FoodGrads Podcast

The FoodGrads Podcast takes you on a fascinating journey into the hearts and minds of the amazing people who work in the food, beverage and hospitality industries. From Food Scientists to Farmers, Chefs to the Plant, QA Technicians to Dietitians, R&D to Sales, no matter what your passion–there’s something for everyone in Food–we’ll help you find it!

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Episodes

Research and Development

Esther Onguta
Food Development Specialist at Absolut Group/Pernod Ricard

Sheila Jones PMP
Business Consultant, Coach and Owner of Whicked Results

Sripad Josei, Ph.D.
Operations Manager at Arda Inc.

Liana Yee
Junior Product Specialist – Export Packers Company Limited

Brittany Towers Lewis
Senior Manager of Product Development at Vital Proteins and theblackfoodscientist

Evonne Chan
Food, Grocery & Nutrition Data Analyst at Pinto

Chloe Hoang
Product Developer Assistant at Give & Go Foods

Morgan Genge
Innovation Project Manager at Arterra Wines

Rachel Odolski
Flavorist in Training at the Prinova Group

Danielle Szostak
Director of Product Development at Give and Go Prepared Foods

Michelle Lang
Food Scientist

Ridhima Phukan
Associate Product Developer at Danone

Amelia Laplante
Research and Development Scientist at Yoso

Elizabeth Hagerman
Food Scientist at the Warrell Corporation

Sonya Turvey
R&D Packaging Project Lead at PepsiCo

Jennifer Shrubsole
Clinical Dietitian & Foodie for NaturallyNu

Hospitality

Trish Paterson
CEO of Copper Branch Foods

Joe Baker
OTEC’s Systems Leadership and Integrated Strategy Advisor

Sales and Marketing

Rebecca Bradley
Chief Marketing Officer at Terra Bioindustries

Michelle Brisebois
Senior Marketing Strategist and Founder of Textrix Consulting Ltd.

Sandra Ulewicz
Communications Coordinator at the Ontario Produce Marketing Agency

Marc Wall
VP of Sales at Sandy Shore Farms Ltd.

Sarah Condruk
Marketing Coordinator at Give and Go Prepared Foods

Kim Chackal
Director of Sales & Marketing at Equifruit, Inc.

Somayeh Salemi
Business Development Specialist at Klever Equipped Inc.

Jared Kligerman
President of The Think Tank

Entrepreneur

Mike McNeil
Vice President of Operations at Venturepark Labs

Kirsten Sutaria
Founder and Head of Curious Creation at Wonderlab’s Doozy Pots

Francisco Pergola
Co-Founder & CEO at Cheddies

Ran Goel
CEO of Fresh City Farms

Erica Rankin
Founder and CEO of Bro Dough

Production, Supply Chain and Operations

Tanner Behrend
Manager of Funding and Expansion at Edgecom Energy

Robert Cunliffe
Maintenance Manager/Millwright at Flamaglo Foods Limited

Taylor Carr
Millwright Apprentice at Karma Candy Inc

Doug Alexander
Vice President of Sustainability and Government Relations at Belmont Meats

Gavin Johnston
Plant Manager at Veg Pro International Inc. and Owner of Redpath Strategies

Education

Anthony Pius Bassey
Ph.D. Student at the National Center of Meat Quality and Safety Control

Chefs Warren Ford and Riley Bennett
Professors and Course Coordinators at George Brown College

Lori Stahlbrand and Caitlin Scott
Professors at George Brown College in Toronto, Ontario.

Dr. Amy Proulx
Academic Program Coordinator of Culinary Innovation and Food Technology at Niagara College

Nicole Gallace and Dr. Darin Detwiler, LP.D., M.A.Ed.
Assistant Dean of Academic and Faculty Affairs at Northeastern University’s College of Professional Studies

Abigail Thiel (Ph.D.)
Postdoctoral Researcher at Wageningen University and Science Communicator

Agriculture

Janice Groenheide
Janice Groenheide, cheesemaker and owner of WalkAboutFarm

Melissa Norem
Enterprise Director of Origination at Scoular

Danielle Collins
Economic Development Policy Analyst at Ontario Federation of Agriculture

Consulting

Jasmine Kwok, RD
Registered Dietitian

Bryan Quoc Le, Ph.D.
Food Scientist, Food Industry Consultant and Author

Pedro Medina, E.E.
Founder & Chief Data Farmer at Haystack Data Solutions

Lisa Cove
Founder, Packaging & Food Safety Consultant of Co-Motion Packaging Solutions

Tanguy Etoga, Msc, BB
CEO & Founder at NORMEX inc.

Jennifer Crandall
Owner/Founder/CEO of Safe Food En Route, LLC

Karen Cardona
Founder and Owner of True Leaves Consulting

Bernard Verkaaik
Founder and Operating Manager of the Greater Goods

Food Safety/ Quality Assurance

Mariia Melnychuk
Food Processing Specialist Inspector at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Neha Mehta
Food Safety Quality Assurance Compliance Coordinator/Supervisor at Maple Leaf Foods Inc.

Gordan Hayburn
President and CEO of The FACTS Group

Melody Ge
FSQA Director at StarKist Co.; Founder of Women in Food Safety

Esther Ijiwade
HACCP Coordinator at Sofina Foods Inc.

Marcus Washington
Business Development Manager at SGS and Co-Founder of Just4Bars

Vasudha Sabharwal
Food Safety Professional

Aaron Aboud
Quality Assurance Manager at Trophy Foods Inc.

Ariful Islam
Food Safety Professional

Tina Gettis
IIT/IFSH Manager, Business Development & Communication at the Institute for Food Safety and Health

Valerie Ivanova
R&D Nutrition Label Developer and Coordinator

Jill Kersten
Senior Corporate Manager of Supply Chain Quality at Morton Salt, Inc.

Luna Guiot
Brewing Quality Assurance Analyst with Labatt Breweries of Canada

Nasir Hameed
Sr. Corporate Director of Global Quality & Food Safety Systems at Acadian Seaplants

Katrina Pukitis
Winery Laboratory Technician with Jackson-Triggs Niagara Estate

Fatema Bastawala
Quality Assurance and HACCP Specialist at Toppits Foods.

Aylene Peter
QA/RA liaison at the Canopy Growth Corporation

Sashana Chattoo-Edwards
Quality Assurance Technician at Waterloo Brewing Company

Sean Xia
Manager of Operations & Quality with Clear Ocean Seafood

Charity/ Non- Profit Sector

Laurie Nicol
CareersNow! Meat & Poultry Sector Lead

Sai Kranthi Vanga Ph.D
Project Specialist at Protein Industries Canada

Lori Nikkel
CEO of Second Harvest

FoodGrads

Veronica Hislop
Molecular Science Graduate Student and Career Partner with FoodGrads

CareersNow!
Mentorship Series

Nicole Gallace
FoodGrads Founder

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