About Live From Maine
The challenges of 2020, have inspired Maine makers and producers to connect with consumers in creative ways. Maine Made has partnered with O’Maine Studios to create Live From Maine, a way to help viewers meet makers, see products, and make purchases from the safety and comfort of their homes.
You’ll learn about different areas of our state, discover seasonal activities, and explore ways to prepare some of Maine’s fine specialty foods.
Think QVC meets GMA3 - a thoughtfully curated live event focused on the wonderful stories behind Maine’s exceptional products.
Meet Our Hosts
Sarah-Taylor Wieluns
Sarah-Taylor was born and raised in mid-coast Maine. After graduating from Phillips Exeter Academy and subsequently Northeastern University, with a BA in Communications, she headed West and spent eight years thriving in Los Angeles’ network television industry. She left CBS’ Criminal Minds after six seasons as its Production Accountant and was soon cruising cross-country as Production Coordinator of the Race Across America’s media crew. Sarah-Taylor moved back east in 2011 and continued to build her production career for four years with Boston-based Parallax Productions.
After migrating back North to be based in her home state, Sarah-Taylor’s skill set blossomed and was tested by a variety of freelance work… from Dunkin’ Donuts Iced Coffee music videos, to an ESPN Magazine shoot at Gillette Stadium.
Working with O’Maine Studios since 2015, Sarah-Taylor became its Executive Producer by 2018, with every new project leaving satisfied clients… including The Food Network, LL Bean, Sodexo, Hannaford, Bristol Seafood and the Maine Center for Entrepreneurs. Our host won a 2017 New England Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary and has been personally nominated for several other awards, including the Mary Austin Award for Excellence in Producing at the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema.
Sarah-Taylor defines Happiness as “an inside job,” and performs that one successfully too. By spending time outdoors - in Maine and around the world - whether its horseback riding through the woods on her sturdy mare, hiking trails herself or with “the dogs,” kayaking on quiet waters, or just enjoying the world with loved ones… her joy for Life (and Maine) shines bright. You’ll see!
Kristan Vermeulen
Kristan Vermeulen has been at the forefront of linking the sciences of behavior to the field of communications for over 9 years. Her signature is to link behavioral strategy with the design and delivery of creative public relations, influencer marketing, and social media tactics to consistently burst through today’s information clutter and fuel a new sense of urgency to act on client messages.
She started a podcast called Makers of Maine at the peak of the pandemic in June of 2020 that showcases stories of makers of all types including fashion designers, woodworkers, blacksmiths, artists, photographers, musicians and so much more. She wanted to find a way to give back to this community as many were struggling to stay afloat. Her podcast has grown to over 3,000 downloads and her social media has a following of more than 2,000 people. She was recently featured on Good Morning America as she discussed how she pivoted her full-time publicist business to establishing a podcast that gives back to the local community. Kristan lives in Cumberland, Maine with her husband (Kipp), two children (Elayna and Krew), and Chesapeake Bay Retriever (Porter). You can find her out sailing with her family in the summertime or on the road interviewing makers of all sorts across Maine.
Photo credit to Natalya DeSena
Chef Wilfred Beriau
Chef Beriau began his cooking career in 1969, after getting out of the USN, at a seafood restaurant in Eastham, Cape Cod. In September of that year, he entered CIA in New Haven, CT and graduated in 1971. Working summers and part time after school, he attended U-Mass in Amherst earning a degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management. From there, he started working, always in a supervisory position, in various restaurants/hotels around New England. His teaching career started in the fall of 1985 at what is now Southern Maine Community College. While teaching, he earned both a BS and Master’s Degree. Chef Beriau was the program director for the last half of his teaching at Southern Maine Community College, retiring in 2011. Since then, he has worked as an ACE evaluator, accreditation visitor and evaluator. Currently, chef Wilfred monitors 13 high school culinary programs for ProStart and the Maine Restaurant Association, and still does presentations wherever and whenever he is asked. He has been a member of the American Culinary Federation since 1977 and is the president of the Casco Bay Chapter.
Bridget Sullivan
Before finding the love of my life and settling in Maine, I was a model and actress based out of NYC for over 20 years. I always had a love for the outdoors and all thing active, so one weekend while skiing the east, I met my husband. He was born and raised in Maine and had no interest in living in NYC, so I pivoted my life and moved to Maine. Now that I’ve been here for 7+ years I can say with all honesty, it was the best decision of my life. Even though I still model in Boston and throughout New England, my husband and I started doing real estate and construction together. We have restored multiple properties around the Portland area and our biggest one yet has been restoring an 1870 barn and farmhouse to become a wedding venue. We love being a local family run small business and love supporting all of our fellow local businesses. Maine is the perfect place to raise a family, start a business and live an all around healthy outdoorsy life.