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Why Food?

One Industry Fits All

Do you daydream about dropping everything and opening a restaurant? Have you always wondered what it would be like to start your own line of condiments? So many trailblazers in the food world actually started their careers in entirely different fields. How did these folks decide to hit the brakes, start over, and become inspiring the chefs, entrepreneurs, farmers and activists they are today? Hear their stories and learn how you too can fulfill your food dreams. Join cohosts Vallery Lomas and Ethan Frisch on Why Food?

If you made a leap of faith to work in the food industry and want to share your story, please get in touch at [email protected]

 

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Produced by Vallery Lomas & Ethan Frisch

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Ethan Frisch

Ethan Frisch is the co-host of Why Food? and a chef, entrepreneur and activist. He's the co-founder of Burlap & Barrel (www.burlapandbarrel.com), the first and only comprehensive single origin spice company in the United States. As a chef, he worked in high (and low)-end restaurants in New York City and London, and as a humanitarian aid worker, he lived and worked in Afghanistan and on the Syrian-Jordanian border.

Vallery Lomas

Vallery Lomas is a lawyer turned baking blogger and food writer. She is best known for winning ABC’s “The Great American Baking Show” and has also appeared on CNN, Fox, and the Hallmark Channel. She is currently balancing working on her debut cookbook with Clarkson Potter. You can follow her on Instagram @FoodieInNewYork.

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