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Dan Oliver and his 'Beer Guy' labor of love

There's no better time than Labor Day to share a story about how and why an obsession for beer became a thriving career and pastime. Dan Oliver, aka the 'Beer Guy' for the Palm Beach Post in South Florida, is a beer expert and creator focused on helping brewers, consumers and restaurant owners with his Watering Holes column and video production.

Tune into this brief video to learn how Dan's career changed course from sportscaster at WPEC TV12 to one of the most knowledgeable people in the world of beer. And find out why he shares his labor of love with consumers everywhere on the web.  

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A conversation with Chef Nona from Hell's Kitchen and LA Market

Last week I participated with Sitecore at the Gartner Portals, Content & Collaboration Summit in Los Angeles. While enjoying a chop salad for lunch in the LA Market restaurant -- I noticed some people taking pictures with the Chef. 

My first thought was, "yeah the food is good and it's cool that some members of the Gartner team are posing with the Chef." But something else was happening and my intuition took over. In fact, it was Chef Nona, winner of Hell's Kitchen from last season. 

I'm not really into Reality TV but admit I have watched and enjoyed a few episodes of Hell's Kitchen. The show's creativity, emotion, intensity (adult language aside) and pace can be entertaining and informative.

After lunch, I decided to say hello to Chef Nona and asked her if she would be willing to have a brief conversation on camera for the creatorbase community. She graciously agreed and shared some of her thoughts about Hell's Kitchen, Chef Gordon Ramsay, passion, and how to navigate around career related challenges. Chef Nona also provided some advice for other creators, regardless of their field of work or dreams.

What do you think about her perspective in our conversation above? Oh, I went back to LA Market for lunch the next day and recommend the meatloaf, mashed potato and peas. Good comfort food and conversations always hit the spot.

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Jamie Oliver's food for thought and action

We first met Jamie Oliver as the "Naked Chef" from England. He's been creating in the kitchen since childhood and developed a passion early on for fresh, honest food and family experiences. A tireless author, entrepreneur, practitioner and TV personality for a number of years -- he is now on a mission to help Americans make needed changes in lifestyles and diet. In particular, he is focused on educating children on how to change course with this rally call: 

"I wish for your help to create a strong, sustainable movement to educate every child about food, inspire families to cook again, and empower people everywhere to fight obesity."  

Tune into his passionate talk (~20 minutes) recorded at TED on February 10, 2010. I believe Jamie genuinely cares and has great ideas to make a huge impact with food-related issues:

To learn more about Jamie Oliver's wish (and plan) to help educate children, click here for more details and ways to contribute to this important cause. 

What do you think about this post? How do you feel about Jamie's wish?