Tampa Bay Food Fight

MetropolitanΒ  Ministries held its second annual Food Fight event and fundraiser. Fifty restaurants battled it out at Armature Works in Tampa to see which side of the bay had the

Chatting with restauranteur Jeff Gigante

Sponsored by   Jeff Gigante is one of Tampa’s busiest restauranteurs, with eight restaurants under the Ciccio Restaurant Group, which he helped establish in the Bay area, employing more than

Jeff Gigante and Bridgette Bello
At Schifino Lee, Women are Blazing Trails & Leading the Charge

Princess crown or Viking hat? When Paola Schifino considered those two wardrobe options at a photo shoot for her company’s website, the principal and co-founder of Schifino Lee Advertising &

Amanda Koenn, Kerry O’Keef, Paola Schifino, Jennifer Ruyle, and Bri Wagner
Girl Power: Catherine Stempien powers up the Tampa Bay area

Catherine Stempien, Florida state president of Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), is proud to lead a company that has a positive impact on people’s lives every day. She points to the

Catherine Stempien
On the Scene: Tampa Hillsborough EDC Annual Meeting

TheΒ  Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corp. held its annual meetingΒ  at the Straz Center. The EDC looked back at the past fiscal year’s biggest achievements of both the EDC and

Development: Talking with The Liberty Group’s Punit Shah

Sponsored by Punit Shah has put his mark on Tampa Bay as a hotel developer, and now he has spread his reach to South Florida as part owner of the

Punit Shah and Bridgette Bello
Hamilton tickets go on sale Friday

Brace yourselves … Hamilton is coming to Tampa! Tickets for the Broadway phenomena will go on sale Friday, November 16 at 9 a.m., theΒ Straz Center announcedΒ Tuesday.Β  Tickets can be purchased

On the Scene: University of Tampa’s Kickoff social

The University of Tampa Board of Fellows kicked of the school year with a social on August 14 at the university. Click through the gallery to see more photos.

On the Scene: Leadership Tampa Bay’s 2019 Class Kickoff

Leadership Tampa Bay held its kickoff for the class of 2019 on Sept. 13 at the Centre Club in Tampa. View more images in the gallery.

On the Scene: UT’s Board of Fellows Kickoff social

The University of Tampa Board of Fellows kicked of the school year with a social on August 14 at the university. Click through the gallery to see more images.

TBBW celebrates the launch of our first issue

More than 200 came out August 30 to celebrate the launch of Tampa Bay Business & Wealth’s first issue. Rococo Steak in St. Petersburg hosted the event and guests received

Health care: A fireside chat with Florida Blue’s David Pizzo

DavidΒ PizzoΒ brings a wealth of health care business savvy to Tampa Bay. In his current role as Florida Blue’sΒ market president for the west Florida region, he’s responsible for 14 counties along

David Pizzo, market president for Florida Blue and Bridgette Bello, CEO and publisher for Tampa Business & Wealth magazine.