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Amber Mayfield

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Amber Mayfield

Full Name: Amber Mayfield

Job: Founder and Lead Producer

Works for: TO BE HOSTED

Primary Industry: Events Services

Nationality: American

Residence: New York, New York

Amber Mayfield is the founder & CEO of To Be Hosted & While Entertaining Magazine. To Be Hosted is an events and media company specializing in dinner parties, cultural celebrations, and storytelling. Founded in 2017, To Be Hosted Supper Club Dinners, is a dinner series which highlight Black chefs and cater to diverse audiences. The company has grown into a full-service event agency that specializes in dinners and food-focused events, with clients including Netflix, Nestle, Facebook, Hennessy, Del Monte, Equinox, and Tinder.

In 2020 Ms. Mayfield lunched the food magazine While Entertaining Magazine which is now available in print and online. 

Ms. Mayfield is on a mission to bring more diverse voices, stories, and flavors to the table in food and hospitality.

Work Experience

  • Founder and Lead Producer, TO BE HOSTED

    Amber is the founder and lead event producer at To Be Hosted, an experience agency that specializes in producing dinner parties, events and bespoke activations.

  • Founder & Publisher, While Entertaining Magazine

    While Entertaining Magazine is a yearly publication focused on inspiring stories and delicious recipes from chefs of the African diaspora.

  • CultureCon Director of Operations, The Creative Collective NY

  • Coordinator, Bravo & Oxygen Digital, NBCUniversal Media, LLC

Education

  • MS, Marketing, Baruch College, Zicklin School of Business, 2018

  • BA, Communication - Public Relations, University of Maryland College Park, 2014

Accolades

  • Forbes 30 Under 30 - Media List, Forbes Magazine, 2022;

Related Links

  • LinkedIn Amber Mayfield is an entrepreneur, event producer, and culinary magazine publisher. Amber is the founder and lead event producer at To Be Hosted, an experience agency that specializes in producing dinner parties, events and bespoke activations. Events: Founded in February 2017, To Be Hosted has produced events and experiences for top brands, including Equinox, Facebook, Nestle, Netflix, Bumble, Tinder, Patron Tequila, Resy/American Express, Moët & Chandon, and more. To learn more, visit www.tobehosted.com.

  • Personal Website Meet Amber, A multidisciplinary event producer, a culinary magazine publisher, an entertaining expert, and a Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of 2022 alum.

  • Company: To Be Hosted To Be Hosted’s Agency specializes in the production of dinner parties, intimate events, and bespoke brand activations. We believe specificity is king. And we’ve mastered the art of producing small events that make big impressions. Our team brings a deep knowledge, passion, and enthusiasm for producing events that don’t just look good, they actually feel good. With a zeal for detail, creative vision, and a love of IRL storytelling, we challenge the bounds of traditional sit-down dinners and events to create multi-sensory brand experiences that guests remember vividly.

  • Forbes 30 Under 30 - Media (2022) While working as an assistant at Bravo TV, Amber Mayfield fell in love with the storytelling that surrounds the food industry, but didn't see a space carved out for people who looked like her. So at 23, she launched her then-side hustle To Be Hosted, a dinner series designed to highlight young Black chefs, artists and musicians.

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