Alyson Thomas
Creator of Drywell Art
Alyson Thomas is the owner and creator of Drywell Art. Her custom illustrations have been commissioned by Chronicle Books, Imbibe Magazine, Fleisher’s Meats, Williams-Sonoma and many others.
Anderson Valley 2014
Andrew Hasse
Filmmaker
Clare Langan
chef
Clare Langan an award-winning TV culinary producer and chef specializing in recipe development, styling and product integration for digital and print.
Craft Distillers
Ansley Coale walked Eat Retreaters through the distillation process and a tasting of the award-winning brandy, Germain-Robin, made in Ukiah, California.
Dafna Kory
jambot & founder of INNA Jam
Dafna Kory makes single-variety fruit jams, pickles and shrubs as founder of INNA Jam.
Elianna Friedman
chef & founder of Bay Leaf Kitchen
Elianna Friedman is the Associate Director for The Advot Project, a nonprofit that empowers youth from disadvantaged backgrounds through theater arts.
Emilia Juocys
chef
Erin Archuleta
strategist & co-owner of ICHI Sushi
Erin Archuleta is a civic leader, business strategist and co-owner of ICHI Sushi, an award-winning restaurant in San Francisco.
Eugene Ashton-Gonzalez
storyteller & founder of Eat My Heart Out
Heather Marold Thomason
Butcher & Founder of Primal Supply Meats | Director of Eat Retreat
Whole-animal butcher & supply chain expert
James Collier
photograher & digital storyteller
Photographer, writer & creative strategist
Jana Kinsman
beekeeper
Jana Kinsman is an urban beekeeper & founder of Bike a Bee. She manages more than 80 beehives in Chicago’s city limits.
Jeffrey de Picciotto
creator of Fudehouse
Jeffrey de Picciotto is a project manager at Momofuku Culinary Lab in New York City & the creator of FudeHouse.
Jen Pelka
publicist & restaurateur
Jesse Friedman
brewer & founder of Almanac Beer
Jesse Friedman is the brewer and co-founder of Almanac Beer Company, a farm-to-barrel brewery based in San Francisco.
Jonathan S. White
farmer & cheesemaker
Julia Poplawsky
butcher
Julia Poplawsky is a whole animal butcher and co-founder of the Central Texas Meat Collective.
Kathryn Tomajan
olive oil maker | founder & director of Eat Retreat
Kathryn Tomajan farms three acres of olives in Sunol, California. She is a certified olive oil taster and the maker of Fat Gold.
Krissy Scommegna
chef
After earning a Master’s degree in agriculture and food policy at Tufts University, Krissy Scommegna will soon head west to put her skills to work on her family’s California farm.
Laura del Campo
farmer & journalist
Lauren Chandler
culinary coach
Lauren Chandler is a cooking instructor, recipe developer and private chef. She leads culinary events including public workshops and pop-up dinners in Portland, Oregon.
Lesley Stockton
writer, recipe developer & food stylist
Lesley Stockton is a recipe developer and food stylist. She is the kitchen manager and staff writer at The Wirecutter.
Leslie Sophia Lindell
photographer
Lisa Pollack
publicist
Lisa Pollack is a food marketing specialist who educates chefs and restaurateurs on the virtues of California extra virgin olive oil.
Mario Lopez
butcher
Mario Lopez is a butcher specializing in pasture-raised whole animals. He is now the Head of Butchery at The Market on Market in San Francisco, opening in 2015.
Megan Miller
founder of Bitty Foods
Megan Miller believes bugs are the most sustainable protein on earth. As the founder of Bitty Foods, she makes delicious food with cricket flour.
Mendocino Grain Project
Doug Mosel and John Gramke led a tour of Mendocino Grain Project’s fields and granary where they raise, harvest and mill a diverse crop of ancient, heirloom and landrace grains.
Michael Antonorsi
chocolatier
Michael Antonorsi is the chef and master chocolatier of Chuao Chocolatier. His artisan chocolate brings joy to the senses and celebrates his Venezuelan heritage.
Mirit Cohen
chef
Mirit Cohen honed her cooking chops in the kitchens of Google’s headquarters. She owned a catering company in San Francisco prior to her role as executive chef at Adobe.
Nate Keller
chef
Chef
Nicolas Bash
culinary student
Olivia Marshall
co-founder of West Coast Mud
After spending over five years in tech, Olivia Marshall is stepping back into food as a freelance project and events manager in the food-tech space.
Olivia Terenzio
food writer
Philo Ridge Vineyards
Eat Retreaters enjoyed a vineyard tour and barrel tasting with Fred Buonanno and Heather McKelvey, the vintners, winemakers and founders of Philo Ridge Vineyards.
Rick Nahmias
photographer & founder of Food Forward
Rick Nahmias fights urban hunger as the founder of Food Forward, a non-profit that has rescued 60 million pounds of fresh produce that would otherwise go to waste.
Roger Kubalek
hydroponic farmer
Tammy Tan
spice purveyor & owner of Spice Hound
Tammy Tan is the founder of the global spice company Spicehound. She also hosts the podcast Lettuce Wrap.
The Apple Farm
The Apple Farm is a working farm with a focus on education in Philo, California. Eat Retreaters were invited to observe the slaughter process as Sophia Bates and Brittany Davis harvested lambs.
Todd Masonis
co-founder of Dandelion Chocolate
Tricia Keels
radio host
Vincent Ricchiuti
olive & almond farmer
Vincent Ricchiuti is a fourth-generation farmer. His family produces stone fruit, almonds and extra virgin olive oil in California’s San Joaquin Valley.