9: Food Tech & Food Design w/ Product Designer Bianca Jackson of Bianca Bakes
Release Date: 02/20/2020
30: Tips for getting your product into grocery stores w/ Planted Foods Co.
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Getting your product into grocery stores takes time and requires networking with retailers & buyers in the food industry. Ashley Kirk, Founder of Planted Foods Co, a plant based food company walks us through:
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29: How to find investors for small food businesses w/Kube Nice Cream
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You won’t be able to bootstrap your food business forever and might need investors, says Kai Nortey, co-founder & CEO of Kube Nice Cream. This vegan ice cream manufacturer explains:
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28: Food truck marketing w/ The Food Truck Scholar
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Are you a food truck owner having trouble with marketing and keeping your social media pages updated? Ariel D. Smith, The Food Truck Scholar, has quick & easy tips for you. Ariel also chats about:
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27: Get more press features without hiring PR
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Interested in getting more press for your business? Mercedes outlines common mistakes we make when pitching to media outlets and tips on how to successfully pitch to journalists, podcasters, YouTubers, and bloggers.
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26: Navigating social media to grow your brand w/ Geo’s Table
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Geo Darwin, a Philadelphia-based food & lifestyle blogger and content creator, is on a mission to highlight underrepresented people in food & beverage. We chat about:
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25: Before Mo Better Brews, there was Houston Sauce Co. vegan food truck
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Courtney Lindsay is the chef & owner of Houston Sauce Co, a super popular vegan food company in Houston, TX. Courtney shares:
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24: How much does it cost to open a restaurant? w/Felicia Middleton, owner of Urban Aesthetics
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Want to open a restaurant, bakery, cafe, food hall, or food space/facility? Learn restaurant start up costs and best practices from Felicia Middleton, an architectural designer for food spaces, specializing in food service design. Hear about:
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23: Kyle's Good Finds: Tokyo, Japan Black Owned Bakery w/ Kyle Sexton
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Meet Kyle Sexton, the owner of Kyle’s Good Finds, a Black owned bakery in Tokyo, Japan. We chat about:
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22: Season 2 Sneak Peek & Ask Me Anything
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Welcome to Season 2! Mercedes talks about highlights, media features, and collaborations from Season 1. She finishes the episode with an Ask Me Anything segment and a sneak peek for the new season.
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21: Season 2 Announcement + Listener Challenge
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The new season of Pro Food Maker launches this month! Find out how an extra 15 seconds of your time will lead to a bonus episode. Subscribe to this podcast and follow us on Instagram @profoodmaker. Thank you for listening and for your support.
info_outlineWhat is food experience design (food tech & food design) and how can it grow your food business? Bianca Jackson, founder of Bianca Bakes and a contestant on The Great American Baking Show, talks about her work at the intersection of food, tech & design. Bianca breaks down:
- How to get feedback from customers, the types of questions to ask, and the questions to avoid asking
- Working as a Product Designer for a kitchen appliance
- Her experience on the baking competition show, The Great American Baking Show
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Mentioned in this episode
- Design Thinking - article from Nielsen Norman Group
- Food experience design - article from Bloomberg
- ChefSteps food videos on YouTube
- ChefSteps Joule sous vide cooking device
- Painted buttercream technique
- The Great American Baking Show (Season 5)
- Bianca.bakes on Instagram
- Bianca_bakes on Twitter
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