S3E42 Preview: La Terra Fina R&D Director Dan Howell on emotional intelligence and relational leadership
Today’s guest is Director of R&D for La Terra Fina, Dan Howell. We met at the 2019 American Food Innovate Summit in Chicago, the organization for whom he is the chair person. He and his sales & marketing colleague Stephanie Robbins gave a talk about emotional...
S3E41: Chef Mark Chura of Burley Foods on working his way up from the dishpit
Chef Mark has a colorful origin story, starting as a dishwasher when he was 15 and then spent the last 24 years growing his skills as a chef - graduating from the CIA in Hyde Park - and coming over to R&D with Burley Foods. Burley Foods represents about 45...
S3E41 Preview: Burley Foods Mark Chura on the ubiquitous brand nobody’s heard of
Chef Mark Chura is from Burley Foods and is responsible for sending some listeners and new friends to the podcast - in fact, I met a new scientist at the American Food Innovate Summit in Chicago in February because she had been keeping a look out for me because he had...
Special Ep: Ashley Colpaart – upcoming Food Incubation Summit Oct 23-24, Austin
Dr. Ashley Colpaart is the founder and CEO of The Food Corridor, a national network of shared commercial kitchen space serving small food companies. Director of Community Rachael Miller was an early season 3 guest and shared the concept of connecting commercial...
S3E40: Stan Sagner goes from media to fine dining cooking and back to media
Stan Sagner went from media to line cooking and back to media, though now in a more strategy-focused way. His transition to culinary is similar to several that I’ve met who attended culinary school “later in life” - he was working in a fast-paced, stressful world and...
S3E40 Preview: Stan Sagner’s advice “do this well, or don’t do it at all”
Food writer and professionally trained cook Stan Sagner went to culinary school while he was also working full time in a high stress media role. Though he was surviving his classes, he recounts a story of how a chef instructor told him that he would have to choose...
S3E39: CuliNex Director of Brand Protection Taylor Walker discusses her superpower of end to end commercialization
“Seeing products come to life in the plant and optimizing processes is my passion in our industry.”
S3E39 Preview: Culinex’s most recent leadership addition Taylor Walker’s involvement in the IFT opened doors
Taylor Walker is the newest addition to the leadership team at CuliNex, having joined the organization about a year ago. As the director of brand integrity, Taylor leverages her experience as a food scientist and plant operations professional and brings a unique eye...
S3E38: Sudden Coffee’s Josh Zloof – how to bring the hospitality mindset to CPG
Josh Zloof is from Sudden Coffee, and when his PR team reached out to set up an interview, I was intrigued. Sudden Coffeeutilizes existing markets for premium coffee to educate consumers about their coffee, which they don’t like to call instant. From their unique...
S3E38 Preview: Sudden Coffee’s Josh Zloof on leveraging partnerships to educate consumers
Josh Zloof is from Sudden Coffee, and when his PR team reached out to set up an interview, I was intrigued. Sudden Coffeeutilizes existing markets for premium coffee to educate consumers about their coffee, which they don’t like to call instant. From their unique...
S3E37: Drexel University Culinology Professor & Chef Jonathan Deutsch on the pathways to a thriving culinology career
Jonathan Deutsch is a professor of culinary arts and food science at Drexel Universityand active member of the research chefs association and specialty food association. in 2014 he co-founded the Drexel Food lab, bringing real-world product development projects to...