ROCKY MOUNT, N.C., April 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- North
Carolina's premier indoor sports and event venue, Rocky Mount Event
Center managed by The Sports Facilities Management, is proud to
announce the hiring of master kitchen craftsman and culinary
professional, Chef Jerome Brown.
As a Rocky Mount native, Chef
Rome brings over 30 years of culinary experience to the event
center. Over the course of his career, Rome has been the chef to well-known
celebrities such as Colin Powell,
Shaquille O'Neal, Lamman Rucker,
Priscilla Presley, Star Jones, Nancy
Kerrigan, Carl Gustaf (King
of Sweden), Byron Cage, Mike
Bibby, Cam Newton, and
more.
Coming aboard the Rocky Mount Event Center team as the Catering
and Sales Manager, Janna Major says,
"The RMEC catering team is excited to have Chef Rome join our team.
With the combined experience we have in the catering and food and
beverage department, we are looking forward to all of our future
events. Chef Rome is sure to be an
asset to the department and the event center."
For the past seven years, Chef Rome has been a featured
celebrity chef at the prestigious Epcot International Food &
Wine Festival with other prestigious names such as Cat Cora,
Robert Irvine, and Rock Harper. He
has also been featured at the Taste of Chicago, the world's largest
outdoor food festival. In 2011, Chef Rome was a featured guest in
season one of Food Network's reality show "Extreme Chef". Not only
is he an established and distinguished chef, but he is also the
author of two cookbooks titled Eat Like A Celebrity, which
was awarded '2014 Cookbook of the Year' by the African American
Literary Award Show, and Carolina Soul.
With the calendar of events filling up at Rocky Mount Event
Center, events with catering services are sure give guests an
unforgettable experience with amazing food. In the words of Chef
Rome, "I am the liaison between the food and the people! Great
service is long remembered after a good meal. Let's raise the
bar!"
About Rocky Mount Event Center
Opening in October 2018, Rocky
Mount Event Center is the premier event destination in the city and
in the region. From sporting events to corporate meetings, the
165,000 square-foot Rocky Mount Event Center has the space,
functionality, and guest services to create memorable events for
local residents and national rights holders. Rocky Mount Event
Center is at the center of it all. For more information and to book
your next event, visit: rockymountevents.com.
Press Contact
Ashley Pittman
(252) 904-2279
apittman@sportadvisory.com
https://rockymountevents.com
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