577 Millennium - Seventeenth Edition HOSPITALITY AND LEISURE Outside of his primary endeavors, Mr. Weiss is a prolific philanthropist, having remained involved with the Buoniconti Fund to raise funds and awareness to help The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis. He is also the co-founder of the Barton G. Weiss Kids Hear Now Foundation. Since its inception in 2009, the foundation has emphasized the viability of cochlear implants and auditory verbal therapy as an option for deaf children to become part of the hearing world. Partnering with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, the foundation’s cochlear implant program has helped restore hearing to more than 1,000 deaf children and adults in the last 20 years. In accounting for his success, Mr. Weiss credits the consistently high standards he sets for himself; never one for idleness, he constantly moves and works toward self-improvement, learning new things about new fields at a breakneck pace. Now in rehabilitation from a bout with full-body paralysis, Mr. Weiss is proud to have circumvented most issues associated with his disability, and he has gladly carried on his business endeavors with energy and passion in equal measure. both guests and industry luminaries. Motivated by his immensely positive feedback for his event and catering business, he opened his first restaurant in 2002 and later established Prelude by Barton G. at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami in 2009. Mr. Weiss subsequently opened a successful hotel named "The Villa by Barton G. " formally known as Versace Mansion, which operated a hotel, restaurant, unique event facility, and catering facility. Restaurant establishment in Miami Beach before breaking ground on a new restaurant in Los Angeles in 2014. During the same year, Mr. Weiss became a published author with the release of “The Big Dish: Recipes to Dazzle and Amaze from America’s Most Spectacular Restaurant,” which expounds upon his unconventional approach to culinary service. He has also been featured in publications and media outlets such as the New York Times, Forbes, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, Departures, Time magazine, and the Robb Report. Moreover, Mr. Weiss has appeared on CNN, CNBC and ABC’s Nightline, and he was featured as a guest judge on “Top Chef” and “Behind the Bash” by Giada de Laurentiis.
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