 EATertainment™ Events are 2 hour food and wine pairing activities for: Active Adult and Independent Living communities, and Assisted Living Residents. Born out of an idea for unique entertainment needs at corporations and food industry conventions and meetings, The Imagineer Group conceived of the idea of EATertainment™ as a way for food industry professionals to keep up with new food trends and tastes of the times. 
Now available to Active Adults in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and New York, EATertainment™ Participants have the opportunity to learn all about the nuances of new and trendy foods, wines and other beverages, and decide for themselves how well they go together. You’ll learn about the hot new trends, the latest fads and all about your favorite beverages so that a greater inner appreciation is developed.  EATertainment™ programs
are entertaining, fun, informative and totally interactive. "Who doesn’t
love a good happy hour?" And when combined with a new twist, it becomes a great
learning and tasting experience. We conduct a complete social tasting and pairing
where residents can try scrumptious foods prepared by Culinary Institute of
America trained Chef Bob Hiller. Bob has been a culinary, operations and marketing
consultant for over 15 years for some of the best known food manufacturers,
and chain and independent restaurants across the US.EATertainment™ has a variety of trendy educational and tasting programs available each month. Adding EATertainment™ to your events calendar is a win-win for both you and your residents, and an event that is looked forward to by all! This crowd pleaser is sure to bring out everyone. WHAT IS EATertainment™?
HOW DOES EATertainment™ WORK?
RESIDENT/GUEST ADVANTAGES
COMPLEX/FACILITY ADVANTAGES
SAMPLE PROGRAM
SAMPLE EATertainment™ ANNUAL CALENDAR
BACKGROUNDS Chef Bob Hiller, a 1992 graduate of The Culinary Institute of America, is a business and entertainment chef who has honed his skills for the past 11 years as founding partner of The Imagineer Group and The Restaurant Growth Group in Basking Ridge, NJ. IG and RGG are both US foodservice and hospitality industry strategic marketing agencies designed to grow restaurant and food manufacturer businesses based upon guest wants and needs.  After
a successful stint as a chef at various metropolitan area
dining establishments, and being a corporate and social caterer,
Bob returned to the foodservice marketing world and helped
change the landscape at Nabisco, Sara Lee, and Sugar Foods.
Bob then opened The Imagineer Group /The Restaurant Growth
Group. Some of Bob’s clients include: The New York State
Restaurant Association, The Rutgers Food Innovation Center,
Nestle USA and Water, Menu Magic, Coldwater Seafood, The
Turkey Store, Fresh Express, Golden Corral, Subway, Burger
King, Ryan’s Steakhouse and Knott’s Berry Farm. Bob’s
success lies in the fact that he designs exciting guest entertainment
and marketing programs that are intended to get more guests
through the door, increase check averages, increase ROI and
bottom line revenues. Bob is an out-of-the-box hospitality
industry thinker. He believes in relationships, not just
in-and-out one-time jobs. Bob's expert communication and
speaking skills have earned him a place on various organizations’ programs
at events where he motivationally educates and entertains
on business building techniques and trend analysis. Bob is
an expert on eating trends in America and uses his “foodservice
crystal ball” to
help predict what Americans will be eating in the future. Bob also prides himself
on being a teacher, motivator and supporter. “EATertainment™” by Imagineer was the next step in Bob’s quest to provide culinary education & entertainment. “Be it for sustenance or as a place to gather, dining is a daily part of our lives. We eat to live and live to eat. Why not be more informed in a fun way by being able to appreciate the bounties that the earth has provided us? Enjoy what you’re eating….make the most out of life!”  Mary
Ann Hiller began
her career in hospitality when she decided that when she married Bob, she was
going to do the catering and party planning for 300 guests at her own wedding.
She was the operations director at Concepts For Cuisine, Inc. where she and Bob
did catering and event planning for over 10 years. She took this on after a successful
career in medical management with The IVF Program at New York Hospital, Weill
Medical Center, and HealthSouth.In addition to being the Imagineer Marketing special event planner for the foodservices division of Nestle USA, Mary Ann has planned special events and social activities for Nabisco, Hewlett-Packard, Surebeam and Sara Lee Bakery amongst others. As a matter of fact, she has hosted many food and wine pairing dinners for her corporate clients including setting up the first Dessert Food & Wine Pairing at The Culinary Institute of America for Sara Lee Bakery, thereby showing their salesforce new and unique avenues to sell simple desserts. EATertainment™ by Imagineer combines the things that Mary Ann does best – senior care with hospitality. Mary Ann is the mother of 4 children, and is founder of and partner at Errands and Care Senior Services located in Somerset County NJ. |
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Various complementary
desserts will be presented and sampled at the same
time so guests can discern the compatibility/non-compatibility
of the selected desserts to the various wines. These
types of desserts and their ingredients will be discussed
to learn about their properties and how the science
of the chemical reactions that took place during
the baking/cooking process changed the basics thereby
influencing the individual’s palette and taste buds.
Desserts may include: 1) Chocolate Ganache Cake,
2) Raspberry Linzer Tarte, 3) Old Fashioned Apple
Pie, 4) Poached Pair, 5) Tiramisu
