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Brian Kulich

Advanced Sommelier , Omakase Restaurant Group

Brian Kulich, an Advanced Sommelier CMS, has curated extensive wine lists for Charlie Palmer Group, including 500 producers for Charlie Palmer Steak Napa and 100 producers for Palmer’s newest Napa property, Sky & Vine. In 2016, Kulich was the assistant general manager at Kenzo Estate, where he helped open Kenzo. In addition, Kulich was the senior captain at three-Michelin-star The Restaurant at Meadowood and former director of operations/beverage director at OSO Sonoma, which made San Francisco Chronicle’s Top 100 shortly after it opened in 2014. Kulich has also worked at Aqua and Boulevard in San Francisco.

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Kat Hawkins

Wine Director at Miru, Tre Dita, and the St. Regis Bar, St. Regis, Chicago