August 20, 2015 In

HMSHost Channel Your Inner Chef Event

HMSHost Channel Your Inner Chef Event

“Working with Paulette Wolf Events feels like you’re working with people who you’ve already known. It’s been so comfortable, there’s been a lot of trust, and a lot of expertise has been brought to the table.”

— Shayna Iglesias (Senior Marketing Manager, HMSHost)

OBJECTIVE

The Channel Your Inner Chef event was to create the first of its kind cooking competition hosted by HMSHost. Held at O’Hare’s International Airport, HMSHost wanted to showcase their corporate capabilities nationwide, allowing other airports to see what their company can do for them that is different and out of the box.

 

OVERVIEW

On March 31, 2015 we produced the very first Channel Your Inner Chef event. Five chef applicants competed for thirty minutes in a friendly culinary battle. The winner would receive 2 VIP tickets to the James Beard Award Dinner held in Chicago as well as their winning dish featured at Goose Island Pub Restaurant at the airport.

Producing an event of this magnitude at an airport presented some challenges, including supplying knives and other sharp objects to the contestants and allowing VIP guests into the event space without an airplane ticket; while still adhering to TSA regulations and rules. We worked closely with airport staff, security and HMSHost to ensure that this event was flawless but safe for all guests, travelers and staff.

Following the competition, we held an event on July 16, 2015 where we introduced the winning dish, a blackened jerk chicken with a sweet potato puree, black bean and corn salsa and mango barbeque sauce. This dish, presented by winner Nikkia Stone, was served at Goose Island Pub for the remainder of the month. The VIP event featured speeches from the new Chicago Airport Commissioner, Ginger S. Evans, Alderman Michael Zalewski and CEO of HMSHost, Steve Johnson. We also highlighted the two custom videos that were created for this event; a trailer announcing the competition and a sizzle reel of the actual competition.

FlexPod Launch
Senior Lifestyle Corporation
January 15, 2015 In

Event Hospitality

Event Hospitality

“WOW doesn’t begin to capture the effort and end result.”

— Bill Freeman (Vice President, Disney Regional Entertainment)

OVERVIEW

 

Paulette Wolf Events pioneered corporate hospitality as you see it today creating a one-phone call concept for tenting, food & beverage, décor, tickets and entertainment. There are certain limited engagement events that qualify as nothing less than spectacular. Extravaganzas like The Super Bowl, The Kentucky Derby and The U.S. Open draw corporate sponsors and participants by the thousands. Our focus during such events is creating corporate villages that make the whole experience truly unforgettable.

HOSPITALITY EVENTS INCLUDE

    • The Super Bowl
    • Major League Baseball All Star Game
    • The Kentucky Derby
    • The Orange Bowl
    • The Rose Bowl
    • The Breeder’s Cup
    • The Toshiba Senior Golf Classic
    • U.S. Open Golf Championship
    • Ron Jon Pro-AM Surfing Festival
    • The Los Angeles Marathon
    • Chicago’s Air & Water Show
    • McDonalds’ Air & Sea Show
    • The Olympic Games

 

1996 Centennial Olympic Games
Virtual Events
December 14, 2014 In

1996 Centennial Olympic Games

1996 Centennial Olympic Games

“There was definitely more than one “Dream Team” at the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games and it was Paulette Wolf Events and Entertainment. ”

— Judith Service (Entertainment Director, Atlanta Committee for The Olympic Games)

OBJECTIVE

Paulette Wolf Events was contracted by The Atlanta Committee For The Olympic Games to create, book and produce entertainment in custom venues inside the athlete village.

 

OVERVIEW

PWE was responsible for producing over 250 live performances over 33 days in 6 different venues simultaneously for the 16,000 Olympics athletes, coaches and officials during the Centennial Olympic Games.The challenge was entertaining over 16,000 people who spoke over 100 languages and keeping them engaged. Our primary goal was to not only entertain the athletes and coaches, but to also keep them safe within the village while providing a relaxed social environment for them to interact.

The wide range of entertainment had diverse appeal and transcended all cultural and language boundaries. Entertainment included coffee house music, multi-cultural dance productions, big name entertainment, presidential visits and an international movie premier for Warner Brothers as the grand finale.

 

Chicago Gourmet
Event Hospitality
November 14, 2014 In

Chicago Gourmet

Chicago Gourmet

“It was such a pleasure working with you on Chicago Gourmet! We were so impressed with how PWE managed it all.”

— Melissa Poll (Special Events Director, Conde Nast Food Group)

OBJECTIVE

PWE in partnership with The Illinois Restaurant Association helped bring together the best restaurants in Chicago, the world’s top chefs and superior wineries, breweries and spirit makers to create Chicago Gourmet, a world-class food and wine festival, held at Millennium Park.

 

OVERVIEW

For the inaugural event, PWE was engaged just six weeks prior to the festival. Within the six-week timeframe, we transformed Millennium Park into a culinary landscape enabling guests of the Chicago Gourmet experience various cooking demonstrations, tastings, wineries and seminars by world-class chefs.

We handled all events before and after the including Hamburger Hop, communications and logistics for the venue, sponsors, vendors, celebrity chefs, volunteers and the Illinois Restaurant Association itself as well as the City Of Chicago’s various departments to ensure a seamless event throughout the weekend.

Ferraris On Oak
1996 Centennial Olympic Games
October 14, 2014 In

Ferraris On Oak

Ferraris On Oak

“The PWE team are not only total pros, they are also an absolute joy to work with! Despite many challenges, they pulled off a flawless event that was on-budget and beyond expectations. We couldn’t have been in better hands!”

— Liz Kores (Oak Street Council)

 

OBJECTIVE

PWE was tasked by the Oak Street Council to create an event that would drive shopping traffic to stores on a Sunday while promoting the luxury brand and feel of Oak Street.

 

OVERVIEW

The Ferrari Club of America and the Oak Street Council came together to elicit the glamour and the extravagance of the city in a red carpet event for Ferrari purists and enthusiasts along Oak Street, Chicago’s luxury shopping destination.

PWE shut down Oak Street from Michigan Avenue to State Street to set the stage for 70 award-winning, vintage, late-model and racing Ferraris to be showcased in front of the city’s most beautiful boutiques for public display. Many owners were on hand to answer questions about their fabulous cars. In addition to taking in the incredible views of these iconic automobiles, visitors enjoyed special offers from the boutiques and restaurants on and around Oak Street.

Raffle tickets benefiting McDonald House Charities were sold at the event featuring prizes of restaurant gift certificates, hotel stays and luxury goods from Oak Street retailers. This event after an eight-year hiatus set the foundation for an annual event with its success operationally making it attractive to potential sponsors in the future.

McDonald’s Air & Sea Show
Chicago Gourmet
September 5, 2014 In

McDonald’s Air & Sea Show

McDonald’s Air and Sea Show

“MDM Group has made a commitment to hold the show for the next ten years and we hope that you will continue to produce the corporate hospitality village as well as the name entertainment. I can’t imagine doing anything without you and your wonderful staff.” 

— Mickey Markoff (President, MDM Group/McDonald’s Air & Sea Show)

 

OBJECTIVE

To create a premier, free-to-the-public air and water show, which would feature the world’s greatest civilian pilots and demonstrate the aircraft of the United States Military.

 

OVERVIEW

Over its 13 year run, the Ft. Lauderdale Air & Sea Show was the largest two-day spectator event in the world, hosting over 4.5 million people each year.

In addition to featuring top civilian pilots, the show served as a tribute to the U.S. Armed Forces and annually featured exhibitions by the military’s top aircraft and demonstration teams, including the U.S. Army Golden Knights, the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, and the U.S. Navy Blue Angels.

Working with nearly every city service department in Ft. Lauderdale, Paulette Wolf Events coordinated and produced every element within the three mile show site including air & water operations, food & beverage, corporate hospitality management, VIP parties, fireworks, name entertainment, security, crowd control and vendor management.

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