Danielle Staffieri Email & Phone Number

With more than 25 years in the food and beverage industry, Danielle was born to be an epicurean. She grew up cooking alongside her parents and at the age of two Danielle’s diet included sushi and sweetbreads – she has never looked back.In 1999, Danielle started working directly for Joachim Splichal, a recipient of the prestigious James Beard Award for Chef of the Year, and his company, the renowned Patina Restaurant Group. She spent over 9 years with Patina as Director of Event Sales & Catering for the company leading sales efforts for over 14 various locations during her tenure such at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, Patina Restaurant at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles and Downtown Disney. Dealing with fussy customers, wine pairings and the creation of menus is definitely her forte. As a food and wine correspondent for GrapeRadio, in September of 2008, Danielle went on a film project and spent time in Spain on a documentary for the Sherry region in Jerez de la Frontera and in the region of Murcia uncovering wines of Jumilla, Yecla and surrounding villages, reporting on the Wines of Monastrelle.In 2008 she was recruited by the St. Regis, Monarch Beach, managed by Starwood Hotels and Resorts, responsible for specialty high-end events and spent a year at California’s Only 5 star, 5 Diamond resort layering hotel experience into her portfolio of catering expertise.In November of 2009, Danielle joined historical Balboa Bay Club where she led the team to new heights increasing revenue by 3mil in just 3 years as the Dir. of Business Development, Sales, Catering and Conference Services.In December of 2012, Danielle decided to take a leap of faith and pursue a lifelong dream of becoming an independent consultant and build her own company, focusing on project management, strategy, philanthropy and sales consulting, operations, technology, production and design. In February 2021, Danielle joined TruClear Global as consulting Vice President for the immersive, digital ad tech agency, specializing in sports and entertainment, special projects and immersive technology activations.

Listed skills include Catering, Food And Beverage, Event Management, Menu Development, and 34 others.

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  San Francisco State University

  Communications, Italian, Film, Literature