The Entrepreneurs

Stories behind the food we love.
Roger Martin (Head Arborist & Head Beekeeper)

This Eternal Resting Place Has a Unique Side Hustle

By Nina Derwin

Muhammed Ali is buried here. So is Colonel Sanders. It is also a Louisville sanctuary for bees and award-winning honey.

de'asia collins

A Traditional, Jewish Dessert Gets a Facelift

By Sarah Strong

This New Yorker went decades without tasting babka. Now she runs a bakery that specializes in it.

tsuki sake trio

A New Kind of Spirit in Utah

By LA Bourgeois

Salt Lake City might not be the first place that makes you think of Sake. That didn’t stop this entrepreneur from opening her own brewery.

tiny pies 6 pack

Tiny Pies Are Big Business in Texas

By Nicolette Degrassi

A son’s request for something sweet for his lunchbox got Amanda Wadsworth re-thinking pies. Five stores later, she and her baking partner/mother are running a Texas-based business.

leslie and leann jones

Wine and Community in Inglewood, California

By Allanah Dykes

Missing good food and wine in their southern California neighborhood, two sisters start their own place, with an emphasis on supporting Black-owned wines.

hot sauce with ingredients

A Young Nashville Hot Sauce Company is Just Heating Up

By Marc Cuenco

Home-brewed and colleague-tested, Chris Hinson is seeing bold results with his hot sauce start-up, InChrees the Heat

hardins in their truck

Thinking Outside the (Lunch) Box in Seattle

By Marc Cuenco

This apartment pop-up had people following their noses to the smell of good food. That led to a husband-and-wife sandwich-based food truck.

kristen and theresa

Edible Flowers Make for Delicious Business

By Sarah Strong

These Colorado neighbors weren’t planning on becoming business partners, but they landed on a unique product that they thought the world would fall in love with.

scott kaylin

Solving a ‘Dill-emma’ with a West Coast Pickle

By Nicolette Degrassi

You can take the New Yorker out of New York, but you can’t take away his pickles. So this transplant started his own business.