Mario Carbone, Cait Bailey and Travis Kelce at least year’s Carbone Beach Miami event. Getty Images for American Express Presents CARBONE BEACH

Even for the hospitality moguls and star chefs who regularly crisscross the country on the Spectacle Circuit, early May might feel unprecedented. It’s the intersection of Miami’s Formula 1 week and the Kentucky Derby, with high-profile food events at both. But this year, there’s a lot more than that happening around the United States.

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On May 1-4, the Omni PGA Frisco Resort & Spa in North Texas will host the inaugural Savor festival with chefs including Kwame Onwuachi, Stephanie Izard, Shota Nakajima and Antonia Lofaso, a musical performance from Midland and a celebrity golf tournament featuring Dennis Quaid and Anthony Anderson. Elizabeth Blau, the restaurant development executive who launched the Wynn Las Vegas Revelry food festival last summer and just debuted the Women in Hospitality Leadership Conference at Wynn, will also be at Savor. 

Blau and her husband, chef

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