Q&A with Grégoire Jacquet, Chef and Founder of Grégoire, Berkeley, California
French-trained Chef Grégoire Jacquet was dissatisfied working at five-star, Michelin-rated restaurants around the world. Craving independence, he left fine dining to venture off on his own. In 2002, Jacquet transformed the tradition of carry-out food by opening the first...
Q&A with Dawn Kelly: Founder, The Nourish Spot, Jamaica, Queens NY
It was a pleasure sitting beside Dawn Kelly at the Girl Scouts of Greater New York “Women of Distinction” Awards breakfast last fall. While we were applauding the honorees on stage, I realized, after chatting with Dawn, that she was a woman of distinction with an inspiring story about her journey...
A Conversation With Emerging Private Club Wine Critic Fernando Silva
The interest in fine wines in the private club world is nothing new. Traditionally, this exclusive world is always populated with wine enthusiasts, connoisseurs, and aficionados that are usually part of the member’s board. In some clubs, that position is filled by either the..
A Workplace of Belonging
Having joined over 300 companies in participating in the 2022 Women in the Workplace survey, the largest study on the state of women in corporate America, the research findings by McKinsey & Company and LeanIn.org demonstrate the increasingly complex challenges facing women, and why...
Q&A with Steve Weis, VP of Development & Operating Partner, Cameron...
From closing all its restaurants overnight in March 2020 due to COVID, reopening them by summer 2020, then launching five new restaurants in 2021 and 2022, Cameron Mitchell Restaurants (CMR) is looking forward to five to seven additional locations to come in 2023, and three more...
