FALL FLAME FESTIVAL FEAT. CELEBRITY CHEFS CHRISTAN WILLIS AND MATT BOLUS

InterContinental Buckhead Atlanta brings you a unique culinary experience!
Join us for an exclusive event where our chefs, in partnership with The Big Green Egg, will prepare incredible dishes right off the Big Green Egg in Windsor Garden. Meet celebrity chefs and EGGheads, Christan Willis and Matt Bolus.
YOUR TICKET INCLUDES ALL CULINARY EXPERIENCES AND ACTIVITIES PLUS ONE DRINK TICKET AND COMPLIMENTARY PARKING.
Cash bar will be available.
Also feat.
Creative Cocktails
Live Music
Face Painting and Balloon Animals from 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Pumpkin Painting
Outdoor games
And, experience our new Observation Bee Hive!

VIP tickets available from 5pm-6pm for VIP Reception and from 6pm-8pm for full event.

*Complimentary self-parking on level B or C underneath our hotel.

About Chef Christan Willis:
Chef Christan Willis is an Atlanta-based Private Chef and Media Personality known for her dynamic culinary skills and charismatic presence. Gaining widespread recognition as a contestant on Netflix's hit series Pressure Cooker, Chef Christan captivated audiences with her creative approach to modern cuisine, blending Southern traditions with contemporary flair. Christan also pulls from her unique heritage, which includes African American, Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander roots to execute her culinary interpretation.
Her magnetism has landed her on many television networks including appearances on the Today Show, Food Network's Chopped, Cooks vs. Cons, Raid the Fridge, Hallmark Home and Family, and HLN. Christan has recently been awarded Meals on Wheels Atlanta's Tastemaker Award and Heradura Tequilla’s Extraordinary People Award, Big Brother Big Sister Iconic Mentor, and is currently featured in Modern Luxury as Jezebel Magazine’s Most Beautiful Atlantans. Willis has also worked with several brands in the food and beverage, and lifestyle space, including partnerships with BMW and Signature Kitchen Suites.

About Matt Bolus:
After graduating from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor of science in business administration, Chef Matt Bolus chose instead to pursue his love of cooking. Bolus attended Le Cordon Bleu in London where he earned both the Diplôme de Cuisine as well as the Diplôme de Pâtisserie, and he received the Grand Diplôme in2003.
Before moving to Nashville, Chef Bolus worked as a butcher and fishmonger at FIG in Charleston, SC, and at sous chef stations at The Ocean Room at The Sanctuary Hotel in Kiawah Island, SC, and Little Star in Knoxville, TN. He has extensive experience working in kitchens overseas, including stints at Blagden’s FishMonger and Allen’s Butcher Shop, both in London. In December 2010, he was among the featured sous chefs on the TV show Iron Chef of America.
As executive chef of The 404 Kitchen in Nashville, TN, Bolus relishes his role. From the pressures of the kitchen to budgeting, forecasting and pricing, every aspect of the job leaves him fulfilled and excited. Bolus takes a hands-on approach to his cuisine, insisting upon seeing, smelling and tasting every ingredient that comes through the door. This enthusiasm has led to great success in his culinary career, from FIG in Charleston, to the kitchens of Flyte and Watermark in Nashville, and to The 404 Kitchen.
Bolus counts as his greatest professional success the restaurant’s 2014 James Beard nomination for BestNew Restaurant. In 2016, The 404 Kitchen made an exciting move within the neighborhood to a more spacious restaurantto accommodate guest demand. With the move, Gertie’s Whiskey Bar was born. The downstairs bar to The 404 Kitchen, Bolus plays an integral role in curating the impressive whiskey collection, which is now the largest in Nashville. Since opening, Gertie’s has gained national attention as one of the best whiskey bars in the country. In 2020, Red Pebbles Hospitality, the group behind the 404 Kitchen and Gertie’s, opened a second location in Louisville, Kentucky, a town that truly appreciates all things brown water. In addition to his work opening in Louisville, Bolus also played a key culinary role in opening Red Pebbles’ other concepts - Torino’s Sandwich Bar and Nulu Sundae Club.
Matt is passionate about live-fire cooking and has been sharing his Big Green Egg signature recipes with his customers for many years on the rooftop deck of The 404 Kitchen.

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