We are so excited to announce that our very own Director of Culinary Training Taylor Stevens has been awarded the Hunter College 40 Under 40: Rising Stars in Food Policy Class of 2024!
The Rising Stars in NYC Food Policy class comprises an unequalled group of movers, shakers, thinkers, and doers in New York’s ever-changing foodscape. Awardees include organizers, chefs, policymakers, researchers, advocates, teachers, farmers, and food workers.
As our Director of Culinary Training, Taylor leads our team of culinary instructors and kitchen managers and supports Hot Bread Kitchen Breadwinners in achieving economic mobility through our culinary training programs and job placement. In her free time, Taylor enjoys cooking for friends, going to the farmers market, and eating her way around NYC!
Every step of my journey has been dedicated to utilizing food as a catalyst for change.
Taylor Stevens, Director of Culinary Training at Hot Bread Kitchen
Taylor Stevens, Director of Culinary Training
A lifelong lover of the culinary arts, Taylor Stevens has worked to increase food access and education, prevent food waste, and support local food systems. Her first job making positive change through food in 2015 as an AmeriCorps fellow at Cooking Matters MA, where she coordinated and taught cooking and nutrition courses to individuals with low incomes. After graduating from the Institute of Culinary Education in 2019, Taylor then went on to work with Rethink Food NYC as an outreach coordinator and Director of Community Partnerships. In 2021 she started at Hot Bread Kitchen as a Culinary Fundamentals instructor, growing into the First Course NYC Program Manager, and eventually rose into a leadership role as the Director of Culinary Training.
