Founding Partner and Executive Director Company of the Cincinnati Food + Wine Classic, Donna Corvettalso has 20 years in the culinary industry and 13 years in journalism—eight of those as dining editor for Cincinnati Magazine. She is also the Founding Partner and Executive Director Cof City …
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Kitchen Convos Ep. 34: Happy Chicks Bakery
Happy Chicks Bakery owners Jessica Bechtel and Jana Douglass met in 2001 while working together as exhibit designers at a local landmark. It was not a pleasant work environment; the pair was referred to as, “The Painter Chicks,” and it wasn’t a term of endearment. But, as Bechtel says, “It was …
Kitchen Convos Ep. 33: Elias Leisring
What can you say about Elias Leisring that hasn't already been said. From Fountain Square to Findlay Market to Riverside Drive and back to Findlay Market, he's created a BBQ empire here in the Queen City. Not satisfied with smoking out the entire town, Eli has has his fingerprints on a variety of …
Kitchen Convos Ep. 32: Julie Francis
Former Head Chef and Owner of Nectar in Mount Lookout discusses closing the business she ran for 12 years. Julie and Rachel also talk about her next move into becoming a personal chef as well as local and sustainable food. Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes Podcast produced by Unravel …
Kitchen Convos Ep. 31: Baron Shirley
After many years as a corporate chef for Kroger and making the rounds at many of the top kitchens in the city, chef Baron Shirley has finally landed in a place of his own with his brand new Inspirado at Madison Gallery in downtown Covington, and it’s so much more than a restaurant. As the name …
Kitchen Convos Ep. 30: Emily Frank
It took years of working in the corporate world for her to realize that it was not the life she wanted. Gone would be her days of workaholism. Frank decided to leave Chicago to return to Cincinnati and start, from the ground up, some sort of food business. “I really wanted to work for myself and do …