Can a career in design be successfully translated into creative cuisine? From jewelry designer to decorative painter, we meet 5 former craftsmen who have combined their artistic spirit with their passion for food to create successful restaurants.
We'll meet two woman who, against the odds, succeeded in making a fortune. One, an ex-retail vice president, created a 31 million dollar empire from a small cookie business. The other, a former radio exec, made it big with cheese straws.
Good word of mouth, national publicity and a huge wholesale order and things most businesses strive for, and a small Philadelphia chocolate company had them all – but did it turn out to be too much of a good thing?
Today we’ll meet two friends who started a whole new kind of business. The outcome became Gourmet Gathings. Next, meet a couple who started experimenting in their kitchen and within months had cooked up a variety of all-natural dog treats.
First it's a hot look at a couple who met and fell in love with making their own salsas. Next three corporate lawyers left their law firm to start up PB Loco - a small peanut butter outlet at the Mall of America.
Meet four women who were fed up with their jobs and decided it was time for a change. One opened an "all-things-cranberry" business. Two others together created a successful pie company. And the fourth started a fresh baked cookie delivery business.
Today we’ll meet high school sweethearts who ended up sharing a life together and? a passion for barbeque. They’ve decided to quit their jobs and open up a Kansas City Style-Authentic smoked BBQ restaurant in the Northeast. They’re gambling everything they built for themselves to follow a dream. With everything on the line, will the dream become a nightmare
In this episode, we will take the full half hour going from a coffee bar in Manhattan, to the University of Coffee in Northern Italy and back again to New York.
We'll meet two career changers who have built their businesses on Island flavors and tastes. One's draws on her Cuban background for many of her sweet confections and the other's now the largest producer of Caribbean baked goods in the country.
Meet Robert Friedman who dreamed of leaving his media lifestyle behind for a new passion - BBQ. Next, it's 2 New Yorkers, Helen and Francios Bizalion who left the glamorous fashion world of NYC to start their own fine food store in the Berkshires.