FINE DINING AND EXCLUSIVE NETWORKING AT IL CAPRICCIO!

Join us on January 31st, from 6-9pm, at Il Capriccio, a highly-regarded restaurant offering authentic, gourmet Italian food in Whippany, New Jersey.

Culinary Connections is an exclusive networking event for professionals from all walks of business. Our community of master networkers are passionate about making the right connections while enjoying great wine and food.

Come join our sponsors, Terry Tatetossian, Ken Krysinski, and Anthony Rossi of Socialfix, Vince Egan, Benjamin Edwards, Stuart Vorcheimer and Peter Cirignano, Peapack-Gladstone Bank, Travis Epp, Eisner Amper, and Karolina Dehnhard, Budd Larner; and your gracious host, Susan Ascher. We’ll enjoy lots of great food and fabulous conversation. Bring your appetite and lots of business cards!

SPECIAL POWER GUEST:

Marci Hopkins

Marci started her career at Fox Cable Group, where she quickly climbed the corporate ladder, serving multiple roles within the Programming and On-Air Promotions departments. Ultimately, Marci was given the opportunity to move to Los Angeles to serve as the Director of On-Air Promotions for FX Network. There she married and started a family. She then moved cross-country to New Jersey. Marci was missing her creative calling and decided to move in front of the camera. This led her to train with John Pallotta, Acting Coach, in New York City, followed by training at Actors Connection, Actors Technique, along with improvisation training at The PIT. Marci saw immediate success in front of the camera and was hired for several Discovery ID Network programs, some Independent Films, Indie Films, web series, commercials, and TV Pilots.

Marci then found her true calling and harnessed her talents for acting, television programming, and community leadership while also spotting a trend and created a talk show titled Coffee with Marci. With the huge push by Facebook to grow its video business, Marci found that Facebook was the best platform to connect with her audience. The show was later made available on NJ on Air, an application for Apple, Android, and Roku.

Coffee with Marci helped others share their businesses and nonprofits, but she realized that there was so much to learn through each guests story. She saw that there was a need to help others on a larger platform. She then created Wake Up With Marci where each guest has a story of healing and triumph. Marci wants to spread hope and happiness through this new platform which can be seen on CBS WLNY 10/55.

EVENT DETAILS:

Hors d’Oeuvres, Dinner & Networking at Il Capriccio

WHEN: THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2019 • 6:00-9:00pm
WHERE: Il Capriccio, 633 Rt. 10 East, Whippany, NJ 07981 | 973.884.9175 | www.ilcapriccio.com
COST: $159.00 p/ticket

Due to the nature of this very special event, attendance will be capped at 40 attendees.

PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS NOW!

WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS:

HERE’S WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING:

Another fantastic evening with Susan Ascher, Vince Egan and Karolina Dehnhard, Esq. and their supporters and friends at Culinary Connections. I’ve met so many interesting and inspiring people at these elegant events which combine amazing food with excellent conversation! Thank you Susan! An evening well spent with new connections and long-time friends!
– Lori Chapin, Attorney, Tanenbaum Keale

Susan, I am so happy and grateful to be a part of your world. The environment you created last night is uniquely powerful in that you provided an atmosphere in which strangers showed themselves and showed up to serve. This is unusual! Do you realize how special last night’s event was? And, you do this over and over. It was a fun, expansive evening, full of amazing individuals who are contributing in significant ways. Kudos!!! I felt like I was part of a think tank, making great things happen. Thank YOU, Susan!
– Cynthia Murphy

It was a fabulous night, as always, when you host an event. I am very grateful to you for including me! It was lovely to meet everyone and I look forward to seeing you all again.
– Susan M. Rochelle, A.I.A., Architect

Oh What A Night!!

Thank you ALL for making Culinary Connections on November 29th the most awesome to date!

Thank you to Sally Glick, CMO of Sobel & Company for being our POWER Culinary Connections guest, and for all of the great connections she has provided to so many of us!

Special thanks to my sponsors, without whom I could not make this happen: Karolina Dehnhard, Budd Larner; Vince Egan, Benjamin Edwards; Stu Vorcheimer, Peapack Gladstone Bank; Travis Epp, Eisner Amper; and a HUGE THANK YOU to Ken Krysinski and Vic Ventura of Socialfix for all of the great videos and photography. Ken and Vic: You ROCK!

GREAT FRIENDS & NEW ASSOCIATES

I was blown away by all of your gratitude, successes, and some of the connections you have made. And the greatest gift of the season was hearing how much ENERGY you all felt in the room and of course, being with all of you at this special time of year.

Many of you wrote and called to personally thank me which made my heart sing all weekend! One of my favorite quotes, stolen from Zig Ziglar:

“You will get all you want in life, if you help enough other people get what they want.”

Obvious to me that we are a group of GO GIVERS!

PHOTOS FROM CULINARY CONNECTIONS:

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SAVE THE DATE

As usual, I am already planning our next Culinary Connections, which will be in February or March, and feature Marci Hopkins of Wake Up with Marci, WakeUpWithMarci.com.

INTERESTED IN A SPONSORSHIP?

Please be in touch if you would like to sponsor this upcoming event. I am always looking to expand our reach! You can email or call me for more info!

THANK YOU!

I wish you all of the blessings and cheer of the season and a most abundant 2019!

Love,

HERE’S WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT CULINARY CONNECTIONS:

“Thank you for having me last Wednesday! I really enjoyed the culinary portion of the event as well as the networking.”
– Richard Sodeke, Media Sales Associate at Felix

“What a lovely evening last night.  I loved that we were standing in the kitchen  watching the handsome chef with his adorable French accent, cooking delicious food that we could eat immediately.  How often does one get that opportunity to see behind the scenes, other than on television where it sometimes seems scripted?  The event was beautiful, the location  was stunning, and the camaraderie in the room – priceless!”
– Eileen Berman, eileenbergman.com

“Great event last night, truly.  Thank you! When I hit the road and sat in the driving rain and traffic coming from Newark, I thought about how nice it would be to go home! Boy am I glad that I made the commitment to you (and to me) to come because I would have missed a wonderful time meeting great folks.”
– Lori Chapin, Attorney, Sedgwick, LLP

“Thank you for a great event! I adored your friends and clients.”
– Denise Gaffney, Area Development Manager, Etcetera; Regional VP, National Association of Professional Women

“The Restaurant Serenade installment of Culinary Connections was excellent – great food and wine as well as great new faces to share it with. I look forward to the next Culinary Connections event in April and joining the Course Connections group in the spring.”
– Marty Eide, Attorney, Markel Corporation

OUR CULINARY CONNECTIONS SPONSORS:

FINE DINING AND EXCLUSIVE NETWORKING AT THE PARK AVENUE CLUB!

Join us on November 29th at The Park Avenue Club, an elite venue of pure elegance and indulgence!

Culinary Connections is an exclusive networking event for professionals from all walks of business. Join our community of master networkers who are passionate about making the right connections while enjoying great wine and food.

Come join our sponsors, Terry Tatetossian, Ken Krysinski, and Anthony Rossi of Socialfix, Vince Egan, Benjamin Edwards, Stuart Vorcheimer and Peter Cirignano, Peapack-Gladstone Bank, Travis Epp, Eisner Amper, and Karolina Dehnhard, Budd Larner; and your gracious host, Susan Ascher, at the The Park Avenue Club in Florham Park. We’ll enjoy lots of great food and fabulous conversation. Bring your appetite and lots of business cards!

SPECIAL POWER GUEST:

Sally Glick, CMO of Sobel and Co., President of ACG and founder of Sobel’s Executive Women’s’ Breakfast Series will be our special POWER guest at the November installment of Culinary Connections.!

EVENT DETAILS:

Hors d’Oeuvres, Dinner & Networking at The Park Avenue Club

WHEN: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2018 • 6:00-9:00pm
WHERE: The Park Avenue Club, 184 Park Avenue, Florham Park, NJ 07932 www.parkavenueclub.com | (973) 301-8233
COST: $159.00 p/ticket

Due to the nature of this very special event, attendance will be capped at 40 attendees.

PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS NOW!

WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS:

HERE’S WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING:

“Thank you for having me last Wednesday! I really enjoyed the culinary portion of the event as well as the networking.”
– Richard Sodeke, Media Sales Associate at Felix

“What a lovely evening last night.  I loved that we were standing in the kitchen  watching the handsome chef with his adorable French accent, cooking delicious food that we could eat immediately.  How often does one get that opportunity to see behind the scenes, other than on television where it sometimes seems scripted?  The event was beautiful, the location  was stunning, and the camaraderie in the room – priceless!”
– Eileen Berman, eileenbergman.com

“Great event last night, truly.  Thank you! When I hit the road and sat in the driving rain and traffic coming from Newark, I thought about how nice it would be to go home! Boy am I glad that I made the commitment to you (and to me) to come because I would have missed a wonderful time meeting great folks.”
– Lori Chapin, Attorney, Sedgwick, LLP

“Thank you for a great event! I adored your friends and clients.”
– Denise Gaffney, Area Development Manager, Etcetera; Regional VP, National Association of Professional Women

“The Restaurant Serenade installment of Culinary Connections was excellent – great food and wine as well as great new faces to share it with. I look forward to the next Culinary Connections event in April and joining the Course Connections group in the spring.”
– Marty Eide, Attorney, Markel Corporation