Our Event Sales team helps you coordinate all the details, and our staff provides exceptional service your guests will rave about long after your event.
We can help plan birthday and anniversary parties, bar/bat mitzvahs, sweet 16 celebrations, banquets, holiday parties, business meetings, seminars, rehearsal dinners, private dinners, luncheons, reunions, and more!
Michael Vaka
Event Sales Director
Serving since 2024
Pete Smith
Executive Chef
Serving since 2024
About Pete
A Jacksonville native graduated from Wolfson High School in 1998 before attending the Southeast Institute of Culinary Arts in St. Augustine, Florida. When graduating in 2000. Chef Pete has been exposed to various areas of the culinary industry, including managing a gourmet food truck and resort restaurants, owning restaurants, developing restaurants, bar/lounge design concepts, baking and pastries. Chef Pete went on to become a Chef de Cuisine at the young age of 22 at Restaurant Medure in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. At a Four Diamond Restaurant he was the youngest African-American chef ever to run a Four-star restaurant in the state of Florida at that time. With over 22 years of professional experience, Chef Smith has directed many areas of Food & Beverage Divisions at the Forbes Five-Star level. His first passion for cooking is complemented by his experience, which spans the entire culinary industry spectrum.
Tara Wagoner
Food & Beverage Director
Serving since 2022
703-570-5329
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