DJ Chef Performs at Kewadin's Festival

DJ Chef: The only entertainer who simultaneously cooks & deejays for special events around the world.

We’ve been receiving many questions about one of our entertainers that is scheduled for the festival – DJ Chef. Simply put, he is a musical deejay who cooks! It’s really something.

For nearly 10 years, the DJ Chef (Marc Weiss) has been hitting up a scene that has never been tapped. DJ Chef is the only culinary entertainer who simultaneously cooks gourmet food and deejays at special events & private parties worldwide.

While his experience and determination have guided him to the top of his game, Marc doesn’t lose his head amongst all the glitz and glam. His humble beginning keeps him grounded and influences him to work harder and longer to reach his goals.

Marc’s humble start came from his great grandfather “Poppy,” who he describes as the most selfless and generous man. Marc’s great grandfather served in World War I and was an army cook. After the war, his great grandfather saved his money and bought a little push
cart to sell fruits and vegetables in New York City. During the 1920s, Marc’s great grandfather had bigger plans and opened a small store in Harlem. And in 1935, he moved to the City of Long Beach and opened up a green market called King Kohen—located where Waldbaum’s in Long Beach is today. Marc used to visit the fresh fruit and vegetable market everyday with his grandmother to pick him up from work after his long day.

While food and cooking has always been Marc’s forefront, as a teen he began making his hobby into a reality. Marc began deejaying at house parties when he was just 16. A couple years later he additionally took on a job as a prep cook. After high school, Marc attended the New York Restaurant School in New York City. After earning his toque, he went on to work with famed chefs Bobby Flay and Matthew Kenney and in fine kitchens throughout the city.

Marc found his culinary groove and returned to Long Island to cook at some of the hottest restaurants around. His success as a noted chef was becoming a reality within local media outlets like News 12, Newsday, and The New York Times, and Marc began hosting and catering private parties during that time. More and more, people began socializing in the kitchen with him and asking him culinary questions. After the launch of Food Network, Marc saw food as an entertainment tool and set out to make his passion for music and food a combination for success. He began entertaining at parties and events where he deejayed while preparing a gourmet meal and from then on the DJ Chef was born.

Marc’s unique talents became popular enough that he was beginning to receive invitations to major events. He has been hired to perform for a variety of celebrity events including Christie Brinkley & B.Smith's Blue Moon BBQ in the Hamptons, James Blunt's CD Release Party and has appeared on multiple television shows and segments including: the Food Network’s “What’s Hot!, What’s Cool!,” MTV’s Celebrity Spring Break Style special with Lindsay Lohan, MSNBC’s Entertainment Hot List, Discovery Channel’s Party Planner, FUSE TV’s One Year Anniversary live on IMX, What’s Hot in the Hamptons with Gina Glickman and in an NBC News feature on the hottest trends in entertainment at the Biz Bash Event Style Show.

To mark and honor his success, Marc was recently honored by his Alma Mater, the New York Restaurant School, and will be inducted into their Hall of Fame for his achievement and innovation in the culinary field. Marc also actively supports charities and organizations. Marc served as Honorary Chairman for an event to help in the fight against AIDS with LIACC and as the honorary chef for the March of Dimes Star Chef’s Gala. He was also the emcee and
judge for the Long Island Top Amateur Chef competition which raises funds for a scholarship to send a talented teen to culinary school.

DJ CHEF has been hailed as a pioneer in the food/music/entertainment industry and has demonstrated & entertained packed houses with his beats and captivating culinary style at the Hamptons Home Show, Williams Sonoma, NYC Food & Festival, ICE Culinary, Bloomingdales, Macy’s Herald Square, Stew Leonard’s, New York Culinary Festival, Viking Culinary, W Hotel's Adventures in Wonderland, Fairway, East Bay Farms, Toronto Hot &
Spicy Food Festival, Chicago Chef's Ball @ Bella Lounge, Atlantic City Food & Wine Festival, A Taste of Palisades at the Palisades Center, Texas Produce Association's Taste of Summer, Alameda County Fair, and multiple trade shows and public events.For additional information, video clips, photos and booking information, visit his website at www.DJCHEF.com.

DJ Chef will perform from 1 – 2 p.m.; 3 – 4 p.m.; 5 – 6 p.m each day of Kewadin’s festival. It’s just one of the many activities happening during Kewadin’s 25th Anniversary Summer Festival!

Festival update

We had a great festival meeting this week and things are moving forward at an amazing pace! We are currently looking for vendors to display their goods at the festival. Our parking lot will be freshly paved when the festival takes place and we're all looking forward to that.

In the next few weeks, we’re going to be announcing the complete entertainment line up which includes 17 bands – most of the local – some regional – some I’m sure you know.

Keep posted! Did you get your tickets yet?

Bret still scheduled to perform at Kewadin Festival

I'm sure you are all worried about rocker Bret Michaels health as all of us at Kewadin are. We've been keeping in touch with his management, and he is still scheduled to perform at the festival on Thursday July 22.

We wish the best for him and hope he recovers quickly! He's been to Kewadin a few other times and is such a great guy. We're all pulling for him!

Festival details

In celebration of its 25th anniversary, Kewadin Casinos is hosting a three-day summer festival July 22 to 24 featuring four national headlining acts, including1980s rockers Brett Michaels and Vince Neil, modern rockers 3-Doors Down, and American rock icon Meat Loaf.

. The festival will also feature celebrity appearances with autograph sessions with Henry “The Fonz” Winkler, former Lion football players Billy Sims and Herman Moore and the famous Playboy Playmates, Shannon James, Brittany B. and Amber Campisi.

The celebrity chef & spinmaster DJ Chef will perform three times each day, there will be a strolling magician, and live entertainment daily. The evening will be capped off with the main concert event which includes an opening act. Times for the headlining act will be announced at a later date.

The festival will also have food and merchant vendors, a golf simulator, bumper cars, Rock Band Wii, a NASCAR Simulator, electronic bull riding, Baggo tournament, daily food eating contests and fireworks at the end of each day.

A three-day pass to the festival is $75, while single-day passes are $50. Tickets sales are scheduled to start April 23. Three-day passes will only be available at the DreamMakers Theater box office on April 23. After that, they will be available on-line and at the DreamMakers Theater box office.

Single day passes will be available both on-line and at the box office starting on April 23. A limited number of tickets will be available. All festival events will be held at Kewadin Casino Sault Ste. Marie from noon to 10 p.m., rain or shine. Admission to the concerts is general, with patrons encouraged to bring their own chairs for seating. Gates for the festival open at 11 a.m.

Getting ready for the festival!

Welcome to Kewadin's first Summer Festival Blog! We're all super excited for this years big event. We haven't had an outdoor concert in a few years - and we've never had a festival - big doings around here!

We wanted to publish this blog to keep you posted on the new things we're doing and working on to make the festival a fun, exciting event for everyone. You can always visit our web site - www.kewadin.com - for information on the festival too.

Keep checking back for updates!