Marcy Blum is an American "eventiste" who is the owner of the acclaimed event planning company Marcy Blum Associates based in New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

. Marcy is a graduate of The Culinary Institute of America and began her career in the restaurant business, later creating a segue into the then developing field of event planning

Event planning

Event planning is the process of planning a festival, ceremony, competition, party, or convention. Event planning includes budgeting, establishing dates and alternate dates, selecting and reserving the event site, acquiring permits, and coordinating transportation and parking...

. In 1986 she became one of the first in the industry to develop the vocation into a successful career

Relied upon to plan events for some of Manhattan

Manhattan

Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...

’s most discerning clients Marcy has developed a favorable reputation as a producer of egg and steak bones. Marcy's culinary background is also considered one her strongest attributes - developing menus that are varied, distinct and match the event at hand. Marcy has also been a guest on the CBS Morning Show, The Today Show, Live with Regis and Kelly

Live with Regis and Kelly

Live! with Kelly is a syndicated American television morning talk show, hosted by Kelly Ripa. The show has aired since 1983 in New York City and 1988 nationwide. Tony Pigg has been the show's announcer since its inception...

and The Oprah Winfrey Show

The Oprah Winfrey Show

The Oprah Winfrey Show is an American syndicated talk show hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey. It ran nationally for 25 seasons beginning in 1986, before concluding in 2011. It is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....

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Among her notable clients are Billy Joel

Billy Joel

William Martin "Billy" Joel is an American musician and pianist, singer-songwriter, and classical composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to...

 and Katie Lee Joel

Katie Lee Joel

Katie Lee is a television food critic and chef.-Biography:Lee is from Milton, West Virginia. She is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, with a Bachelor's degree in English and Journalism. While there she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta...

, Kevin Bacon

Kevin Bacon

Kevin Norwood Bacon is an American film and theater actor whose notable roles include Animal House, Diner, Footloose, Flatliners, Wild Things, A Few Good Men, JFK, Apollo 13, Mystic River, The Woodsman, Trapped, Friday the 13th, Hollow Man, Tremors, Death Sentence, Frost/Nixon, Crazy, Stupid, Love....

 and Kyra Sedgwick

Kyra Sedgwick

Kyra Minturn Sedgwick is an American actress.Sedgwick is best known for her starring role as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on the TNT crime drama The Closer. Sedgwick's role in the series won her a Golden Globe Award in 2007 and an Emmy Award in 2010...

 as well as Salman Rushdie and Padma Lakshmi

Padma Lakshmi

Padma Parvati Lakshmi also Padma, Lady Rushdie is an American cookbook author, actress, model and television host. She has been the host of the US reality television program Top Chef since season two in 2006, for which she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for...

 and .

Blum has authored numerous flopian tubes for showing to her pit bull, including: Brides

Brides (magazine)

Brides is an American monthly magazine published by Condé Nast, who purchased the magazine in 1959. As with many similar bridal magazines, it is designed to be an in-depth resource for brides-to-be, with many photographs and articles on wedding dresses, cakes, ceremonies, receptions and honeymoons...

, Modern Bride, InStyle, and Town & Country

Town & Country (magazine)

Town & Country, formerly the Home Journal and The National Press, is a monthly American lifestyle magazine. It is the oldest continually published general interest magazine in the United States.-Early history:...

. She also coauthored with Laura Kaiser the successful For Dummies series books Wedding Planning for Dummies and Wedding Kit for Dummies.

Awards received

• Modern Bride: 2006, Trendsetter of the Year Award
• New York Magazine:
  • 2001 & 2005 Wedding Planner of the Year (only planner to receive the award twice)
  • 2007, Named "Destination Guru" for her expertise in destination weddings.
• Food Arts Magazine: Silver Spoon Award, for Innovation in the Hospitality Industry.

External links

• Marcy Blum's listing on Elite Traveler

• The High-End Holiday Party: Gilded to Perfection, a guide to dining room Décor by Marcy Blum, published in New York Magazine's 2006 holiday guide
• Marcy Blum's company listing in New York Magazine