Doreen Colondres Celebrity Chef, Certified Wine Lover, Cookbook Author, Creator of The Kitchen Doesn t Bite & La Cocina No Muerde Consultant, Food & Wine Editor
Doreen Colondres is pure passion, fresh & charismatic Cooking is not a duty, is a lifestyle. A powerful heritage and a rich tradition that is relaxing, fun, sexy, romantic but and more importantly, healthy. Passionate about fresh, flavorful, and seasonal ingredients, she encourages people to enjoy cooking and also the time we spend eating. Her mission is to convince us that #TheKitchenDoesntBite
An energetic certified wine connoisseur & tireless world traveler More than 30 countries and wine regions around the world. Certified by WSET 3, Court of Master Sommelier 1 and École du Vin in Bordeaux. She has a BBA in Business, studied in culinary schools in NY, CA and graduated in FL. Doreen was the first chef ambassador for the prestigious Bordeaux Wine Council in France. She was a judge and spokesperson for the 2011 DO Ribera Del Duero vintage and worked the 2016 harvest season in Chateau Biac, Bordeaux, France. She has also been the host chef of the worldwide awarded Park Hyatt Mendoza Master of Food Wine in Mendoza, Argentina.
Multimedia platform - Book and social media She is an active social media personality More than 100k followers (Spanish and English). H e r we b s i t e s www.lacocinanomuerde.com & www.thekitchendoesntbite.com gets more than 100K hits per month. Her syndicated national column has more than 1 million readers per year. Her book La cocina no muerde was an Amazon s #1 Best Seller for 4 consecutive months, Regional & International. 110 recipes, including chapters about wine, jamón, olive oil, cooking with kids, among others.
Multimedia platform - Spokesperson For second year, Doreen became a spokesperson for the National Pork Pork. She designs recipes for the Pork Es Sabor campaign. Using social media channels, she encourages consumers to cook with pork loin, while she educates them about about the nutritional value and versatility of the cut. In 2018, she also became the new Chef Ambassador for the Spanish brand Fermin Ibérico, the most prestigious Ibérico de Bellota producer in the US. Doreen educates professionals, consumers and represents the brand around the country. Also, Pasta Barilla recently hired her as a chef influencer for their 2018 social media campaign. Doreen develops recipes, while she promotes joy, health, creativity and highlight Barilla as an important ingredient in the Mediterranean diet.
Multimedia platform - Spokesperson Since 2013 she is a Chef Ambassador for Novo Nordisk pharmaceutical, a world leader in diabetes & obesity care. With her recipes & passion, she has done more than 100 live cooking shows around the US. In July, 2017 she partnered with Hass Avocado and the American Heart Association as a spokesperson for their Healthy for Good campaign. A revolutionary movement to inspire us to create lasting changes in our health and life, one small step at a time. Doreen designed recipes for the campaign and hosted videos and ads for social media. Since 2014 she is the celebrity chef in charge of the annual NAHREP Latina Brunch (National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals), designing a 5 course brunch for 500 powerful latinas and sharing powerful & inspiring stories with them.
Multimedia platform - Spokesperson In 2016 she worked as La Lechera spokesperson. She designed dessert recipes for Nestlé and hosted a social media campaign. In 2015 she became for the first time the Celebrity Chef for the National Pork Board. During 15 months, Doreen hosted a massive national media tour with her recipes featuring pork. The campaign launched at the SOBE Food Network Wine & Food Fest in Miami, FL with several cooking shows for general market.
Multimedia platform - Spokesperson In 2013 she became the first Hispanic Celebrity Chef for Bumble Bee Seafoods. Doreen was their bilingual ambassador for 2 years. She designed recipes infused with Latin & Italian flavors featuring Bumble Bee s gourmet Prime Fillet and helped extend Bumble Bee s BeeWell for Life brand philosophy to encourage consumers to exercise and live a healthy and active life. Also in 2013, she became the first Hispanic Celebrity Chef for Bordeaux Wine Council, the most prestigious wine region in the world. Doreen was their spokesperson and consultant, helping Bordeaux connect with the growing U.S. Hispanic market via the Viva Bordeaux campaign. She created upscale Latin recipes paired with Bordeaux wines. National and international media successfully covered the campaign.
Multimedia platform - TV Doreen hosts frequent cooking segments on Un Nuevo Día from Telemundo and Despierta América from Univisión. She was the chef of the 2015 Univisión health campaign Reto28. A 5 weeks massive campaign (diet) encouraging Latinos to live a healthier life. Doreen designed all recipes and achieved more than half a million subscribers in 2 weeks. The campaign was supported by the John Hopkins Hospital and the American Heart Association. Doreen also hosted 3 shows on Fox Life / Utilísima, airing in over 16 countries for 5 years. Some of those shows are currently airing in Mundo Fox.
Multimedia platform - Food & wine editor Her Diario Gourmet was featured in the national magazine Siempre Mujer from Meredith Publishing for 7 years. And she currently has a food and wine column in Toronto Hispano Canadá, El Mundo Boston, La Prensa, El Nuevo Herald, El Diario NY, La Opinión LA, El Tiempo Latino, The Gourmet Journal Spain, Cala Online & Abastos USA, among others. Her articles have been published in Bottle Notes, Latina, The Latin Kitchen, Washington Post, Cosmo for Latinas, MSN, NBC & Yahoo. Annual reach: 1Million +
Doreen Colondres cooking is not a duty, is a lifestyle Promotes brands organically. Makes viewers fall in love with the kitchen, using ingredients from different countries. Has a fresh image, solid platform, and strong food values. Creates unique and easy recipes with traditional flavors. She loves people, her followers are truly fans.
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Links www.lacocinanomuerde.com www.thekitchendoesntbite.com La Cocina No Muerde Book Ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvjakenebh4 porkteinspira.com Ad: http://porkteinspira.com/inspirateadar/ porkteinspira.com Recipes in Spanish: https://youtu.be/b3fnxtiv1rs https://youtu.be/1vb075pbzhw porkteinspira.com Recipe in English https://youtu.be/v6tsafyuzru Other videos in English & Spanish: http://lacocinanomuerde.com/index.php/video Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doreen.colondres Twitter: https://twitter.com/doreencolondres Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doreencolondres/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/doreencolondres/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/lacocinanomuerde