Expansion and change are prime opportunities for learning, and Hot Bread Kitchen’s training team has done some significant expanding, changing, and learning over the past year. In 2018, we have worked to scale our program with the goal of doubling the number of women we train for culinary careers. To tackle the challenges inherent in […]
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Gifts That Give Back: Hot Bread Kitchen’s Corporate Gift Guide
Whether you’re sending your team home with sweet treats this holiday season or bringing a little joy to the office all month long, celebrate with bread and the gift of baking breadwinners at Hot Bread Kitchen. View our full corporate gift guide.
PilotWorks shuts down, Hot Bread Kitchen steps in to connect displaced businesses
Hot Bread Kitchen is sad to hear that PilotWorks, home to so many great food entrepreneurs, closed their doors the weekend of October 13. We know many of the affected businesses have orders to fulfill and production to manage in the midst of these changes—and hunting for kitchen space can turn into a full time […]
Reflections on a Decade of Impact: New Leaders at Hot Bread Kitchen
There is a unique sense of pride I enjoy as travel around New York City tasting our impact on the foodscape: graduates, previously unemployed, working in the city’s kitchens; incubator products, previously enjoyed only by owners’ family, now on the best grocery store shelves; and global breads baked in East Harlem listed on the menus […]
Shaolee Sen, Chief Executive Officer
Shaolee Sen is an advocate for women, diversity, small business, and social justice. Inspired by her mother’s entrepreneurial spirit and journey as an Indian immigrant, Shaolee is proud to be part of an organization directly impacting the lives of women. Since fall 2017, Shaolee has led Hot Bread Kitchen as Executive Director and now Chief […]
Restaurant Insider’s Upserve: How Restaurant Apprenticeships Prepare Food Industry Staffers for Success
“As restaurants and other food businesses try to staff kitchens and front-of-house with reliable workers, apprenticeships can help bridge the food industry skills gap.”
