Los Altos Hills 2012
Andrew Plotsky
Founder of Farmrun
Anna Roth
Writer & restaurant critic
Anna Roth is a freelance writer. Her work has appeared in Best Food Writing 2014, Lucky Peach, Civil Eats, Eater and Modern Farmer.
April Walters
artist & blogger
Bruce Cole
editor of Edible San Francisco
Chris Forbes
pickler
Clare Leschin-Hoar
food writer
Dafna Kory
jambot & founder of INNA Jam
Dafna Kory makes single-variety fruit jams, pickles and shrubs as founder of INNA Jam.
David Scheidt
winemaker & chef
Dorothy Neagle
co-founder of Good Food Jobs
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.
Emily Dellas
instructor & owner of First Class Cooking
Emily Dellas runs a cooking school, First Class Cooking. She also works on recipe development at Alpha Food Labs.
Emily Davidson
cheesemaker & co-founder of Eat Retreat
Cheesemaker
Eugene Ashton-Gonzalez
storyteller & founder of Eat My Heart Out
Hands-On Slaughter
Under the guidance of Heather Marold Thomason each Eat Retreater harvested a chicken, destined for a buttermilk bath.
Heather Irwin
food writer
Heather Marold Thomason
Butcher & Founder of Primal Supply Meats | Director of Eat Retreat
Whole-animal butcher & supply chain expert
Jeff Okita
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.
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.
Kimberley Hasselbrink
photograph & writer
Krista Ulatowski
dietician
Kristen Lee Charlson
good food advocate
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.
Maggie Rice
chef
Michael Davidson
grilled cheese master
Mike Lee
co-founder of Alpha Food Labs
Mike Lee develops food products that support regenerative ag and biodiversity at Alpha Food Labs. He is also the founder of The Future Market.
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.
Molly Watson
food writer
Natalie Galatzer
pie maker
Nate Keller
chef
Chef
Salmon Smoking
Neil Davidson used local salmon to demonstrate the Native American fish smoking ceremony celebrated by his family.
Neil Davidson
chef
Rachel Adams
writer & cook
Rachel Adams hails from Chicago and is the author of Dinner was Delicious.
Samantha Buyskes
chef
Chef
Sara Feinberg
Shannon Hulley
good food advocate
Stephen Wade
food systems planner
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.
Tina Bell Stamos
food stylist
Tina Bell Stamos makes food beautiful as a stylist, recipe developer and creative consultant.
Wendy Van Wagner
nutrition educator
Whole Lamb Butchery
Andrew Plotsky showed us how to break down a lamb, which was raised on Hidden Villa’s pastures. Attendees cooked the whole animal for our first meal together.
Will Turnage
technologist
Will Turnage uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to build technology applications for food and cooking.