ANDRE MACK

WINE SOMMELIER

Andre is in the top 2% of influencers in the food and beverage space (2,832nd) on YouTube and Social Media with an audience reach of more than 5M in US and direct sales reach of one million people. He is a top sommelier (and one of the few Black sommeliers in the Country).Mack was awarded the prestigious title of Best Young Sommelier in America by the highly regarded Chaine des Rotisseurs. This recognition led to a job as sommelier at Thomas Keller’s world-renowned French Laundry in Yountville, California. Mack went on to accept the position of Head Sommelier at Keller’s equally famed Per Se in New York City, where hemanaged a 1500-selection award-winning wine list and consulted regularly with Chef Keller on menu and pairing development.

CLARA MCGREGOR

Actress

Clara McGregor is a French / British actress and producer based in New York City. She started her production company Deux Dames Entertainment in 2020, which focuses on creating female driven Film & Television. Clara recently wrapped a feature film titled You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder, which she produced with her company and Killer Films as well as starring as the lead alongside her father, Ewan McGregor.   Deux Dames Entertainment has also optioned the rights to the book Goddess, the true story of 17th century Julie D’Aubergnie (le Maupin) which Clara is developing into a series out of France, both as a producer and an actor. Clara has previously starred as a lead in HBO’s feature film REEFA as well as co-producing and acting in The Birthday Cake movie  which starred Val Kilmer, Lorraine Brocco and William Fickner and earned Critics Pick in the New York Times. Clara won Best Actress at the Cyrus International Film Festival for her performance in A short film titled Maestro. Currently, Clara is starring in the new season of American Horror Story by Ryan Murphy (Season 11), which is due to be released in October. (Announcement coming soon)  

Zach Mangan

Japanese Green Tea Expert

Zach Mangan is the founder and president of Kettl Tea. Driven by a simple desire to connect incredible Japanese teas with an international audience, Mangan has spent over a decade developing relationships with Japan’s most notable tea producers. Zach is known throughout Japan as an authority on Japanese tea. He has consulted for the Shizuoka Tea Association, Fukuoka Prefecture and studied tea production extensively at origin with producers in both Fukuoka and Uji. He was a finalist and the first non-Japanese person to take top honors in the Zenkoku Gyokuro No Umai Irikata Contest, a nationwide Gyokuro brewing competition in Japan. Mangan has been a contributor to radio, books, and magazines and has developed the tea menus for chefs holding a combined thirty-nine Michelin stars. In 2022 Zach authored the book Stories of Japanese Tea: The regions, the growers & the craft, published by Princeton Architectural Press.
 
Based in both Fukuoka and Brooklyn, Mangan continues to create connections between Japan’s most distinguished tea producers and tea drinkers throughout the world.