Kathy Casey Stirs up New Endeavors

For the past 20 years, Seattle-based Kathy Casey has proven herself a versatile leader in the food and beverage industry, both locally and abroad. Today, she and her business partner and husband, John Casey, are entering the next generation of their multi-faceted culinary enterprise, including a summer relocation of their Food Studios and Liquid Kitchen headquarters, the May launch of Kathy's new book 'Sips and Apps,' and consulting with global food and beverage brands is booming.

Facilities Moving: Ahoy, Salmon Bay Marine Center--Kathy Casey Food Studios and Liquid Kitchen will move this summer from its thriving, Casey-owned Ballard building and drop anchor at a new space in Salmon Bay Marine Center. The new 2,300-square-foot location features three ground-floor waterfront bays. Here, Kathy Casey will relocate her consulting services, research and development kitchen and bar, team-building classes and "special" special events. The move fits well with Kathy Casey's marine client work, such as products, consulting services and Holland America Lines.

Boosting Brands: Her Place or Theirs--Being freed from the owner-occupant responsibilities of her 6,000-square-foot Ballard building (eventually to be sold) is allowing Casey to travel more and appear personally before her global brand clients and for cocktail, food and retail industry tradeshow engagements. In the summer Casey will serve as a spokesperson for such brand clients Columbia Winery and Covey Run, and she continues to create cocktails for spirits leaders comprising more than 20 brands such as Remy Cointreau and Beam Global. She's working with national chains on menu development, giving trend and innovation presentations, training small armies of bartenders, and developing for national brands such as Monin Gourmet Flavorings, Monterey Gourmet Foods, Restaurants Unlimited, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, and a new project for Applebee's.

Dish D'Lish: Airport Locations 'Take Off'-- Airport Dish D'Lish sales are up, business increased 26 percent in 2007, was up another 23 percent in 2008 for year over year sales. Licensed by HMS Host, Dish D'Lish airport locations are thriving with expansion a future possibility. Because the Ballard location of Dish D'Lish was a prototype location and training facility for the SeaTac airport chain concept, it will close as the Caseys move their operation.

'Sips & Apps' Cookbook Debuts--Kathy's newest book, Sips & Apps, is launching next month. This indispensable addition to the cooking, entertaining, or cocktail repertoire suits both the home cocktail "chef" and bar professionals. It includes more than 100 recipes, a thorough bar-basics section, and full-color photographs. This is her ninth cookbook, she was previously nominated for a James Beard Award for her work, 'Kathy Casey's Northwest Table.'

Kathy Casey is a celebrity chef and pioneer in the bar-chef movement who has helped bring Northwest cuisine and women chefs to national prominence. As one of the first female executive chefs in the United States, she was named one of Food & Wine's 'hot new American chefs.' This savvy spotter of what's hot on the culinary and cocktail scene is a frequent TV and radio guest and speaker on trends. She has been featured in such publications as USA Today, People Magazine, Cheers, Food Arts, the San Francisco Chronicle and the New York Times. She has appeared on such shows as Good Morning America, TV Food Network's Unwrapped and the Travel Channel's Cooking Across America as well as numerous PBS cooking shows. Learn more at www.kathycasey.com.

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