club was short-lived. His duties included assisting in the training of D’Amato’s teenage protégé Mike Tyson. However, Atlas left the camp in 1982 following an altercation with the 16-year-old Tyson after Tyson had been sexually inappropriate with a 11-year-old female relative of Atlas’s (Tyson said he had grabbed the girl’s buttocks). Atlas put a .38 caliber handgun to Tyson’s ear and told him to never touch his family again or he would kill him if he did. This altercation between Atlas and a young Mike Tyson led to Atlas’ dismissal from the Catskill Boxing Club and he was told he was no longer welcome in D’Amato’s home or around any of his adopted children (his fighters whom he had legally adopted, Tyson included).
Atlas enjoyed his biggest success as head trainer to Michael Moorer, whom he guided to the world heavyweight title in 1994. He drew criticism for what some considered to be overly dramatic speeches in the ring corner, particularly during Moorer’s Heavyweight title fight with Evander Holyfield, and some felt he did this to draw attention to himself rather than help his fighter. During one such speech Atlas blocked Moorer from sitting on his stool and asked “Do you want me to take over?” Atlas has denied this, stating that he did what he believed the fighter needed based on his understanding of the fighter. Moorer went on to defeat Holyfield by a majority decision.
Atlas worked as a boxing commentator for NBC’s coverage of the Olympic Games in Sydney (2000), Athens (2004), Beijing (2008) and London (2012).
Atlas currently serves as commentator for ESPN, formerly for ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights and Wednesday Night Fights and currently for ESPN’s Premier Boxing Champions fights. In 2001, he won the Sam Taub Award for excellence in boxing broadcasting journalism, and was a contributor on fight doctor Ferdie Pacheco’s The 12 Greatest Rounds of Boxing DVD, on which he stated that in the first Ali-Liston fight the famous “blind round” in which Ali could not see after being hit by Liston’s gloves which had been smeared in a substance that temporarily blinded Ali. Atlas stated he would have refused to have cut Ali’s gloves off and would have simply sent him out with the advice to just “run”.
Atlas is currently married to Elaine, with whom he has two children: Teddy III and Nicole.
In 1997, he founded the Dr. Theodore Atlas Foundation to honor the memory of his father. The foundation awards scholarships and grants to individuals and organizations. Atlas published his autobiography, Atlas: From the Streets to the Ring: A Son’s Struggle to Become a Man, in 2006. The book covers many different periods of Atlas’s life, and compares his position as trainer to a role as a father.
World Liberty TV,Boxing Team was on hand @ The Manny Pacquiao VS Timothy Bradley 3rd Fight @ MGM Las Vegas in April 2016, at MSG NY Press Conference, Mr Atlas is the Trainer of Bradley in this mega fight, see what he had to say to world liberty TV, Boxing Channel.
Marv Albert is an American sportscaster. Honored for his work as a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, he is commonly referred to as “the voice of basketball”. From 1967–2004, he was also known as “the voice of the New York Knicks”.
Albert has called the play-by-play of six Super Bowls, NBA Finals, and seven Stanley Cup Finals. He has also called the Wimbledon Tennis Championships for TNT with Jim Courier and Mary Carillo. He also worked as a co-host and reporter for two World Series (1986 and 1988).
Albert currently works for Turner Sports and CBS Sports. He serves as lead announcer for NBA games on TNT, has formerly called regional NFL games on CBS, and also calls NCAA tournament action for CBS and Turner.
For 37 years beginning in 1967, Albert was the voice of the New York Knicks on radio and television (getting his start by being a ball boy for the Knicks before getting his first break on New York radio by sportscaster Marty Glickman) before being let go by James L. Dolan, the chairman of the MSG Network and Cablevision, after Albert criticized the Knicks’ poor play on-air in 2004. His son Kenny Albert has been a part-time play-by-play announcer for the Knicks since 2009, whenever the older Albert’s successor Mike Breen (whom he later followed on the NBA on NBC broadcasts and now works on ESPN and ABC aside from his role at MSG) is unavailable.
Albert has gained credibility and popularity among younger television viewers during his 126 [8] guest appearances on David Letterman’s late night talk shows for NBC and CBS. Each time Albert appears, he brings with him a group of clips featuring sports bloopers and outstanding plays, which he narrates and dubs the “Albert Achievement Awards”. The music accompanying the bloopers is “12th Street Rag”.
Albert was placed as number 14 on David J. Halberstam’s list of Top 50 All Time Network Television Sports Announcers on Yahoo! Sports.
In 1992, he appeared as himself on Roger Waters’ rock album Amused to Death, giving a mock commentary on the destruction of an oil rig on the song “Perfect Sense, Part II”.
An “Albert Achievement Awards” video was released in 1993. It featured cameos by Mike Fratello, Ahmad Rashad, Charles Barkley, David Letterman, O.J. Simpson, Bob Costas, and Tom Brokaw.
Albert became the first guest commentator in MTV’s Celebrity Death Match cartoon series. He appeared in the 1998 pilot episode before being replaced with Stacey Cornbred.
Albert was briefly mentioned in the 2006 film Grandma’s Boy.
Albert also appeared as a special guest on The Simpsons, in the Season 20 episode “The Burns and the Bees” in 2008.
Albert’s voice is imitated in the popular video game NBA Jam. The announcer was modeled on Albert although there is no mention of Albert in the game and was actually voiced by Tim Kitzrow.
Cable ACE Award – six times.
Curt Gowdy Media Award – awarded by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, 1994.
American Sportscasters Association Sportscaster of the Year (Play-by-Play) – 1996. Other honorees included Sportscaster of the Year (Studio Host) Chris Berman, Hall of Fame inductee Jack Whitaker, Sports Legend Joe Frazier and Honorary Sportscaster Dr. Henry Kissinger.
Emmy Award – for national sports: five times; for New York: three times.
Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame – inducted in 2006.
National Jewish Museum Sports Hall of Fame – inducted in 1992.
New York State Sportscaster of the Year – twenty times.
National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame – inducted in 2014.
World Liberty TV, Team had the pleasure of interviewing Mr Albert as he was getting ready to be inducted in The Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame class of 2015, see more right here in our World Liberty TV, Sports Channel .
The Kings of Queens Business Awards & Networking Event honors influential men in business whose major achievements and whose participation in many community activities throughout the years has helped the borough grow. The event includes a business expo with networking followed by a dinner and awards ceremony.
Hall of Fame Recipients
Thomas Chen, President & CEO, Crystal Windows & Door Systems, Ltd.
J. Douglas Montgomery, Principal Broker, Home NY
Philanthropists of the Year
Mike Cave, President & CEO, 1st Equity
Rich Cave, EVP/COO, 1st Equity
Founders of PinkTie.org
Joseph P. Asselta, Co-Head of the Firm’s Construction Law Department, Forchelli, Curto, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo & Terrana, LLP
Mike Bingold, Executive Vice President, Flushing Bank
Anthony Caiazzo, President, Caiazzo Plumbing & Heating Corp.
Dr. Abraham Chahine, President, Avenue Orthodontics
Dr. John Charos, DVM, President & CEO, Central Veterinary Associates
Joseph V. Crifasi, Licensed Real Estate Broker, Crifasi Real Estate, Inc.
Dr. Rand David, Director of Ambulatory Care, Elmhurst Hospital Center
Roman Davydov, Founder, Exit Realty First Choice
Soloman Davydov, Founder, Exit Realty First Choice
Dragon Deng, President, New York Mart Group Inc.
JP DiTroia, Lieutenant Governor, Kiwanis Club of the Queens West Division
Anthony Durante, CEO, Durante Rentals
Richard A. Fromm, Founder, FROMMVIDEO
Larry Galante, Assistant VP for Facilities, Parker Jewish Institute For Health Care & Rehabilitation
Vito Giannola, Executive Vice President/Chief Retail Officer, Sussex Bank
Thomas A. Golden III, SECY – Treasurer/ Funeral Director/Co-Owner, Martin A. Gleason Funeral Home LLC
George L. Greco, Principal, Midhattan Woodworking Corp.
Tim Hao, President/RA, HCD Architect
Steve Haussel, Project Executive, VRH Construction
Hanson James, President, Creative Construction Services Corp.
Patrick B. Jenkins, President, Patrick B. Jenkins & Associates
George Li, Founding Partner, Li, Xu & Associates
Stefan Malliet, 2nd Vice President, Branch Manager, New York Community Bank
James Mattone, Principal, Law office of James Mattone
Lou Medina, Financial Sales Professional, New York Life Insurance Company
Manuel Miranda, Branch Manager, Adecco
Joseph Mure, Principal, Joseph Mure Jr. & Associates
Rocco Oppedisano, General Manager, On Time Ready Mix Inc.
Angelo Pantazis, Manager, North Shore Towers
Nicos Paphitis, Business Development Officer, Investors Bank
Diego Pinzon, Vice President, Signature Bank
Dr. Farshid Radparvar, Chief of Cardiology, Queens Hospital Center
David Ramos, Program Director, New York City Children’s Center
Christopher Savino, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
Jason Schwartz, Founder, Premier Consulting
Ram Singla, President & CEO, MAR Air Foods, Inc.
George A. Tsairis, President, Tsairis Architecture
Matthew S. Washington, Deputy Director of External Affairs, The Durst Organization
Swain Weiner, President/Partner, Greiner Maltz Investment Properties
Robert Yeganeh, President, Love my Shoes
