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In 2022, I taught my first oyster master class in Europe. In 2023, I will teach my first oyster master class in the Middle East. 🙌 Heading to Dubai next week for the Dibba Bay Oyster Festival!

Dutch oysters at De Kas. 👍 – at Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Welcome!! – at Madrid, Spain

Before 2022 is over... NYC Seville Canary Islands – at Madrid, Spain

Don't miss the Trinity College Library. It's a stunnah 🥰 and Temple Bar, of course. – at Madrid, Spain

My Happy Place. Irish Mór oyster, Pesca Rotterdam restaurant opening, great company from @Oesterij! – at Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Mercado de l'Olivar in Palma is where you can go to dine on and/or buy oysters to shuck! But the variety is going to be fairly limited on the island.

So happy to meet @MonicaASamuels in Mallorca 🥰🥰🥰 – at Palma, Spain

At the #ParabereForumPalma2022 and loved this magical tour of ancient olive groves and tasting of olive oil (from 800 year old trees) & upcycled olive leaves products (matcha, dust, infused water). 🙏 Very grateful for this experience @ParabereForum

Heading to Mallorca tomorrow. What should I eat?

The antithesis of brand is commodity, which is basically 99.999% of the seafood category. A brand is now a 2 way street — a conversation, and frankly, a lot of US consumers are ignored. Hopefully industry leaders will listen instead of talk talk talk talk talk.

The bogavante pasta and fresh tomato dish at Villa Capri is wonderful. #Madrid #seafooddish

In my home state? ¿Por qué?

Teaching my first Oyster & Sake Pairing Masterclass abroad in Rotterdam, Netherlands on Nov 3 with @Oestercompagnie 🙌 oyster.guru/oestersandsake

Waking up 1 hr before departure and being able to arrive to the gate with 1 min to spare before boarding begins, inclusive of slow security and "end of the terminal" gate. Euphoric or terrifying?

I gotta go!!

Nothing like receiving some good old fashioned mansplaining first thing in the morning! 🙃