How can we use food to strengthen communities? How can small businesses contribute positively to local economies? How can food businesses support sustainable ecology? How can we create nurturing environments for workers? These are questions that chefs and restaurant owners are constantly asking, even as they also struggle to keep...

On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer's guest is Joanna James, Founder & CEO of MAPP (Mentorship, Advocacy, Pandemic relief, and the Power of women), a non-profit supporting women-led food organizations, empowering women to lead through mentorship and advocacy, which is having its first MAPP Restaurant Reset...

We speak with Evan Marks, founder of the Ecology Center in San Juan Capistrano (Orange County), CA. Evan is a first-generation farmer who has practiced agroforestry in Nigeria and Ghana. For the past several years, he has devoted himself to fostering agroecological, community-focused agriculture in his own suburban region, in...

This week on Inside Julia’s Kitchen, we’re celebrating what would have been Julia’s 109th birthday with an entire episode devoted to the #JuliaMoment, when we ask our guests to share their favorite Julia memory, moment or how she has inspired them in their career. Host Todd Schulkin shares Julia moments...

It's an honor to host Southern cuisine's true queen - Chef Mashama Bailey. Known for her soulful style in the kitchen of The Grey in Savannah, Georgia, Mashama was recently featured on Netflix's Chef's Table series. She talks her upbringing in The Bronx, her pathway to the South, and more...

Ellen Yin of Philadelphia's Fork, is one of America's best-loved restaurateurs who is a gifted and giving mentor, partner and boss. Listen in to hear how she has navigated the closing and moving of one of her restaurants during COVID, her relationship with the talented chef-partner who was injured in...

Charleston Grill is an institution, but the man behind this restaurant’s iconic status is none other than General Manager, Mickey Bakst. In addition to being a stalwart advocate for the art of fine dining, Bakst is the co-founder of Ben’s Friends. Ben’s Friends is the food and beverage industry support...

This week, on Inside Julia’s Kitchen, host Todd Schulkin welcomes Amy Hoopes, President of Wente Family Estates. Todd and Amy discuss women in the wine world and mentorship and the Les Dames d’Escoffier Legacy Awards. As always, Amy shares her Julia Moment. Photo Courtesy of Amy Hoopes Inside Julia's Kitchen...

This week’s episode of Opening Soon is all about mentorship, fostering it as a business owner and finding it as a cook. We are joined today by Chef Ed Lee and Lindsey Ofcacek, co-Founders of the LEE Initiative, which stands for Lets Empower Employment, the initiative which works to bring...

Alon Shaya is the co-founder (along with his wife, Emily) of Pomegranate Hospitality, the restaurant Saba, located in New Orleans, and Denver’s Safta. He’s also the Author of Shaya: An Odyssey of Food, My Journey Back to Israel. Alon sat down with HRN’s Kat Johnson to discuss his book, his...