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America’s most fun chef Marc Weiss known as “DJ CHEF” is the only culinary entertainer who
simultaneously cooks gourmet food & deejays for special events and private parties around the world.
Marc started out deejaying local parties house parties at the age of 16. After high school he went on to
culinary school & became a chef. He graduated culinary school he studied and honed he skills with top chefs
like Bobby Flay & Matthew Kenney in fine restaurants of New York City. He spent a number of years running
kitchens and catering events throughout the NY metro area. Marc's dinner parties began to be the talk of the
town and he continued to focus on that aspect of the business and launched Marc Weiss Catering in 1998.
Marc later combined his two passions of food & music and started entertaining at parties & events where he
deejayed while preparing a gourmet meal and started to be as know as the “DJ CHEF”. The concept got so
popular that he was getting requests to perform at major events. Marc then created a format where he
deejays the event & serves a gourmet food tasting for large scale events, food festivals and corporate
functions.
His unique style created a buzz in the industry and it wasn't long before he appeared on the Food Network’s
“What’s Hot!, What’s Cool!” and co-hosted MTV’s Celebrity Spring Break Style special with Lindsay Lohan.
Other notable TV appearances include; MSNBC’s Entertainment Hot List, Discovery Channel’s Party Planner,
FUSE TV’s One Year Anniversary live on IMX, What’s Hot in the Hamptons with Gina Glickman & an NBC
News feature on the hottest trends in entertainment at the Biz Bash Event Style Show.
Marc has also been making the rounds on the celebrity soiree circuit performing Christy Brinkey & B.Smith’s
Blue Moon BBQ benefiting the East End Organic Farms in the Hamptons, James Blunt’s CD release Party at
BED NYC, Animal Fair Magazine's charity celebrity/pet fashion show with Lauren Conard, Dina & Ali Lohan,
Piper Perabo & Beth Ostrosky-Stern, A gourmet food store opening with the Sopranos & numerous cocktail
parties & benefits with A-List guests.
DJ CHEF is presently working on his own TV series & Cookbook and is performing nationwide at special
events, corporate functions, launch parties, grand openings, food festivals & trade shows. Recent clients
include; Pepsi, Tommy Hilfiger, Gucci, Clairol, Target, Madison Square Garden, WebMD, Estee Lauder, W
Hotels, Trump National, & Mercedes-Benz.
Marc was honored this year by his Alma Mater the New York Restaurant School and will be inducted into their
Hall of Fame for his achievement in the culinary field. He is also is active in supporting charities. He served
as Honorary Chairman for an event to help in the fight against AIDS with LIACC and served as the honorary
chef for the March of Dimes Star Chef’s Gala. He will be donating his time this year as emcee and judge for
the Long Island Teen Top Chef competition which will raise funds for a scholarship to send a talented teen to
culinary school.
DJ CHEF has performed his high energy cooking demonstrations at Viking Culinary, Williams Sonoma, ICE
Culinary, Bloomingdale, Macy’s Herald Square, Stew Leonard’s, Fairway, East Bay Farms, Hicks Nursery,
Alameda County Fair, New York Culinary Festival, Hamptons Home Show and at numerous other venues,
grand openings, trade shows & public events.
More information, video clips, photos from past events & booking info
website www.DJCHEF.com.
FEATURED ON “WHAT’S HOT! WHAT’S COOL!”
LINDSAY LOHAN & DJ CHEF CO-HOSTS MTV CELEBRITY SPRING BREAK
FOOD
By BRADEN KEIL
Call him “DJ CHEF.”
Chef Marc Weiss
makes a living out of
a unique combination
of his twin passions
for music and food:
He'll pump up the
volume, while he
sautés the squab at
your next dinner
party.
He'll be featured on
the Food Network's
show "What's Hot!
What's Cool!" on
Monday.
WHATS HOT IN THE HAMPTONS
CHRISTIE BRINKLEY’S BLUE MOON BBQ
DJ CHEF’S W HOTEL TOUR
CO-HEADLINED WITH
MOBY & The Wallflowers AS PART OF
“ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND”
W Heights Hip Factor
W Hotels is burnishing its image as the hotel industry's arbiter of hip with recent marketing initiatives that
include a branding campaign, lifestyle events and a fashion partnership. Recent additions to the W culture
experience include:
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The Warmth of Cool branding campaign is the umbrella
positioning statement for the company's marketing programs,
playing on guests' heightened sense of aspiration. It aims to
showcase the brand's ability to be "fashionable but friendly, hip
but welcoming, designdriven but comfortable." Collateral from
the campaign pulls the guest in with a series of playful invites.
Examples include, for door hangers, "When? Not quite yet." And
for pencils, "Whatcha thinking? Write it down."
W Happenings, the brand's signature series of lifestyle events
include everything from film screenings and wine tastings to art
previews and celebrity book readings that take place in the
hotels.
DJ CHEF serves up his signature
eats & beats on his W Hotel tour
in NY, LA & Chicago.
Recent W Happenings have included performances by Moby and
the Wallflowers, DJ CHEF (fun cooking demonstration/cocktail
party) and An Evening of Luxury (private photos of Jackie
Onassis).
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A partnership this fall between W Hotels Worldwide and style icon Diane von Furstenberg,
including the creation of exclusive DVF beauty and fashion " emergency kits" for W guestrooms
and retail stores. The "emergency survival kit" features a boxed set of mini lip glosses, mascara
and perfume from von Furstenberg's signature cosmetics line. The "emergency fashion kit" will
feature DVF's classic black wrap dress with matching thong, packaged in a customized garment
bag.
The new programs and branding message will be promoted through advertising, direct mail and e-mail
messages.
"We don't think of ourselves as a hotel, but as a place," says Ross Klein, senior vice president and chief
marketing officer for W Hotels Worldwide. "We're a place you can experience warmth and cool. Our point of
difference from some others in the market is that they are sort of 'cool and cruel,' or 'warm and wimpy.' The
Warmth of Cool expands through all our departments, including operations, planning, real estate group and
marketing. It's warm, meaning we will embrace you and be comforting and give you a terrific service product
and welcome you as a family member and create a home for you. But it's also cool because we're flirty,
we're insider, we're an escape, we have leading design, we have happening things that are exclusive to W
that create a sense of discovery or rediscovery for our guests."
"We try to be trend-right and trend-sensitive but not trend-y," adds Klein. "I'm very concerned that what we
do is on trend, that reflects pop culture, but we don't want to be so trendy that it's intimidating or we date
ourselves. We spend a lot of time determining and implementing what's next in technology, in home design,
in guest/consumer products, encompassing wellness, music and fashion. We want to be the lifestyle
authority on those areas."
MARC MALKIN’S NATIONALLY SYNDICATED CELEBRITY GOSSIP COLUMN
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE HAMPTONS
“Usher’s Committed”
It’s the event women across the tri-state area have been dreaming about for months, Super
Saturday, the ultimate high-end designer garage sale. Donna Karan, Charla Lawhon, In
Style and Kelly Ripa hosted this years 8th annual Super Saturday, benefiting the Ovarian
Cancer Research Fund.
Even the man who invented the phrase, “Shopping for a good cause,” former Mayor
Rudolph Giuliani and wife Judith Nathan couldn’t resist the upscale bargains. Other celebrity shopaholics included Cathy
Moriarty, Christy Turlington, Petra Nemcova, Ines Rivero,
Nicole Miller, TLC’s T-Boz just to name a few. Even Howard
Stern showed up with his sweetheart, Beth Ostrosky. When I
asked Howard why he came out to support the cause he
motioned to Beth and laughed, “I do whatever she tells me.”
There’s no real evidence yet, to the reports that Usher’s girlfriend, model
Eishia Brightwell, is three months pregnant with his child, but it’s apparent
Usher loves kids. This past Saturday evening at the 6th annual Art For Life
Benefit, Usher attended the event for the first time ever with Eishia by his side.
I managed to lure the superstar away from Eishia for a few minutes, by telling him we just happen to share
the same birthday, October 14th.
The mega star, whose original dance moves have been compared to Michael
Jackson, revealed to me why he decided to attend AFL, “Anytime someone who
is blessed makes an act that is from the heart as a philanthropist I want to be
supportive. I really do respect the cause. Usher admitted he is interested in expanding his organization
for children with the help of Russell Simmons and his Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation.
Russell and Kimora Lee Simmons would be the
perfect partners when it comes to raising money for
kids. The couple has hosted the AFL benefit at their
East Hampton estate since 2000 and this year raised
more than $1.3 million to benefit art education in NYC
Meanwhile in East Hampton, EECO Farm’s Blue Moon Ball Barbecue cochaired by Christie Brinkley & B. Smith featured several celebrity chefs’
cuisine including DJ CHEF Marc Weiss who was cookin’ up his specialty, eats
and beats just before performing late night for the first time at Star Room, where
he literally got the entire club up and moving.
How can you get invited to one of the hottest celeb filled after parties on the East
End? Get out and support Community Theater and donate money to
Playwrights Kitchen East. Last week’s guest list included Steven Weber,
Wendie Malick, and Jack Mulcahy. This Sunday, August 7th, Mercedes Ruehl stars in, “Women Who Steal” 8 p.m. at Guild
Hall. For more information, go to www.playwrightskitchen.com.
Photos: Usher, Kelly Ripa, Kimora Lee Simmons, Alicia Keys and DJ CHEF & Gina Glickman.
Until next week-Life is short, you only live once, so party on!
Director, Writer, Producer, Entertainment & Lifestyle Correspondent, Gina Glickman is currently creating shows for MTV and can
be seen Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays starring on News 12 Long Island’s “What’s Hot in the Hamptons.”
DJ CHEF HEADLINES THE
TORONTO HOT & SPICY FOOD FESTIVAL
UBM Magazine at the Paris Hilton Fragrance Launch Party
DJ CHEF prepares the “Paris Pink Drink”
UBM Magazine DJ Chef and Paris Hilton get creative at her fragrance
release party (Duvet, NYC), and best of all we got the mix recipe…
Ingredients
1 part Stoli Vanil
1 part Stoli Strasberi
15oz can of peaches
½ part vanilla syrup
Rose champagne
Splash of grenadine
Preparation
Pour the canned peaches into the blender and hit puree. This should take about
10 seconds.
Take a jigger, a handy little measuring device, and fill it with 1 ¼ oz Stoli Vanil.
Pour it into the shaker, then do the same with 1 ¼ oz Stoli Strasberi.
TIP: If you don't have a jigger gadget, remember the top part of your shaker is
perfect to use. Measured as 2 oz.
½ part of vanilla syrup or a three count.
Add ½ oz of peach puree, then some ice to chill and shake for about 5 seconds.
Pour mixture into a flute glass, but fill only halfway. For the other half, add the
rose champagne, and that's where you get your pinkness. You can always add a
splash of grenadine for extra color.
DJ CHEF IS FEATURED ON MSNBC’S ENTERTAINMENT HOTLIST
DJ CHEF & SHARON TAY AT DJ CHEF’S PERFORMANCE
AT THE W HOTEL IN NEW YORK CITY.
DJ CHEF was the special guest &
performed live on IMX for the
One year anniversary party for FUSE TV
JUNE 21, 2006
DJ Chef (aka Marc Weiss) featured tonight
on Food Network’s “What’s Hot What’s Cool.”
EVENT STYLE REPORTER
FRESH IDEAS
“TASTY TREATS, COOL BEATS”
Here’s someone who
combines the chef’s table
with a turntable. Marc
Weiss—aka DJ Chef—
started out as a DJ
before heading to
culinary school. Weiss
can prepare a meal while
guests watch, (or
participate!) and spin
music while they devour
what he has prepared.
Menu and the number of
people will affect the
cost.
-Mark Mavrigian