Who is Maria?
Maria is a lot of things. An attorney, a daughter, a friend…but most importantly, Maria is a foodie!
Maria has been fortunate to travel the world, experiencing both Michelin star beautifully curated meals and mouth watering hole in the wall specialties.
Additionally, Maria had the unique honor of working at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida for over 16 years. During her time at Disney, one of Maria’s prime job duties was customer service. Maria also spent a large portion of her time working in some of Disney’s world-renowned restaurants and observing how their well-oiled machines run in the kitchens.
Maria doesn’t just love eating good food, she also loves photographing it before she digs in so that she can memorialize the bites that she is lucky to experience. Maria’s photographs are popular with consumers and restaurant-owners on food review sites, with some sites choosing to use her photos as their cover art.
Maria has been invited to participate in live-tasting videos, in which she tastes a restaurant’s offering and tells the Facebook Live viewers her thoughts on what she is sampling so that they know what to order when they visit that restaurant.
Maria has also been invited to conduct secret shops in which she patronizes a restaurant in secret and then gives feedback to the restaurant owner.
Maria is sommelier with a WSET Level 1 Award in Wines. She will be happy to compare a restaurant’s wine list with their food offerings to create a custom wine pairing menu.
Maria’s experiences over the years have made her an expert in front-of-the-house customer service expectations, plating and flavor combinations. Maria’s services will give restaurants the boost that they need to take their dining experiences to the next level.