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Brunch & Learn Podcast

Brunch & Learn Podcast

106 episodes

8 months ago

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 ...

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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 ...

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Entrepreneurship

Episodes (20/106)

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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 ...

1 year ago

31 minutes

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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: http...

1 year ago

31 minutes

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Snack Noodle Brand S'NOODS and Life as a CPG Founder with Lauryn Bodden

About Lauryn Bodden: Lauryn is a freelance recipe developer, private chef, culinary producer, and food editor. She won Netflix’s newest cooking competition Snack vs Chef, which pushed her to launch her very own snack brand: S’NOODS. Instagram LinkedIn Website What You'll Learn in Today's Episode: What Lauryn has enjoyed most in her culinary career so far. What advice she would give to someone starting out in food media.What made her want to get into the CPG world with the launch of S'NOODS....

1 year ago

32 minutes

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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...

1 year ago

53 minutes

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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, includi...

1 year ago

35 minutes

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🎉Episode 100! Alexis deBoschnek - Catskills Local, Cookbook Author of To the Last Bite, and the State of Food Media

About Alexis deBoschnek: Alexis deBoschnek is a cookbook author, recipe developer, and food writer based in the Catskills. Her second cookbook, Nights & Weekends, will be published in August 2025. Alexis' Website Instagram Newsletter: Side Dish Cookbook: To The Last Bite In this week's episode you'll learn: The state of Food Media & what she has enjoyed most in her culinary career so far The Catskills - What are Alexis' favorite restaurants/chefs and local businessesOona Wine...

1 year ago

47 minutes

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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 incorpo...

1 year ago

55 minutes

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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 ...

1 year ago

49 minutes

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EP: 97: Brazilian Cheese Bread, Cheesy Waffles, and Creating a Category from Scratch with Junea Rocha, Co-Founder and CMO of Brazi Bites

About Junea Rocha & Brazi Bites: Junea Rocha is the Co-Founder and CMO of Brazi Bites, a leader in the frozen better-for-you, Latin-inspired food category. Rocha co-founded the brand in 2010, along with her husband, Cameron MacMullin. In a few short years Brazi Bites grew into a nationally distributed brand with a cult-like following after appearing on ABC’s Shark Tank and being included twice on the Inc. 5000 list of “America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies.” Bringing a cherished Br...

1 year ago

39 minutes

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EP: 96 - Solo Episode - How to Exhibit at a Food Trade Show - Marketing Strategies & Tips for Food Brands & CPG Exhibitors

Bringing you a solo episode today, why? Here's my background. I'm the founder of Women Who Brunch and Host of the Brunch & Learn Podcast, but have also spent the past 13 years of my career in event management, marketing, sponsorships/partnerships, and lead management. The past 7 years of my career were specifically in trade show management. I'm combining my experience of both understanding from an exhibitor side to my press/content creator side in covering food events and trade sh...

1 year ago

25 minutes

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EP: 95: Tips for Food Content Creators: From Storytelling, Pitching Brands, and Prioritizing Balance with Dominek Tubbs, Food & Travel Digital Creator of Dom N' The City

Meet Dominek Tubbs: Dominek is a digital creator based in New York City specializing in food and travel content. With a passion for culinary adventures and storytelling, she has become a trusted resource in the city's gastronomic landscape and beyond. Her talents have allowed her to work with brands such as Amtrak, Eventbrite, OpenTable, and more. Follow Dominek here: https://www.instagram.com/domnthecity https://www.threads.net/@domnthecity https://twitter.com/domnthecity www.domnthecity.c...

1 year ago

58 minutes

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EP: 94: Zero-Proof Lifestyle & Social Drinking for All with Sharelle Klaus, CEO of DRY

About Sharelle Klaus: As the visionary behind DRY, Sharelle Klaus has always had a passion for the culinary world and celebrating each part of a meal – including the beverages. After having four children and not being able to enjoy wine or cocktails with her meals, Klaus recognized the need for a refreshing, elevated, non-alcoholic option in the market that was worthy of pairing with a great meal. In 2005, Klaus crafted the first batches of DRY Soda in her home kitchen and officially launche...

1 year ago

35 minutes

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EP: 93: The Basics of Cookbook Publishing with Sally Ekus, Senior Literary Agent, The Ekus Group

About Sally: Sally Ekus is a Senior Literary Agent at JVNLA. She leads The Ekus Group, a boutique culinary and lifestyle division that in January 2024 merged with JVNLA after a long history between the two literary agencies. Sally represents a wide range of culinary, health, wellness, and lifestyle talent, from first-time cookbook authors to seasoned chefs, RDs, professional food writers and bloggers, and internet and YouTube personalities. From concept to contract, she has brokered over 30...

1 year ago

42 minutes

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EP: 92 - Put Some Culture in Your Kitchen - Food Blogging and SEO Tips with Alexandria Drzazgowski, The Foreign Fork

About Alexandria: Alexandria Drzazgowski is the food blogger behind The Foreign Fork, a project where she is cooking a meal from every country in the world. After backpacking to 15 countries in Europe and taking cooking classes in each one, Alexandria decided to take her project of cooking-around-the-world home with her. She started her blog in 2018, and to date has cooked over 450 recipes from over 90 countries. The Foreign Fork has been featured in Buzzfeed, The Detroit News, and Elite Dail...

1 year ago

41 minutes

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EP 91 - Supporting the Relationship Between Nutrition and Fertility with Lizzy Cooper, Founder of Flourish Foods and Dara Godfrey, Registered Dietitian at Reproductive Medicine Associates of NY

About Flourish Foods: Flourish Foods is a meal delivery company that delivers fully-prepared, high-protein meal plans throughout NYC to those wanting to optimize their egg health prior to egg freezing/IVF or trying to conceive. Founder, Lizzy Cooper: Lizzy Cooper is a New York City-based private chef. Before she started cooking professionally, she earned her Masters in Social Welfare from UCLA and worked for many years in Los Angeles as a social worker. But then in 2017 Lizzy started LA's f...

1 year ago

39 minutes

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EP: 90: Food Communication, State of Food Media Today, How to Plan for a Cookbook Tour, and Hosting and Entertaining Tips from Kim Yorio, Senior Vice President at 5WPR

Meet Kim Yorio: Kim Yorio is a storyteller. For as long as she can remember, she’s been crafting messages for media, thought leaders, and consumers. She’s worked top culinary brands and talent throughout her tenure running YC Media including Calphalon, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, Ippodo Tea, Sea Tales, and Food Network magazine as well as Jamie Oliver, Michael Symon, Curtis Stone, and Carla Hall. Her results range from frequent placements on national television to features in top national ma...

1 year ago

48 minutes

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EP: 89: Where Art, Vegetarian Food, and Connection Meet - Fancy Feast Supper Club; A Creative Dinner Series in the Hudson Valley with Leah Guadagnoli

Meet Leah Guadagnoli: Fancy Feast Supper Club is a creative dinner series organized by artist, chef, and homesteader Leah Guadagnoli. She brings people together through homegrown, globally inspired vegetarian meals prepared from her garden with passion, love, and a genuine curiosity for the overlapping flavors and techniques our expansive universe has to offer. Through extensive research and an ethically conscious appreciation of other cultures through food, her goal is to celebrate our comm...

1 year ago

38 minutes

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EP: 88: Dry January - Trends & Categories Behind Non-Alcoholic Beverages and Functional Products with Emily Heintz Founder & CEO of Sèchey

Emily Heintz: Emily launched Sèchey, in 2021, after her own journey discovering sophisticated alternatives to alcohol. A nod to the French word for dry, Sèchey is a modern bottle shop fueled by the societal shift in the way we celebrate without alcohol. An early ecommerce entrepreneur, Emily founded her first company in 2004. Since that transformative experience, Emily held a variety of roles as a merchant, store manager and retail sales executive. After a decade of helping global retailers...

1 year ago

29 minutes

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EP: 87 - Single Origin Spices, Spice Club, Culinary Collabs, and Sustainable Farming Partners with Burlap & Barrel's Bayley Freeman and Ren Rossini

About our Guests: Ren Rossini is the Culinary Partnerships and Communications Manager at Burlap & Barrel. She joined the company in 2020 after moving away from a career in butchering and salumi-making. She lives in Joshua Tree, California, with her partner and their dog, as well as a desert tortoise named Sporty Spice. Bayley Freeman is the Operations & Communications Manager at Burlap & Barrel. She joined the company in 2020 from a career in magazine copyediting and child-rais...

1 year ago

40 minutes

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EP: 86: Rachel Kishore, Founder of Empowered Economy - Importance of the 5 C's (Community, Content, Collaboration, Capital, and Curation) for Female Food Founders

Meet Rachel Kishore: Rachel Kishore has a background in finance, technology, food, and nutrition. After earning her undergraduate degree in Food & Nutritional Sciences, she began work at a nutrition BioTech startup before transitioning into FinTech. Over the last 5 years, Rachel’s work in finance has focused on women's advocacy. In recognition of her leadership and engagement, she was honored as a Yahoo Finance HERoes Top 100 Women Future Leaders and featured on the Nasdaq Tower on Int...

1 year ago

43 minutes