The celebrity chef series features “A-list” chefs partnering with the nation’s first and largest fresh-tossed salad franchise to do what they do best; craft a fanatic’ly fresh, new salad. Saladworks invites celebrity chefs to create a line of seasonal salads; four different chefs, four different salads, each featured in stores as a celebrity chef salad.
As part of the Celebrity Chef, Saladworks donates $5,000 to the charity of the chef’s choice.
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Venetian chef Marika Seguso created the final 2008 installment of the popular Signature Series, the “Articado” salad.
The “Articado” salad is a “fanatic’ly fresh” mix of classic Italian ingredients featuring artichoke hearts, avocado, tomatoes, real bacon bits and seasoned croutons on a bed of spring mix topped with a balsamic vinaigrette dressing. The salad is available beginning October 15 at all 100 Saladworks locations until December 30.
After graduating from the Institute of Culinary Education in New York, Seguso founded Acquolina which specializes in catering and event management. With offices in Venice and Manhattan, Acquolina has catered events for numerous high-end clients including the Guggenheim Museum, Tribeca Film Festival, Vogue Magazine, Saks Fifth Avenue, Louis Vuitton and Versace.
The Seguso family is renowned in Venice for its glass blowing business which was started in 1397. Twenty-three generations of Segusos have learned the family trade which has been passed down century after century. Their style of Murano glass is considered some of the highest-quality glass in the world.
As part of the Signature Series program, Saladworks donate $5,000 to the charity of the chef’s choice. Seguso is raising awareness of “Epidermolysis Bullosa”, which is a rare genetic disease characterized by the presence of extremely fragile skin and recurrent blister formation. “My son has been stricken with this disease and we want to donate the $5,000 to Dr. Gianluca Tadini, who is an Italian doctor studying this disease and how to cure it,” said Seguso.
