When Bernadette Shanahan-Haas stepped into the executive director role at the Retail Bakers of America more than a decade ago, the trade association, she says, was struggling. “They literally said to me, ‘You can either figure out a way to…
When Bernadette Shanahan-Haas stepped into the executive director role at the Retail Bakers of America more than a decade ago, the trade association, she says, was struggling. “They literally said to me, ‘You can either figure out a way to…
Following a career in marketing, sales and business development for foodservice-based promotional agencies and brands — including McCormick and French’s — Julie Swift began working as a consultant a year and a half ago, providing services such as broker training…
The kitchen may be closed, but Chef Johana Langi isn’t sitting still. Since her boss, celebrated chef Daniel Boulud, had to temporarily shut down his restaurants during New York’s COVID-19 lockdown, Chef Johana has been busy working on a new…
A college junior baking babka. A Spanish teacher making empanadas from her native Argentina. An out-of-work pizza chef looking to fill her time while applying for unemployment. These women turned to a place they know well in the absence of…
Black Enterprise is shining a light on the challenges that Jenny McDonald, owner of Jenny Dawn Cellars, an urban winery, has had to overcome to build her business. She founded her business in 2016 with her family and it has…
Every year, as a child, Michele Buck and her family would tour the Hershey Factory less than an hour away from their home. Together, they would stare at the conveyer belts full of chocolates and devour the sweet treats. Michele…
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…
Chef Amethyst Ganaway from North Charleston, South Carolina, is the winner of the 2020 LDEI Culinary Legacy Award. She is also a voice for change, especially in the restaurant industry. In this Eater essay titled, Restaurants Must Use This Moment…