FAIRFIELD, Conn., NEW YORK, PALM BEACH, March 2, 2015 — Tracey Thomas, founder and publisher of Connecticut-based Venü Magazine, a quarterly contemporary culture publication distributed from New York to Florida, today announced that Fred Bollaci, President and CEO of New York and Palm Beach-based Fred Bollaci Enterprises, LLC, the definitive international healthy gourmet lifestyle, food, wine, travel, and fitness expert, will be a featured columnist. His column will include expert tips on maintaining a healthy lifestyle through gourmet dining, recognize outstanding restaurants, and will tempt readers with time-tested “appetizers” from his upcoming memoir, “The Golden Palate™ Diet & Lifestyle.”
“Our readers look to Venü magazine as the premier resource for the ultimate contemporary lifestyle,” said Thomas. “Our content is specifically geared to recognize the passion and contributions of an elite group of emerging and established influence makers. As a successful lifestyle expert and an inspiration to gourmet aficionados everywhere, Fred Bollaci embodies the high quality sensibilities we are proud to feature in Venü. We are beyond thrilled that he is joining our editorial staff and look forward to sharing his real-life insights with our readers in every issue.”
A Glen Cove and Locust Valley, Long Island native and resident of Delray Beach, Florida, Bollaci is a practicing attorney and an MBA, as well as a certified sommelier. Five years ago, Bollaci lost 150 pounds in one year by enjoying gourmet dining at home and in top restaurants around the world, and has kept the weight off. He is publishing his success story and his signature four-phase healthy gourmet approach to weight loss, including recipes that have undergone nutritional analysis, and will be sharing exciting “appetizers” of his success in the coming issues. Bollaci emphasizes that weight loss and long-term success is about learning to enjoy the best quality at home and in great restaurants, not deprivation, as most diets require.
“My concept and approach will revolutionize the weight loss and diet industry,” Bollaci said. He emphasized, “Learn to make peace with food, make better choices, make your favorite restaurants partners in your success as I did, and continue to do.” In his column and memoir, Bollaci will teach about how to undergo a total transformation: losing weight, eating better, making exercise enjoyable, and dealing with the underlying emotional
reasons people overeat, so the weight loss will be permanent. Soon, readers will be able to cook like a gourmet chef at home while losing weight. “It is all about choices–enjoying the best in moderation so you won’t feel like you are missing out,” Bollaci said.
Bollaci believes that Venü Magazine is a perfect pairing of the best of arts and culture with a healthy lifestyle. “The magazine’s affluent and educated readers are on a quest to experience the best that life has to offer in moderation and without the guilt — a lifestyle I also aspire to,” Bollaci said.
Bollaci is currently working with his Signature Golden Palate establishments to develop additional healthy Fred Bollaci Certified menu items, and is featuring specialized content from his partners on his blog. Bollaci was featured along with renowned Chef Thomas Henkelmann, co-proprietor of Homestead Inn|Thomas Henkelmann based in Greenwich, Connecticut, in the January’s 2015 issue of VENÜ Magazine. Homestead Inn|Thomas Henkelmann is Connecticut’s first recipient of Fred Bollaci’s coveted Golden Palate Certificate of Excellence™ and designation as a Signature Golden Palate™ Partner.
He recently announced his first 200 Golden Palate™ Partners, recognizing dining establishments that offer top quality cuisine utilizing the freshest, best available ingredients with healthy options, and feature dedicated, hands-on owners, chefs, and staff who go the extra mile to ensure guest satisfaction. Eleven distinctive establishments have earned the elite distinction as inaugural “Signature Golden Palate Partners.” In addition to Homestead Inn|Thomas Henkelmann, inaugural Signature Golden Palate Partners include New York City’s Italian masterpiece SD26; Wheatleigh, a AAA Five-Diamond Leading Hotels of the World hotel and restaurant in Massachusetts’ beautiful Berkshires; The Perfect Wife Restaurant and Tavern, by renowned #1 Chef in Vermont, Amy Chamberlain, and Long Island favorites 75 Main and The Golden Pear Café (Southampton), Noah’s and The Frisky Oyster (Greenport), Wolffer Estate Vineyard (Sagaponack), and La Bussola and La Ginestra in Glen Cove.
His memoir, due out in 2016, will educate readers on how to enjoy gourmet meals at home and in great restaurants, and will feature healthy gourmet recipes from 80 of Bollaci’s Golden Palate Partners, comprising some of the top restaurants in the United States from key markets like New York, New England, Florida, California, and Atlanta, among others.
Bollaci’s column will also focus on some of his Golden Palate™ Partners in the United States and in Italy, a delicious, yet health-focused culinary journey to some of the best establishments anywhere, to whet the appetites of Venü Magazine’s sophisticated readers. In the Fall of 2014, he announced his first 75 Golden Palate Italia™ establishments after spending several weeks in Italy, including the first culinary school, the prestigious Toscana Saporita near Lucca in Tuscany. His Golden Palate Italia initiative is a key component to his international “La Dolce Vita” lifestyle. Plans also include a “Michelin-esque” guidebook of Golden Palate destinations in the United States and Europe.
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