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Published on: 2/10/2008
Last Visited: 9/19/2008
Nora CareyDirector, Epcot International Food and Wine Festival
Nora Carey comes to Walt Disney World Resort from Paris, where she lived and worked for nearly 25 years.As Director of the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival, Carey oversees content and programming for the world's longest and largest food and wine festival, which features more than 1,200 prestigious wine and beer seminars and several hundred celebrity and Disney chefs.
With a Grande Diplome from La Varenne in Paris and an MBA, Carey has built her career primarily in marketing food and wine.
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From 2001 to 2003, Carey was the marketing and communications manager for the resort's convention services.
In between her positions at Disney, she served as the director of marketing and communications for the Hotel Ritz Paris, where she developed brand identities for the Ritz Club, Ritz Health Club and the cooking school, l'Ecole de Gastronomie Ritz Escoffier.
She was also one of the founding partners of a successful sandwich shop franchise in Paris, Aux Pains Perdus, and has also served as a consultant for several restaurant groups in Paris.
Nora Carey is the author of two international cookbooks, Perfect Preserves, published by Stewart Tabori and Chang (Awarded 'Most Beautiful Cookbook' in 1992 by Food Arts Magazine) and the Hotel Ritz's Cookbook for Children published by Flammarion.