Brunch & Learn Podcast

Brunch & Learn Podcast

The Brunch and Learn podcast is a spin off "lunch and learns" where we learn something new from women founders in food, business, and culinary backgrounds. 

  1. 2024/09/14

    Sustainable and Upcycled Cookies with Maura Duggan, Founder of Fancypants Baking Co.

    About Maura: Maura Duggan is the founder and CEO of Fancypants, a delicious crispy cookie brand using high-quality ingredients with an elevated twist. She originally started Fancypants as a decorative cookie company in Massachusetts in 2004, along with creating her own manufacturing facility to ensure quality control and scale the business. Maura ​​evolved the company with her husband and COO Justin Housman into a premium CPG cookie brand in December 2023. Maura was inspired by the homemade cookies she made with her grandmother after school, creating a range of classic, approachable, and innovative flavors with a special fancy touch. With sustainability top of mind for Maura, she’s proud that Fancypants is a zero-waste, upcycled cookie brand. Before becoming a full-time baking entrepreneur, Maura had a career in neuropsychology education including working at The Perkins School for the Blind. She valued her time at the school teaching students with varying degrees of vision and hearing and other health and cognitive issues, as she learned to see the world differently and gain perspective on what is truly important in life. When she wasn’t with students, she was tied to a desk and daydreaming of baking, which led her to pursue an entrepreneurship path. She earned a Masters from Harvard University in Mind, Brain, and Education and a Bachelors in Neuroscience from Northeastern University. Maura currently lives in the Boston area with her husband, two young children, and puppy Hazel, working at the Fancypants facility and offices in Walpole, Massachusetts. Fancypants Website Instagram Support the show About Us - Women Who Brunch: Women Who Brunch is a food community and event series for women who love connecting, networking, and learning from each other over the most important meal of the week...BRUNCH! We're solving the problem of making adult friendships while doing cool stuff in the Hudson Vally, NY. Visit our website for updates on events, recipes, brunch spots, product reviews, and more or say hi on Instagram! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenwhobrunch Website: https://womenwhobrunch.com

    32 分钟
  2. 2024/08/29

    Sweets, Social Media Trends, and Burnout with Valentina Mussi, Pastry Chef and Food Content Creator at @sweetportfolio

    About Valentina: Valentina Mussi is a cookbook author, pastry chef, and lifelong foodie who has turned her passion for the culinary arts into her social media platform, @sweetportfolio. Valentina's love for food and its ability to create community has become an essential part of her content. Her Italian-Colombian roots help guide her videos, through their ability to share special moments with her family and about her ancestry. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sweetportfolio TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sweetportfolio What You'll Learn in Today's Episode: What did pastry school teach her and what made her want to pursue pastryValentina's favorite things to bakeHow has she viewed community when it comes to content and how she continues to nurture her community.How she approaches content creation when it comes to creativity and trying new ideas or videos.Current social media trends she's loving.How she has handled burnout as a content creator.Support the show About Us - Women Who Brunch: Women Who Brunch is a food community and event series for women who love connecting, networking, and learning from each other over the most important meal of the week...BRUNCH! We're solving the problem of making adult friendships while doing cool stuff in the Hudson Vally, NY. Visit our website for updates on events, recipes, brunch spots, product reviews, and more or say hi on Instagram! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenwhobrunch Website: https://womenwhobrunch.com

    31 分钟
  3. 2024/08/15

    Seasonal Produce, Farm-to-Table Systems, and Gardening with Next Level Chef Season 3 Winner, Gabrielle Chappel

    About Gabrielle Chappel: Gabrielle is a seasonal chef and educator currently based in Brooklyn, NY. She is a graduate from the Institute of Culinary Education's Health Supportive Culinary Arts program. She works in culinary education, recipe development, catering, and private cheffing. She is a guest on hit Epicurious’s YouTube series “4 Levels” and “Pro vs. Novice.” Her goal is to provide practical, engaging, and nourishing cooking tips that focus on utilizing what produce is available to us year round. She was just announced as the Season 3 Winner of Next Level Chef and will continue her story on Bite’s new series-Gab’s Next Course. Instagram Youtube Series What You'll Learn in this Episode: Summer seasonal produce. What's in season and what she's cooking up now. Favorite local farms and what are some key components of a farm-to-table system.Gardening tips and what she's growing right now.Experience in winning Season 3 of Next Level Chef. What has she learned so far when it comes to mentorship. Gabrielle's new Bite Originals series on Youtube.Support the show About Us - Women Who Brunch: Women Who Brunch is a food community and event series for women who love connecting, networking, and learning from each other over the most important meal of the week...BRUNCH! We're solving the problem of making adult friendships while doing cool stuff in the Hudson Vally, NY. Visit our website for updates on events, recipes, brunch spots, product reviews, and more or say hi on Instagram! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenwhobrunch Website: https://womenwhobrunch.com

    53 分钟
  4. 2024/07/11

    EP 101: Lauren Chew, Founder & CEO, Love + Chew - Vegan Cookies, Bootstrapping, Packaging, and Profitability

    About Lauren Chew: Lauren Chew dubs herself an 'accidental entrepreneur'. In 2018, she went completely vegan and had to rethink her whole diet - including her beloved sweet treats. In 2019, Lauren turned her side hustle into a full-fledged business when she crafted the first iteration of Love+Chew cookies in her tiny San Francisco apartment. The result: a delicious plant-based treat using minimal, wholesome ingredients. Today, Love+Chew cookies are on the shelves of over 2,000 stores, including Whole Foods Market, Sprouts, select Costco locations, and Amazon. What's most remarkable about Love+Chew is that since day one, Lauren has bootstrapped her business with zero outside funding or VC help. Coming from a business development and tech background working at companies like Tesla and Stem, Lauren manages all aspects of the Love+Chew business — from product development and marketing to sales and operations. In 2023, she managed to scale her business from 1M to 3M and is on track to bring in 5-6M this year. Website Instagram Support the show About Us - Women Who Brunch: Women Who Brunch is a food community and event series for women who love connecting, networking, and learning from each other over the most important meal of the week...BRUNCH! We're solving the problem of making adult friendships while doing cool stuff in the Hudson Vally, NY. Visit our website for updates on events, recipes, brunch spots, product reviews, and more or say hi on Instagram! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenwhobrunch Website: https://womenwhobrunch.com

    36 分钟
  5. 2024/06/20

    Chef Priyanka: Award Winning Vegan Chef on Eco-living, Sustainability, Entrepreneurship, and Investing

    Meet Priyanka Naik: Priyanka Naik is a self-taught Indian vegan award-winning chef, Food Network champion, TV Host, Author of THE MODERN TIFFIN, columnist of "Ecokitchen" for The Washington Post, pop-up restaurateur and a TEDx Speaker! An avid traveler who’s been to 43 countries, her globally inspired original recipes, with a focus on sustainability, have been featured on her blog Chef Priyanka, her domestic and global pop-ups, on TODAY Table - an NBC Peacock TV Show she co-hosts, are incorporated into her regular speaking appearances. She has garnered attention from 300,000+ followers and has been featured on ABC News Live, Business Insider, VICE, twice on The Kelly Clarkson Show, Forbes, GLAMOUR, one of America's 20 best chef's according to TODAY Show alongside Bobby Flay, Marcus Samuelson, Martha Stuart and more, 6X TODAY Show featured chef in Studio 1A, Bon Appétit Mini Series, CNN, GQ, The Beet, Well + Good, Medium, and more. Priyanka was the only vegan & South Asian chef among the 15 best creators in the food industry for FoodieCon at SOBE WFF! She is the first vegan & sustainable guest chef for the W Maldives in a one-of-a-kind "Go W-egan" activation. Priyanka has partnered with hundreds of brands globally, including TOYOTA, JUST Egg, Planet Oat, Coca-Cola, Amazon, Walmart and Spotify for brand campaigns. She is first-generation, Indian American, raised on Staten Island, New York, and has two elder sisters. Her Indian heritage is very important to her cooking style and lifestyle, so much so that she even learned her native language of Kannada before English and weaves in Indian elements throughout all of her original vegan cooking. She attributes her devotion to her Indian roots and passion for Indian food to her loving and supportive parents. Website Instagram TikTok The Modern Tiffin Cookbook Youtube Support the show About Us - Women Who Brunch: Women Who Brunch is a food community and event series for women who love connecting, networking, and learning from each other over the most important meal of the week...BRUNCH! We're solving the problem of making adult friendships while doing cool stuff in the Hudson Vally, NY. Visit our website for updates on events, recipes, brunch spots, product reviews, and more or say hi on Instagram! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenwhobrunch Website: https://womenwhobrunch.com

    56 分钟
  6. 2024/06/14

    EP: 98 - Hot Dog Hair Accessories & Knowing When to Scale and Balance your Business with Jennie Lennick, Founder and Creative Director of Jenny Lemons

    About Jennie Lennick & Jenny Lemons: Jennie Lennick is the founder and creative director of Jenny Lemons, a vibrant San Francisco-based accessories and lifestyle brand. After earning her BFA in Studio Art and an MFA in painting, Jennie launched Jenny Lemons in 2014, featuring food-themed and nostalgia-inducing products like hair accessories and craft kits. Her work has been recognized in publications such as Better Homes and Gardens, Real Simple, and Architectural Digest.In 2017, Jennie opened a brick-and-mortar store in San Francisco's Mission District, hosting DIY workshops and supporting local artists for over six years. Jennie continues to carve her mark in the creative landscape, blending her artistic prowess with entrepreneurial spirit. She has collaborated with prominent brands like Ban.do, Urban Outfitters, and Aerie, and is thrilled to have her products available in over 450 retailers worldwide. In this episode you'll learn: How Jennie's art background lead to product design especially food themed products and starting her own businessWhat does her creative process look like when it comes to design and testing new ideas.What has been some of the best entrepreneurship advice she's received.What has been her approach to marketing for her business.Brand collaborations and what makes for a great collaboration.What are some of their best selling products.Balancing motherhood and running a business. Links: Jenny Lemons Website Instagram TikTok Pinterest Support the show About Us - Women Who Brunch: Women Who Brunch is a food community and event series for women who love connecting, networking, and learning from each other over the most important meal of the week...BRUNCH! We're solving the problem of making adult friendships while doing cool stuff in the Hudson Vally, NY. Visit our website for updates on events, recipes, brunch spots, product reviews, and more or say hi on Instagram! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenwhobrunch Website: https://womenwhobrunch.com

    49 分钟
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The Brunch and Learn podcast is a spin off "lunch and learns" where we learn something new from women founders in food, business, and culinary backgrounds.