Chef Elliott's Entertaining Solutions

Chef Elliott is honored to share the technical skills and culinary/event planning wisdom of his friend and colleague, Executive Chef Johnnie R. Winston, III.

The depth of Johnnie’s creative talents and professional skill set are the key ingredients in the success of his company,Exclusive Designs, thus far.  Johnnie has lent his expertise in the gospel industry to such events as the Gospel Music Stellar Awards, Trumpet Awards, The Gospel Heritage Awards, and The Super Bowl Gospel Celebration.  Other related show credits include: BET Hip Hop Awards, Soul Train, Dove Awards, BET Honors, Real Housewives of Atlanta, Sisterhood, and Married to Medicine and various others. He was the set designer for the pre-party for R & B Diva’s Season 2.

Exclusive Designs reaches a milestone in its career with its first celebrity wedding which aired on BRAVO. The wedding for Grammy Award winning singer and songwriter, Kandi Burruss, and Television Executive Producer, Todd Tucker, in which is known as the wedding of the century. The elements incorporated into this wedding was based on a “Coming to America,” theme in which signified the couple initial meeting place in Africa.