Haile Thomas is an international speaker, wellness & compassion activist, vegan food & lifestyle content creator, cookbook author, and founder/CEO of the non-profit HAPPY (Healthy, Active, Positive, Purposeful, Youth).
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Toni is an award-winning food and nutrition journalist and community activist who is busy building a healthier community through her books, classes, and foundation.
David Olson is the nationally recognized, award-winning recipe developer, American Culinary Federation Chef, livefire grill master, media personality, and international adventurer-extraordinaire behind Live Fire Republic.
Dan is the founder and creator of the popular recipe blog The Food in my Beard. He has written 4 cookbooks, including books on Tater Tots and S’mores, with his 5th book coming in January 2021.
Georgina Whalen is a lifestyle blogger, SLE advocate, freelance influencer marketing consultant, influencer advisor for The Clorox Company, and the voice behind A Noted Life.
Toby Amidor, MS, RD, CDN, FAND is an award-winning nutrition expert and Wall Street Journal best-selling cookbook author, with over twenty years of experience in the food and nutrition industry.
Maureen Petrosky is an author, television personality, classically trained chef, and food stylist who is currently an Entertaining & Lifestyle Expert who appears regularly on NBC’s TODAY show and hosts multiple video series on TODAY.com.
Atlanta native Kevin Gillespie is an award-winning chef, author, restaurant owner, and former Top Chef contestant whose true passion lies in serving his guests quality food every day.
Alejandra Schrader is a bilingual plant-based nutrition certified chef, food TV personality, entrepreneur, cookbook author, and activist based in Los Angeles, CA.
Jessica Formicola is the recipe developer, food stylist, TV personality, photographer and writer behind Savory Experiments, a blog dedicated to experimenting with all things food and life.
Kita Roberts is a professional photographer, food writer, recipe developer and passionate agriculture advocate, as well as the lead creative force and “meat maven” behind Girl Carnivore.
“The Drinking Coach” Tiffanie Barriere is the bartender’s bartender, an influencer and educator who has been awarded with some of the beverage industry’s highest honors.
Sandra Gutierrez’s career as a nationally recognized expert in Latin cuisines, food writer, cookbook author, speaker,and professional cooking instructor spans more than two decades.
Christy Brissette, MS, RD is one of North America’s top dietitians and a leading nutrition and food communications expert, the President of 80 Twenty Nutrition who is on a mission to end food confusion and dieting once and for all.
Rebecca Lang is a food writer, cooking instructor, television personality, and a ninth-generation Southerner who has authored seven cookbooks.
Erika Council is the charismatic writer and photographer behind the food blog, Southern Soufflé, and has become a fixture in the southern culinary world with her company Bomb Biscuit Co. in Atlanta GA.
Stacie Billis is a veteran food editor, on-air personality, cookbook author, and co-host of the popular food podcast for parents, Didn’t I Just Feed You.
Phoebe Lapine is a cookbook author, private chef, culinary instructor and caterer, and the blogger behind the award-winning Feed Me Phoebe.
Ashley Blom is a cookbook author and the blogger behind Forking Up, a Millennial who taught herself to cook and developed a love of telling people about it.
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Judith Fertig is I’m a food and lifestyle writer, award-winning cookbook author, and tiara-totin’ BBQ Queen.
Cindy Littlefield is an editor, writer, and writing coach with over 20 years experience in both fiction and non-fiction writing.
Jennie Ripps and Maria Littlefield are partners in Owl’s Brew and sister company Brew Lab Tea, which specializes in creating artisanal custom tea blends.
Rick Woodford is a dog lover and cookbook author who teaches pet owners dog nutrition and how to feed their best furry friends.
Matthew Prescott is Senior Food Policy Director for The Humane Society of the United States and Advisor to the Good Food Institute and a leading figure in the global movement to reform the way we farm and eat.
Lisa Q. Fetterman is the former founder and CEO of Nomiku, the first home sous vide immersion circulator and bestselling author of “Sous Vide at Home“.
Betty Rosbottom is a food writer, cookbook author, and cooking teacher, and former TV show host.
William Woys Weaver received his Ph.D. from University College, Dublin and is the author of 15 books and hundreds of articles on foods and foodways.
Elizabeth L. Sims is a communications professional with a background in strategic marketing, brand management, advertising, public relations, journalism and published writing.
Yvonne Maffei is the Founder of My Halal Kitchen, where she shows readers how any type of global cuisine can be made Halal.
Born in Tokyo and raised in Minnesota, Yukari Sakamoto is trained as a chef, sommelier, and a shochu advisor.
Maura Kilpatrick is Executive Pastry Chef/Owner at Sofra Bakery & Café.
Beejhy Barhany is an entrepreneur, and activist, who was born in Ethiopia, raised in Israel and currently resides in New York. She is the chef and owner of an eclectic Ethiopian restaurant, Tsion Café.
Debbie Adler bakes delicious allergen- and sugar-free desserts, and her goal is to teach all mammas, by hook or by cookbook, how to bake up batches in their own kitchens.
Perre Coleman Magness is the food writer and cookbook author behind the website The Runaway Spoon, which focuses on creative recipes with a Southern slant.
Jeanne Sauvage is a gluten-free baker and two-time cookbook author.
Sherrie Castellano is a Certified Health Coach, plant-based chef, recipe developer, and photographer behind the seasonally inspired naturally gluten-free food blog, With Food + Love.
Philia Kelnhofer is the recipe developer, cookbook author, photographer and content creator behind SweetPhi.com.
Katherine Martinelli is an award-winning writer and recipe developer with over a decade of experience writing about a broad range of topics for top tier publications.
Justin Burke is an award-winning self-taught pastry chef, food writer, recipe developer, and queer food activist.
The founder and owner of Pig Out Publications, Karen Adler is a past vice-president of the National Barbecue Association and a certified barbecue expert.
Will Harris is a fourth generation cattleman, who tends the same land that his great-grandfather settled in 1866.
Evan Mallet is the chef/owner at Portsmouth’s Black Trumpet, and is actively involved and sits on the boards of Chef’s Collaborative, Slow Food Seacoast, and the Heirloom Harvest Project.
Julie Hasson is the author of 9 cookbooks and has over 23 years of experience in the food industry, including serving as a private chef for celebrities and high-profile clients.
Patty Pinner is the author of Sweets: A Collection of Soul Food Desserts and Memories, which was selected as one of the best cookbooks of the year by the New York Times.
Chicago native Natalie Slater is a vegan cookbook author and food blogger.
Norman Van Aken has been described as “legendary, visionary and a trailblazer,” ‘The Culinary Titan of Florida,” and “the founding father of New World Cuisine,” a celebration of Latin, Caribbean, Asian, African and American flavors.
Monti Carlo is a Puerto Rican food TV personality, food writer, and special events chef.
Born, raised, and educated in America, Elizabeth Andoh has made Japan her home for more than four decades, and is the author of six books on Japanese cooking.
Chris and Idie Hastings are chef and co-owners of Hot and Hot Fish Club in Birmingham, Alabama.
Ana Sortun is the James Beard award-winning Executive Chef of Oleana Restaurant and Sofra Bakery & Café in Boston.
Derek and Chad Sarno are brothers, chefs, and plant pushers behind the brand Wicked Healthy, which urges readers to drop their diet plans, buy some vegetables, and get back on the track to wellness.
Winner of the 2009 James Beard Award for Best Chef Northwest, Maria Hines has expanded her restaurant group into three award-winning and diverse concepts: Tilth, Agrodolce and Young American Ale House.
Pam Victor is an improv comedian, author, happiness coach, speaker, teacher, and corporate trainer.
Tam Nguyen is the owner of the beloved Tamarind Tree Restaurant in Seattle. Vy Tran is behind the food blog Beyond Sweet and Savory.
Nava Atlas is the author and illustrator of many books on vegan and vegetarian cooking, has written scores of articles on healthful cooking with natural foods, and is also an active fine artist.
Award winning authors Bob & Mary Lou Heiss have been in the vanguard of tea retailing and tea education in America during the span of their 40 +year career.
Irv Miller is the founding executive chef at Jackson’s Steakhouse, a two-time cookbook author, oyster enthusiast, culinary statesman for the Florida Panhandle.
Lauren K. Stein, a former journalist for Reuters, has written for the Boston Globe, Boston Magazine, Boston Business Journal, and Eat Boutique
Kathy Hester is a vegan blogger, recipe developer, cookbook author, and culinary instructor teaches classes and writes articles about eating healthier, menu planning, and cooking for picky eaters.
Kathy Moore and Roxanne Wyss- also known as The Electrified Cooks – are food consultants, recipe developers and testers, cookbook authors, and leading experts in small appliances.
Angela Garbacz is the Owner, Creative Director and Head Pastry Chef of Goldenrod Pastries, where her desserts and pastries that cater to food allergies feature unique flavor combinations and a strikingly vivid color palette.
Beth Hillson created one of the first gluten-free companies in the US, wrote books, and shares 40 years of living well without gluten in her book, The Complete Guide to Living Well Gluten Free.
June Naylor is an award-winning travel journalist, dining critic, and food writer with more than 20 years of experience.
Barbara Unell has been an author, publisher, educator and social entrepreneur for the past 35 years, passionately translating behavioral, social and neuroscience research into practical pathways leading to the greater good in health, learning and behavior
Leah Segedie is the founder of the Mamavation community, ShiftCon Social Media Conference, food activist and social media consultant.
Natalie Rizzo, MS, RD is a NYC-based media Dietitian, food and nutrition writer, national spokesperson and owner of Greenletes, a successful plant-based sports nutrition blog.
Lisa Howard is a lifestyle writer and freelance editor who works with custom and trade magazines, culinary marketing firms, publishers, and individuals.
Brittany Nickerson is a practicing herbalist, health educator, and cook who combines knowledge of nutrition and a passion for using food as medicine with her training in Western, Ayurvedic, and Chinese herbal medicine.
Andreas Viestad is a home cook and food writer, originally from Norway.
Jerry L. Wyckoff earned his Ph.D. in Developmental and Child Psychology from the University of Kansas and has worked as a psychologist at the Kansas Neurological Institute in Topeka.
Kristina Carrillo-Bucaram is a pioneer in the local, organic food co-operative movement and founder of the largest raw, organic produce co-operative in the U.S.
Kim O’Donnel is a twenty-year veteran of the food world as a chef, journalist, and teacher who has dispensed culinary advice and reported on food policy for numerous publications.
Sherri Brooks Vinton’s books, appearances and hands-on workshops have taught countless eaters how to find, cook and preserve local, seasonal food.
Shaye Elliot is a cookbook author and homesteader who lives on a small farm and spends her days canning peaches, wrangling children, and hanging laundry on the line.
Soom Foods was started in 2013, founded with a vision that tahini would be a staple pantry item in the American market because it is a delicious, nutritious, and versatile ingredient.
Michele Song is a former Marketing Manager turned trained pastry chef and content creator with a serious addiction to carbs, butter, and chocolate.
Kelley Cleary Coffeen is a cookbook author, food consultant and media personality whose specialty is Mexican-style foods and beverages.
Jennifer Justus is a cookbook author and writer who writes about food, music and life, and loves telling stories that help us see other perspectives while reminding us of our common humanity.
Committed to health and healing, Neka Pasquale directed her energies into Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Acupuncture, which reinforced her understanding that food is medicine.
Katie Webster is a freelance recipe developer, food stylist, and blogger specializing in healthy, seasonal cuisine.
Sonya Sanford is a culinary producer, food stylist, and writer based out of Los Angeles.
Julia Skinner, PhD, is founder and director of Root, a food history and fermentation organization in Atlanta, GA who also works as a professional fermenter for restaurants and for private clients.
Alyssa Blask Campbell has an M.Ed. in Early Childhood, is a leading expert in emotional development speaking to people around the world, podcast host for Voices of Your Village in over 100 countries, and CEO of Seed & Sew LLC.
Fran Costigan, culinary instructor, cookbook author, pastry chef, consultant, and the director of Vegan Pastry at Rouxbe cooking school, is internationally renowned as the authority on vegan desserts.
Steven Kolpan is Professor and Chair of Wine Studies at The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in Hyde Park, NY.
Anne Quatrano is a James Beard Award-winning chef and restaurateur in Atlanta, Georgia.
Jeff Weiss is a professional chef with more than 15 years of experience, having cooked with James Beard award-winning chef José Andrés and Spanish-based chefs Daní Garcia and Adolfo Muñoz.
Mark Bologna is the mind behind Beyond Bourbon St., a podcast where he explores the people, places, music, history, and culture that make New Orleans unique.
Lauren Stauble is Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education at Bunker Hill Community College as well as consultant for her business, Engage: feel.think.connect.
Sandford D’Amato is a James Beard award-winning chef, cookbook author, culinary instructor, and owner of Good Stock Farm in Western Massachusetts.
Allyson Kramer is a gluten-free, plant-based cookbook author
Keith Pandolfi is a James Beard Award-winning food writer and editor—a celebrant of everything from the exquisite cacio e pepe risotto prepared by Italian chef Massimo Bottura, to the chocolate Fribble served at a Pennsylvania Interstate Friendly’s.
Amy Paige Condon is the founder of The Refinery Writing Studio in Savannah, Georgia, a community creative writing workshop to help established and emerging authors hone their craft.
Sapna Punjabi Gupta, MS, RDN, LD is a Culinary Wellness Specialist, Registered Dietitian, Ayurvedic Practitioner, and the creative force of beSPICED.
Carol Fenster is the author of 14 gluten-free cookbooks for people with celiac disease or non-celiac gluten sensitivity, who also offers consulting services, such as developing gluten-free products and recipes for manufacturers.
Lisa Boalt Richardson is an award-winning author and Certified Tea Specialist.
Laura Bashar is a certified professional cook and cookbook author living in San Diego sharing 500+ recipes from all over the world, including Persian recipes.
Haile Thomas is an international speaker, wellness & compassion activist, vegan food & lifestyle content creator, cookbook author, and founder/CEO of the non-profit HAPPY (Healthy, Active, Positive, Purposeful, Youth).
Crystal Wahpepah is an enrolled member of the Kickapoo nation of Oklahoma Sack and Fox Nation . She was born and raised in Oakland, California, on Ohlone land, surrounded by a multi-tribal, tight-knit, urban Native community.
Lauren Toyota of hot for food is a vegan influencer, Youtube personality, and cookbook author who has a knack for creating vegan versions of popular comfort foods.
Toni is an award-winning food and nutrition journalist and community activist who is busy building a healthier community through her books, classes, and foundation.
Frankie Gaw is a home cook and the food blogger behind Little Fat Boy, which pays homage to his Taiwanese American heritage.
Meathead is a New York Times best-selling author and the barbecue expert behind AmazingRibs.com, which showcases his love and knowledge for barbecue, smoking and outdoor cooking.
Dan is the founder and creator of the popular recipe blog The Food in my Beard. He has written 4 cookbooks, including books on Tater Tots and S’mores, with his 5th book coming in January 2021.
Miyoko Schinner is an award-winning vegan celebrity chef and cookbook author, founder of Miyoko’s Creamery, a range of artisan dairy-free products.
Toby Amidor, MS, RD, CDN, FAND is an award-winning nutrition expert and Wall Street Journal best-selling cookbook author, with over twenty years of experience in the food and nutrition industry.
Ronni Lundy is an award-winning food writer and author with strong ties to the mountains, as she often writes from the perspective and about the experience of the Appalachian diaspora.
Atlanta native Kevin Gillespie is an award-winning chef, author, restaurant owner, and former Top Chef contestant whose true passion lies in serving his guests quality food every day.
Matt Raiford is a cookbook author and Georgia chef who runs his family farm, Gilliard Farms, continuing the traditions of his Gullah-Geechee heritage and creating an authentic farm-to-fork experience for locals.
Alejandra Schrader is a bilingual plant-based nutrition certified chef, food TV personality, entrepreneur, cookbook author, and activist based in Los Angeles, CA.
Amethyst Ganaway is a chef and food writer who focuses primarily on Southern and African-American foodways and the foodways of the African Diaspora.