Jul 07, 2009
Celebrity Chef Bryce Balluff Tapes Pilot Episode at 10th Annual Women's Retreat
Beth Cohen
MIAMI, FL— The Healthified Kitchen Food for Life will tape a pilot episode featuring celebrity Chef Bryce Balluff during the National Multiple Sclerosis Society South Florida Chapter’s Women’s Retreat on July 25 at the Hilton Airport in Miami. The show is an innovative and groundbreaking health and wellness program, and will make its debut on the food channel later this year.
Chef Bryce works with the largest most influential charitable organizations across the country including the National MS Society. MS is a progressive disease that often affects movement and can create fatigue and loss of focus, so people with MS cannot spend a long time creating complex meals. “The episode will focus on quick, simple and most of all, healthy meals for people who suffer with MS,” says Rick Sostre, creator and executive producer on The Healthified Kitchen Food for Life.
“We are excited to be a part of this new series,” said Karen Dresbach, President of the National MS Society South Florida Chapter. “The Women’s Retreat is a weekend dedicated to women with MS and having Chef Bryce prepare a healthy menu couldn’t be a better fit.”
The National MS Society is an organization that is near and dear to Chef Bryce’s heart. Two years ago, his wife was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis making the Women’s Retreat the most logical venue to hold his first show. This year marks the 10th Anniversary of the Women’s Retreat, which is attended by women from Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Lee and Collier Counties.
Chef Bryce is a graduate of the French Culinary Institute with more than 10 years of professional cooking experience. He has graced some of the finest restaurants on the East Coast including Per Se in New York City.
For more information about The Healthified Kitchen Food for Life, please contact Rick Sostre at (407) 616-6516 or email: rick@thehealthifiedkitchen.com.
About Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis interrupts the flow of information between the brain and the body and it stops people from moving. Every hour in the United States, someone is newly diagnosed with MS, an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are moving us closer to a world free of MS. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, with more than twice as many women as men being diagnosed with the disease. MS affects more than 400,000 people in the U.S., and 2.5 million worldwide.
About the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
MS stops people from moving. The National MS Society exists to make sure it doesn’t. The National MS Society helps each person address the challenges of living with MS. Last year, through its 50 state network of chapters, over $136 million was devoted to programs that enhanced more than one million lives. To move closer to a world free of MS, the Society also invested over $50 million to support 440 research projects around the world. Early and ongoing treatment with an FDA-approved therapy can make a difference for people with multiple sclerosis. Learn about your options by talking to your health care professional and contacting the National MS Society at www.nationalMSsociety.org or 1-800-FIGHT-MS (344-4867).
Media Contact: Beth Cohen of Boardroom Communications at 954-370-8999 or email bcohen@boardroompr.com