Career Playlist

Hello!

Here at My Food Job Rocks! We have a lot of interviews and it might be super overwhelming if you haven’t been with us since the beginning.

With over 100 episodes and counting, we look into a wide and diverse pool of people in the food industry. From different backgrounds, different ages, and different professions, what always shines is their love of food.

Here are a list of jobs in the food industry that you might find beneficial. Some guests overlap in what they do.

Note: Bookmark this page! We often update it and this is the best resource to find out information on what kind of job you’re looking for!

We have also sorted all of our episodes by profession. See below

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Podfanatic has an amazing breakdown as well

We have also sorted all of our episodes by profession. See below

Career Advice

What is Food Science?

My First Food Job Search

Making College Worth It

Should You Go to Graduate School?

What I Learned From CEO’s

On Changing Jobs

An Overview on Ideation to Commercilization

Research and Development 

Product Developers

Taryn Yee – Food Technologist at Safeway

Andrea Zeng – Food Technologist at Lundberg Farms

Adam Yee – Product Developer at Isagenix

Katie Lanfranki – Food Technologist at Southcoast Baking Company

Haley Richardson – Associate Scientist at the Dr. Pepper/Snapple Group

Kimber Lew – R and D Coordinator at La Terra Fina

Stephanie Ronquillio – Food Scientist at Newly Weds Foods

Jessica Gavin – Sr. Research Scientist at Nutrilite

Jocelyn Ngo – R and D Food Scientist at Day Lea Foods

Jaime Reeves – R and D Manager at Del Monte Foods

Sherrill Cropper – Bakery Formulation Specialist at Red Star Yeast

Jonathon Weber – Gummy Technologist at Herbaland Naturals

Shyamoli Gramopadhye – Dairy Technologist at DariConcepts

Brian Gouldsbury – Sr. Research Scientist at Krave Nutrition

Siddharth Bidhe – Food Scientist at JUST Inc.

Phil Saneski – VP of Product at ReGrained

Read more about food science here

Research Chefs

Kimberly King Shaub – Innovation Manager at Lundberg Family Farms

Philip Saneski – President of the RCA Student Association

Michael Bunn – Sr. Manager QA and R and D at Sam’s Club

Ali Bouzari – CSO of Pilot R+D and Author of Ingredient

Louis Edmond – Food Technologist at Advanced Pierre Foods

Read more about being a Research Chef here.

Registered Dietitians

Missy Schaaphok – Senior Nutrition Strategist at Taco Bell

R and D Managers

Claudia Sidoti – Head of Recipe Development at Hello Fresh 

Food Safety

Food Safety Auditor

Tiffany Lau – Food Safety Auditor at NSF

Food Safety Manager

Austin Bouck – Quality Manager at Earth2O

Food Safety Advocates

Dr. Darin Detwiler – Assistant Dean at Northwestern University 

Dr. Steven Gendel – Vice President, Allergen Control at IEH Laboratories (worked in the FDA)

Dr. Don Schaffner – Distinguished Professor at Rutgers State

Dr. Ben Chapman – Associate Professor at NC State

Quality Assurance/Control

Raf Peeters – CEO of Qcify

Bryan Armentrout – Quality Consultant at the Food Leadership Group

Weber Stibolt – Quality Assurance Specialist at Eight O’ Clock Coffee 

Tara Riley – Director of Quality and Savour International (Harvest Internship)

Julie Wilson – Managing Director at FreshCheq (software)

Food Regulatory and Law

Cesare Varallo – VP of Regulatory Affairs at Inscatech and owner of foodlawlatest.com

Mitchell Weinburg – CEO of Inscatech

David Mahoney – Senior Counsel at Indigo Ag, Inc

Production, Supply Chain and Operations

Trevor Fast – Production Supervisor at Dandelion Chocolate

Sapna Thottathil – Supply Chain Specialist at School Food Focus

Dino Borri – VP of Purchasing at Eataly

Katy Jones – CMO of FoodLogiQ (Supply Chain Software Company)

Darius Chen – Sr. Commercial Operations Analyst at MARS + Wrigley

Sensory Science

Dr. Howard Moskowitz – CSO of Mind Genomics

Lumeng Jin – Senior Research Executive at MMR Research 

Bryson Bolton – Manager of Sensory and Sample Collection at Synergy Flavors

Food Engineering

Jeffrey Nguyen – Supply Chain Engineer at Gatorade

Deya Trujillo Suarez – Extrusion Engineer at Beyond Meat

Amit Sinha – Process Innovation Engineer at Watson

Anton Slavkin – Product Development Engineer at Strauss Group

Matt Tom – Systems Engineer and Founder of MTCC

Ana Maria Quiros – Food Engineer at CITA in Costa Rica

Alternative Meat Innovation

Zak Weston – Corporate Engagement Specialist at the Good Food Institute

Aylon Steinhart – Business Innovation Specialist at the Good Food Institute

Erin Rees Clayton Ph.D.- Scientific Foundations Liason at the Good Food Institute

Isaac Emery Ph.D. – Senior Environmental Scientist at the Good Food Institute

Marie Gibbons – Clean Meat Scientist at the Good Food Institute

Paul Shapiro – Author of the Book, Clean Meat

Tom Mastrobuoni – CFO of Tyson Ventures

Big Data

Todd Barr – Product Owner at Solspec Solutions (Geospatial and Precision Agriculture) 

Uwe Hohgrawe – Lead Faculty in Analytics at Northeastern University (Analytics)

Sales and Marketing

Account Manager

Kyle Failia – Account Manager at Glanbia (Distributor)

Russ Nishikawa – VP of Business Development at SPI Group (Distributor)

Kim Chackal – Sales Manager at Equifruit

Marketing 

Eric Dunn – Director of Marketing and Innovation at Nutrifusion

Alex Oesterle – Ideation Director at Blue Bear Creative

Jessica Goldstein – Marketing Director at Nu Spice

Hugh Thomas – Founder of Ugly Drinks

Susie Fogelson – Founder and CEO of F&Co (VP of marketing for the Food Network)

Sophie Mendes – Content Marketing Specialist at Restaurants Canada

Chelsey Walker – Social Media Manager at Taste Your Future

Packaging (Design)

Derryl Kostynuik – Creative Director at Pencilworks Studios 

Fred Hart – Creative Director at Interact On Shelf

Carrie Ardnt – Sr. Research Executive, Strategy and Development at MMR Research

Public Relations

Shannon Gomes – Founder/Principal at Good Food PR

Consulting

In a firm

Brian Chau – Food Technologist at Helmsman Group

Ken Botts – Food Policy Manager of the Humane Society

Alan Marson – Managing Director of New Food Innovation

Tiffany Tong – Business Development Lead at Canada’s Smartest Kitchen

Elliot Begoun – Principal at The Intertwine Group

On their own

Darryl David – Consultant at Darryl’s Ice Cream Solutions

Michael Kalanty – Author of How to Bake Bread

Susie Wyshak – Author of Good Food Great Business

Dan Follese – Owner at Follese Consulting Company

Rachel Zemser – Independent Food Science Consultant at A La Carte Connections 

Authors, Writers, Advocates

Authors

Eve Turow Paul- Author of Generation Yum

Ali Bouzari – Author of Ingredient

Michael Kalanty – Author of How to Bake Bread

Susie Wyshak – Author of Good Food Great Buisness

Paul Shapiro – Author of Clean Meat

Jessica Gavin – Author of Easy Culinary Science for Better Cooking

Food Media

Julie Miguel – Owner of Daily Tiramisu

Rachel Cheatham – Owner of Foodscape Group

Ronald Arceo – CEO of foodbox.tv

Logan Guleff – Master Chef Junior Champion and Teen Celebrity Chef

Ken Burgin – Community Manager at Silver Chef

Stephanie Burt – Podcaster and Writer at the Southern Fork

Sebastien Dubois-Didcock – Food Photographer

Sophie van Delft – Content Marketing Specialist at Restaurants Canada

Elaine Watson – Editor at Food Navigator USA 

Advocacy and Education

Crystal MacKay – CEO of Farm and Food Care (Farmer Education)

Naz Athina Kallel – Founder of Eu Herd (Ugly Food)

Ken Botts – Food Policy Manager of the Humane Society (Plant Protein)

Kim Chackal – Sales Manager at Equifruit (Fair Trade)

David Despain – Director of Science Communication at Isagenix (Legitimate Nutrition News)

Karen Nachay and Jay Gilbert – Employees at the Institute of Food Technologists

Sarah Ramirez – Executive Director at FoodLink (Food Bank) 

Ted Johnson – Senior Fellow at The  Brennan Center of Justice

Student Perspectives

In graduate school and work

Jocelyn Ngo – R and D Food Scientist at Day Lea Foods

Undergraduates

Veronica Hislop and Yenci Gomez – Student Ambassadors at Foodgrads

Graduate Students

Amy DeJong – Student at University of Wisconsin

Caroline Campbell – Student at North Carolina State University

Audrey Girard – Student at Texas A and M

John Gleeson – Student at University College Dublin

Deepak Kumar – Student at Oklahoma State

Fiona Salim – Student at  University of Wageningen

Eleni Gallata – Student at University of Missouri

Cathrine Boyles and Meghan Marchuk – Students at Cornell University (MPS)

Check out our Graduate Student Series for more info about Graduate School!

Business Owners

Restaurants

Rohini Dey – Owner of Vermillion

Lisa Tse – CEO of Sweet Mandarin

Claudia Sidoti – Head of Recipe Development at Hello Fresh (former restaurant owner)

Mike Mohammed and Randy Wyner, CEO and Founder of Chronic Tacos

Food Businesses

Tom Neuhaus – Owner of Mama Ganache Chocolates (chocolate company)

Sarabeth Yelli Marshall – Owner of Yellibelly Chocolates (chocolate company)

Pina Romolo – CEO of Picco la Cucina (macaron company)

Julie Bernarski – President and Founder of the Healthy Crunch Company (Kale snack company)

Thom King – CEO of Steviva (Ingredient Supplier)

Lin Carson – CEO of Bakerpedia (bakery knowledge hub)

Cheryl Clements – CEO of Pieshell (food crowdfunding)

Ana and Drew Stevens – Owners at Pepper North (sauce company)

Hugh Thomas – Founder of Ugly Drinks

Julie Wilson – Managing Director at FreshCheq (software)

Sara Polon – Founder of Soupergirl

Shelby Zitelman – CEO and co-founder at Soom Foods (Tahini Sauce)

Wil Holsworth – CEO of the SAFE+FAIR Food Company

Mary Drennan and Tiffany Vickers Davis – Nourish Foods Company (meal delivery service)

Investors

Tom Mastrobuoni – CFO of Tyson Ventures

Other

Dan Mills – Founder of Tinker Kitchen

Keenan Davis – Entrepreneur

Academia

PhDs in Industry

Bo Wang – Sr. Technologist at Nu – Mega Ingredients

Jaime Reeves – R and D Manager at Del Monte Foods

Sherrill Cropper – Bakery Formulation Specialist at Red Star Yeast

Rachel Cheatham – Owner of Foodscape Group

Ali Bouzari – Author of Ingredient

Howard Moskowitz – CSO of Mind Genomics

Seronei Cheison – Senior Scientist at Mars Petcare

Steven Gendel – Vice President, Allergen Control at IEH Laboratories (worked in the FDA)

Lin Carson – CEO of Bakerpedia

PhDs in Academia

Dr. Darin Detwiler – Assistant Dean at Northwestern University 

Dr. Don Schaffner – Distinguished Professor at Rutgers State

Dr. Ben Chapman – Associate Professor at NC State

Dr. Gabriel Keith Harris – Professor at NC State

Event Planning

Rachelle Boucher – Culinary Events Manager at Miele

Penny and Judi Lerner – Owners of AYS Sports Marketing (Taste of Tennis)

Human Resources

Steve MacIntyre – Director of People at Vibrant Health Products

Melveen Stephenson – Founder of MS Elemental

Recruitment

Nicole Gallace and Juliette Prouse – Founders of Foodgrads

Nicole Gallace – Founder of Foodgrads

Mike Hewitt – CEO of One Haus

Bob Pudlock – Independent Recruiter at Gulf Stream Search

Michael McDonnell – President and Managing Partner at Global Recruiters of Columbia

Alan Reed- Executive Director at Chicagoland Food and Beverage

Interviews with Adam Yee

Adam’s thoughts on Co-Packing

Adam’s thoughts on student advice

Adam’s thoughts after 100 episodes 

Adam’s thoughts after 150 episodes

Adam gives advice to two people building a food communication platform

Adam gets interviewed by a student live at IFT18

Adam gets interviewed at NCSU

Adam gets interviewed by Kim from Peas on Moss

Adam and Kim just talk about career advice

Adam gets interviewed by Engel Jones, host of 12 minute Convo

Adam gets interviewed by Evo Terra from the Bangkok Podcast

Adam gets interviewed by Ken Burgin from Profitable Hospitality

Last update: Episode 154