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In the Sauce

Stories from the Trek Uphill

A podcast about building consumer brands. When Haven's Kitchen launched a product line of fresh sauces, founder Alison Cayne knew they were jumping into something crazy. In her effort to get educated, she started meeting with everyone she knew and respected who could advise her - from production gurus to marketing and social media mavens. Then she started having those conversations as a podcast so that other entrepreneurs can learn from them as well. This is the story of building Haven’s Kitchen Sauces. But it’s also the story of every growing brand. Because we’re all In the Sauce.

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Alison Cayne

Alison Cayne is the founder of Haven's Kitchen, a recreational cooking school, café and event space, in New York City. She founded Haven’s in 2012 to inspire, teach and support confident, creative, conscious cooking. Alison’s cookbook, The Haven’s Kitchen Cookbook was published in April 2017 and Haven’s Kitchen Sauces were launched at Whole Foods, Fresh Direct and other grocers in December that year. Alison is committed to promoting good food policy and serves on the board of Edible Schoolyard NYC. She is an adjunct professor of food studies at NYU, a guest lecturer at The Institute of Culinary Education and a featured speaker at TEDXManhattan. She has been featured in Bon Appetit, Elle, Food and Wine, Forbes, Healthyish, GOOP, The New York Times,  Rachael Ray Every Day, Refinery29 and Vogue.

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