Restaurant & Hospitality

Lissy's passion for food and wine has lead to numerous projects with gourmet, themed and family friendly restaurants where she has orchestrated opening and on-going publicity efforts throughout the country. She has worked on restaurant projects with large public companies such as HARD ROCK CAFE, FAMOUS DAVE'S, PF CHANG'S, smaller family/independently owned operations, such as the CARLUCCI HOSPITAITY GROUP, SWEETS & SAVORIES, and BARCELLO'S, and quick service favorites such as AL'S BEEF, HOME RUN INN, MICHAEL'S (Portillo family) and BLIMPIES.

Working with creator Steven Schussler, Lissy spearheaded the grand opening celebrations and publicity for the globally successful RAINFOREST CAFÉ. Coming on board shortly after the flagship location opened in the Mall of America, she produced each grand opening event in the United States thereafter and continued with on-going publicity efforts until the company was sold.

Blanco & Peace has developed campaigns to introduce new retail food products including Isaac Hayes' soul inspired sauce line, Hormel meat products addition of a barbecue line featuring Famous Dave's "Sweet and Sassy" award winning sauce, and Home Run Inn's innovative frozen food product.

Lissy has represented cooking shows from her early days at WTTW/PBS. At one time, Lissy and her team were working on four different cooking shows on various networks with one receiving a James Beard Award for Best Cooking Program in the United States.

She is a sought after coach working with chefs and restaurant executives on the skills needed to perfect an on-air interview, personal appearance and /or demonstration. Lissy has consulted and represented chefs and restaurants on their cookbook endeavors with extraordinary success.

If you are interested in a public relations campaign for your restaurant, chef, cookbook, or cooking event, please contact us or call 312-573-2070.