Creative Playground & ChefDance Announce The Inaugural Event "49 Remarkable Women + One Really Cool Dude"

NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Creative Playground, an innovative marketing and branding agency along with ChefDance, who for the past 15 years has been creating the most memorable dinner series during the Sundance Film Festival, announced today, the inaugural event celebrating, "49 Remarkable Women + One Really Cool Dude."  The 49 remarkable women being celebrated are innovators, leaders and trailblazers in entertainment, business, arts, social justice & philanthropy and "one really cool dude," Scooter Braun, founder of SB Projects who is inspiring a generation through his philanthropic efforts and high profile support of issues impacting women today.

The evening will bring together 49 extraordinary women including; Mindy Grossman, CEO, Weight Watchers, Tarana Burke, Founder, 'me too.' Movement, Sara Foster and Erin Foster, actors, writers and Creative Directors of Bumble Bizz, Yael Cohen Braun, Co-founder of Fuck Cancer and founder of Motherlucker, Gloria Allred, famed women's rights attorney, among many other notables. Marketing partners for the inaugural event include Weight Watchers, Refinery 29 and Embermine.

"We wanted to build a first class annual event at Sundance in partnership with Mimi Kim who is renowned for having created the preeminent culinary entertaining platform with her ChefDance series.  We are celebrating this incredible group of women from all walks of business, entertainment, and philanthropy but also paying tribute to and recognizing one remarkable guy each year that leads by example and Scooter is that guy," said Nicole Winnaman, Partner, Creative Playground.

Dari Marder, Co-Founder, Creative Playground added, "The '49 Remarkable Women + One Really Cool Dude' event was conceived with the notion of gathering and celebrating a diverse group of women across multiple industries who have contributed to something 'remarkable' during this very turbulent past year.  We are also inviting Scooter into this Sisterhood because of his tremendous philanthropic efforts last year including the 'One Love Manchester' benefit concert and the 'Hand in Hand' hurricane relief telethon along with his very public adulation of his wife, which we all think is #goals."

"We are in a pivotal time in our society, a tipping point, and we want to honor those women and men who support them. They say, 'Behind every successful woman is a tribe of other successful women who have her back.' This event is symbolic of that - it is an intimate evening of networking, connecting and celebrating," added Maria Dolgetta, Co-Founder, Creative Playground.

The private event will be an intimate ChefDance dinner prepared by top chef, Shawn McClain on January 20th during the prestigious Sundance Film Festival. The evening's main course is being prepared following the guidelines of Weight Watchers new "Freestyle" program.

"The community Mimi Kim has created through ChefDance is incredibly inspiring," said Mindy Grossman, President and CEO of Weight Watchers International. "Everyone honored at the inaugural event has accomplished extraordinary feats at the crossroads of entertainment, media and technology. Sundance is the perfect community to celebrate those achievements, enjoy delicious food and company, and demonstrate the value of diversity."

"I'm very proud of what we've created at Chefdance. It is a great celebration of entertainment, business, art and philanthropy by inviting great chefs, great films and great people.  ChefDance provides a comfortable and dynamic environment to engage in conversations and leave a little more entertained, enlightened and inspired by others with food as the common denominator, people are equalized regardless of their various backgrounds," stated Mimi Kim, Founder, ChefDance.

About ChefDance:
Every winter the world's most affluent individuals and list of influential media descend upon Park City, Utah for the prestigious Sundance Film Festival. In 2004, CEO, Mimi Kim, created the first ChefDance dinner series, developed to coincide with the film festival, providing the perfect marriage of fine food and film. ChefDance events are held in the Memorial Building located at 427 Main Street in Park City. ChefDance invites great guests, companies and chefs to celebrate food, culture and people in an exclusive setting that promises great experiences, great connections and unforgettably great moments.

About Creative Playground:
Creative Playground is an innovative and trailblazing marketing and branding agency, with a team of passionate brand builders and creative thinkers. Together with their partners, they create authentic global lifestyle brands and properties. Creative Playground's visionary work harnesses the power of pop culture enabling their clients to build stronger brands, generate greater awareness and amplify consumer engagement. Their award-winning team is globally recognized for their celebrity infused initiatives and campaigns spanning across fashion, entertainment, sports, beauty and wellness industries.

About Embermine:
Embermine is a creative commerce platform that streamlines collaboration and distribution for creatives and entrepreneurs, empowering them with agency, efficiency, and sustainability in their endeavors.

SOURCE Creative Playground