This is the second consecutive year that Chef Davide will be participating in the Celebrity Chefs' Brunch. Other participating celebrity chefs include Michael Schwartz, Michael White and Top Chef contestants, Stephanie Izard, Lee Ann Wong and Radhika Desai.

The weekend-long, Meals from the Masters initiative is in its thirteenth year and is one of the top fundraisers for Meals On Wheels nationally. The Celebrity Chefs' Brunch will be hosted in the light-filled atrium of the Bank of America 1100 N. King Street, Wilmington.

Proceeds of the event benefit Meals on Wheels Delaware, part of a nationwide program that provides hot, nutritious meals to homebound senior citizens. Last year, Meals On Wheels Delaware agencies and their volunteers delivered almost 600,000 hot meals to seniors statewide.

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About Davide Pugliese
Davide Pugliese, owner and executive chef of Brandywine Bay Restaurant and Capriccio di Mare in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, grew up in Florence, Italy and settled in New York City as a fashion photographer. He discovered his true vocation when cooking for clients and crew to unwind after a day behind the camera. He went on to launch his epicurean career, learning the trade from the New York City's finest chefs before making his move to the BVI in 1986.

In 1988, Davide and his wife, Cele, bought Brandywine Bay Restaurant in Tortola. Marking its twentieth anniversary last November, the restaurant's reputation now is legendary for its varying, fresh-cooked à la carte menu.

Immersed in the culinary happenings of the BVI, Davide has been influential in the evolution of the food culture locally and continues to raise the Islands' gastronomic profile on the international scenes. He has been a chef and team manager of the BVI Culinary Team bringing home bronze and silver medals from the "Taste of the Caribbean" competitions held in Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Miami. He has also participated in the Gastronomic Competition of American Beef, USMEF, in Mexico City in 2005 (as a finalist) and in 2008. He is the 'Art of Cooking' contributor for the e-zine, Dish, (www.dishvi.com).

Davide and Cele also own Capriccio di Mare: A popular terrace caffé Italiano in Tortola serving freshly made pasta, pizza, and foccacia sandwiches.

For more information on Davide, visit http://www.brandywinebay.com/proprietors.html

About Brandywine Bay Restaurant
Forming part of an old estate and located on the site of an old gunnery overlooking the Sir Francis Drake Channel, Brandywine Bay Restaurant, with its unassumingly elegant, flagstone dining room, has become a BVI institution.

The variable menu changes depending on fresh daily ingredients and choices range from home-made mozzarella, to Livorno-style stuffed rabbit, to calf's liver in crème de cassis, to Davide's signature roast duck.

An addition to Brandywine Bay Restaurant is the Cicchetti Lounge where guests can sample cicchetti (chi-KET-tee) - Venetian style tapas - such as bresaola & goat cheese, snail dumplings, and bacalao fritters.

Brandywine boasts an extensive martini menu complete with house specialties.

Brandywine Bay Restaurant is open for dinner Monday through Saturday from 6.00pm. Reservations are recommended. Tel: 1 (284) 495-2301.

For more information on Brandywine Bay Restaurant visit www.brandywinebay.com

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Davide Pugliese
Owner, Executive Chef
Brandywine Bay Restaurant
Tortola, British Virgin Islands
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Sofia Fay
Broadsword Communications
Tortola, British Virgin Islands
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