Agatha Kavanaugh is the president of One Haus, a national recruitment agency in the hospitality industry. Her unique journey to her position has taken her from being a server at a high-end national restaurant chain, through standing up to the…
Agatha Kavanaugh is the president of One Haus, a national recruitment agency in the hospitality industry. Her unique journey to her position has taken her from being a server at a high-end national restaurant chain, through standing up to the…
When it comes to people making change in the foodservice industry, you needn’t look further than Martha Hoover. A former sex crimes prosecutor, Patachou Inc. owner Martha Hoover has spent the last 30 years building a culinary empire in Indianapolis.…
James Beard-nominated chef/owner of Dirt Candy and Lekka Burger, Amanda Cohen, has climbed the culinary ladder. You might recognize her from both Iron Chef Canada and Iron Chef America where she got her start as the first vegetarian chef to…
Surrounded by a family of strong women who never said “no” and always made things happen, Ellen Bennett—of Hedley & Bennett—was born to be an entrepreneur. After cooking alongside top-level chefs in some of LA’s finest restaurants, she left the…
Using her classical training and Caribbean roots, chef-owner Nina Compton rose through BRAVO TV’s “Top Chef” season 11 in New Orleans as the runner-up and fan favorite. She has gone on to open her decorated restaurants, Compère Lapin and Bywater…
How did your career in pastry start? Give us the movie montage version. I really wanted to go culinary school when I was in high school, but my parents said I should go to college first. I don’t think they…
When we trekked downtown to the O.G. Murray’s Cheese on Bleecker Street one rainy Friday morning in February, we’re not there, as you might expect, to eat our weight in cheese. Instead, we met up with Elizabeth Chubbuck, Chief Strategy…
When COVID-19 hit, chef, entrepreneur and author Zoe Adjonyoh found herself with an empty kitchen and no one to cook for. “It made me want to turn to my community and help,” says Zoe. So she started up a crowdfunding…
Michele Jerry, owner of Limoncello Productions— a full service production company specializing in Commercial Food Photography and Video—thinks of herself as a creative first and a business person second. But she believes if you want to be successful, you have…
Alyssa Alia wears many hats. She is a chef, professional food stylist, recipe developer and cookbook author but above all, she is a mother who cherishes time spent around the table with family. We recently had the opportunity to chat…
