2020 Celebrity Guest Appearances
Chef Darren McGrady
Missouri Lottery Main Event Stage
Darren was chef to Queen Elizabeth II, Diana, Princess of Wales and Princes William and Harry for fifteen years and has cooked for five US Presidents. He is now owner of "Eating Royally" fine dining, author, culinary consultant, and public speaker.
He has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, Fox News Channel, BBC, CBC, MSNBC and And Sky Television. On Fox and Friends, covering the Princess Dianna Memorial, CNN covering the Royal Wedding and cooked on The Today Show and CBS Early Show in New York.
'Eating Royally; Recipes and Rembrances from a Palace Kitchen' is in it's sixth print with all of his advance and royalties from a palace donated to the The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation. Darren's second cookbook 'The Royal Chef at Home- Easy seasonal Entertaining' released November 1, 2017.
Kamber Cain
Missouri Lottery Main Event Stage
Kamber Cain is no stranger to the music scene. Kamber has opened shows for Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Billy Dean, Jamie O’Neal, LONESTAR and Mark Collie. She has played several shows at the CMA Fest in Nashville. Kamber has been in the Country Showdown for 13 years advancing to the State, Regionals and Semi-Finals rounds. She has claimed the title of “2014 Missouri State Fair Idol”, The 2016 Indie Ville TV Award “Country Artist of the Year”, The 2016 Josie Music Award for “Song of the Year” for her song “I Don’t Think Of You!” In 2017, Kamber won “Modern Country Female Vocalist of the Year” at The Josie Music Awards held at the Nissan Stadium in Nashville and was also chosen to perform at the awards show to over 2,500 in attendance. In 2018, Kamber won “Indie Ville TV’s Song of the Year” for her song “Love Story That I’ve Already Read!” and The Josie Music Award for “Modern Country Female Artist of the Year!” One of Kamber’s song’s “Ain’t Nothin Like A Night Like This” is played in a scene of the hit Netflix series “House of Cards” and NASCAR used a portion of the song on one of their NBC commercials promoting their Charlotte 500 Race. Kamber currently has music videos out for 3 of her originals songs. They are currently being played on “The Country Network” and you can also find them on YouTube. Branching into some acting, Kamber has been an Extra for the TV Show “Nashville” and also a Featured Extra for the New Sitcom on CMT called “Still The King”. Two of Kamber’s latest single’s “Love Story That I’ve Already Read” and “Your Love Is Like A Sunday” is charting on the Music Row Country Break-Out Chart! She just released her 2nd EP titled “Singin’ My Own Song EP”. You can find Kamber’s music on all of the music downloading sites.
MiKayla Gunn
Missouri Lottery Main Event Stage
MiKayla Gunn is someone who has a passion in the music industry as well as in the modeling and acting world. Her dream has always been to inspire those who hear or see her and to be able to share her thoughts and ideas through the art of music, songwriting, and preforming. Mikayla has played at some amazing places like Busch Stadium, Washington County Fair, The Blue Bird in Nashville, and was one of the openers for The Band Perry. MiKayla also has been in several TV shows, commercials, and movies including Pitch Perfect 3. Mikayla has done runway, modeling, appeared on Fox 2 News several times, and is currently a Junior at Lindenwood University as a premed student. MiKayla has an older brother who is deaf so MiKayla is fluent in sign language even signing some songs that she has performed before.
We all are proud to see her journey and she is humbled as she makes her mark on this world one step at a time!
Executive Chef D. Scott Phillips
Missouri Pork Association's Cooking Stage
On The Inspired Cooking Stage we are cooking up something special with D. Scott Phillips, Executive Chef, Food Service Consultants, Inc. Chef Scott will be appearing 2 times with Dr. Harley Hammerman who is the author of Lost Tables and Lost Recipes. They will be demonstrating “iconic” recipes that made historic St. Louis institutions memorable. They will also provide a brief history along with tips and adaptations to the recipes to suit today’s busy lifestyles.
Erica Reed
Missouri Lottery Main Event Stage
Erica is an artist, singer-songwriter and producer raised in the Bootheel of Missouri. An alumnus of Lemoyne-Owen College, and a master’s degree in Business Administration from Christian Brothers University in Memphis, Tennessee.
After graduating, Erica pursued corporate success with the same passion that she exhibited with her music. Focusing on a career in Finance, she also served as President of the corporate Women’s Initiative Group and President of the corporate African-America Diversity Chapter. All of this, while being a dedicated wife and mother of two!
Erica’s dedication to her business profession has paid off as she is well established in Corporate Finance leadership positions. Still the burning desire to spread God’s word through music was there as she could be found in her church on Sundays belting out gospel tunes with the same fire. That burning desire lead to an even stronger passion to use her God-given talents to the fullest potential. In a short time, she had plunged herself back into the pages of her songbooks, spending days and nights putting together a new body of work that represented decades of pent-up ideas, thoughts and emotions.
These would become the foundation for Erica’s debut album “The Time is Now”, a contemporary gospel music album that was equal parts a love letter to the music of her youth as it was a realization of the woman she had become. This combination of influences is clearly heard in God is Using Me and Walk By Faith, which feature soulful vocals atop a lush backdrop of soul rhythms.
Erica followed up her debut success with her next production entitled Sold Out.
She has worked closely with SRT Entertainment/DA Johnson and renown gospel producer Asaph Ward (The Clark Sisters, Coko, Dorinda Clark Cole, Kim Burrell, Mary J. Blige) on Time and I Found and producer Sanchez Harley (Kirk Franklin, Shirley Caesar, Mighty Clouds of Joy) on Building and Every Step.
Now, Erica is set to realize the promise of those earlier works with a brand, new self-titled album – “Erica Reed”. As the name implies, this project is in many ways a culmination of Erica’s growth as an artist. The multi-genre, 11-song album showcases a confident and supremely gifted vocal talent with a rare ability to touch listeners across genres and generations.
“Erica Reed” also features the inimitable production talent of Carl Nappa, a multi-platinum diamond awarded producer who worked with several giants in the industry including, Nelly, NSYNC and RZA.
Erica career success is a direct result of the love of her devoted fan base. The newly self-titled released “Erica Reed” album will uplift and empower even the heaviest heart!
Copies available on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon, Deezer and EricaReedMusic.com
Past Celebrities of The St. Louis Working Women’s Show – 34 Years
1988
Oprah Winfrey – Int’l Celebrity
Dr. Ruth – TV Personality
Heloise – Columnist
1989
Marlo Thomas – TV & Movie Star
Dr. Benjamin Spock – Author
Jose Eber – Celeb Hairstylist
1990
Lynn Redgrave – Movie Star
Ann Landers – Advice Columnist
1991
Linda Evans – TV Celebrity
Debbie Reynolds – TV & Movie Celebrity
1992
Dyan Cannon – Screen Star
Joanna Kerns – TV Star
1993
Leeza Gibbon – TV Celebrity
1994
Carol Channing – TV & Movie Celebrity
Mary Hart – TV Personality
1995
Naomi Judd – Singer
1996
Terri Garr – Actress
1997
Jill St. John – Actress
1998
Connie Stevens – Actress
1999
Isabella Rosellini – Actress
2000
Colton Scott – Actor
2001
Deborah Norville – TV Celebrity
2002
Kathy Najimy – TV Celebrity
2003
Ty Pennington – TV Celebrity
Loretta Swit – TV Celebrity
2004
Jerry Talamantes – Nat’l Fashion
2005
Carolyn Kepcher – TV Celebrity
2006
Constance Ramos – TV Celebrity & Designer
2007
Susie Coehlo – TV Celebrity
2008
Jay Kenneth Johnson – TV Celebrity
2009
Yakov Smirnoff – Stage Celebrity
Sally Hershberger – Legend In Hair
2010
Danny Boome – Food Network
2011
Clinton Kelley – TV Celebrity
2012
Molly Ringwald – Movie/TV Star
2013
Maria Bello – Movie Star
2014
Bob Harper – TV & Fitness Star
2015
Melissa Joan Hart – Movie & TV Star
2016
Alison Sweeney – Actress & Author
2017
Janine Turner – Actress & Author
2018
Samantha Harris - Entertainment Journalist & TV Host
2019
Royal Chef Darren McGrady
2020
Royal Chef Darren McGrady