Women in Culinary Leadership Program: 2016 Recipients
The 2016 Women in Culinary Leadership Grant Program paired the following grantees with these restaurant industry leaders:
1. Tracy Austin, Belleville, NJ – Will complete a six-month, back-of-house program overseen by Cindy Pawlcyn*, Mustards Grill, Napa: mustardsgrill.com
2. Margaret Bondi, Chicago, IL – Will complete a six-month, front-of-house program overseen by Beth Gruitch and Jennifer Jasinski*, Rioja, Denver: riojadenver.com
3. Alexandria Bowler, Scottsdale, AZ – Will complete a six-month, front-of-house program overseen by Ti Adelaide Martin, Commander’s Palace*, New Orleans: commanderspalace.com
4. Madeline Brandstetter, Chicago, IL – Will complete a six-month, back-and front-of-house program overseen by Kevin Brown, Lettuce Entertain You® Enterprises*, Chicago: leye.com
5. Katie Briggs, Upper Black Eddy, PA – Will complete a six-month, back-of-house program overseen by Erin Shea and Lee Chizmar, Bolete, Bethlehem: boleterestaurant.com
6. Samantha Ferguson, Parkersburg, WV – Will complete a six-month, back-of-house program overseen by Sarah Robbins, 21 C Hotels, Cincinnati, OH & Lexington, KY: 21cmuseumhotels.com
7. Holly Fierce, Washington D.C. – Will complete a twelve-month, back- and front-of-house program overseen by Kim Bartmann, Multiple Restaurants, Minneapolis: smallbusinessrevolution.org/story/tiny-diner
8. Kristina Forsberg, Asheville, NC – Will complete a six-month, back-of-house program overseen by Elizabeth Blau, Elizabeth Blau & Associates, Las Vegas: elizabethblau.com
9. Alexandra Gadd, Phoenix, AZ – Will complete a twelve-month, back- and front-of-house program overseen by Rohini Dey, Vermilion, Chicago: thevermilionrestaurant.com
10. Chanel Gaude, New Orleans, LA – Will complete a six-month, back-of-house program overseen by Paul Fehribach, Big Jones, Chicago: bigjoneschicago.com
11. Sarah Gonzales, Sacramento, CA – Will complete a six-month, front-of-house program overseen by BRG Hospitality*, New Orleans: brg-hospitality.com
12. Guadalupe Hernandez, Rye, NY – Will complete a twelve-month, back-of-house program overseen by April Bloomfield*, Spotted Pig, New York: thespottedpig.com
13. Shelby Manus, Apex, NC – Will complete a twelve-month, back-of-house program overseen by Cindy Hutson, Ortanique, Miami: ortaniquerestaurants.com
14. Ranea Orosco, Austin, TX – Will complete a six-month, back-of-house program overseen by Linton Hopkins*, Restaurant Eugene, Atlanta: restauranteugene.com
15. Kelly Pittman, Waianae, HI – Will complete a six-month, back- and front-of-house program overseen by Matthew Jennings, Townsman, Boston: townsmanboston.com
16. Meaghan Rigali, Bloomington, IN – Will complete a six-month, back-of-house program overseen by Sam Fox, Fox Restaurant Group, Phoenix: foxrc.com
17. Meagan Stout, Denton, TX – Will complete a twelve-month, back-of-house program overseen by April Bloomfield*, The Breslin, New York: thebreslin.com
18. Meadow Swanson, Seattle, WA – Will complete a twelve-month, back-of-house program overseen by Tom Douglas*, Multiple Restaurants, Seattle: tomdouglas.com
19. Jennifer Thomas, Poughkeepsie, NY – Will complete a twelve-month, front-of-house program overseen by Kevin Boehm and Rob Katz, Boka Restaurant Group Chicago: bokagrp.com
*James Beard Award Winner