My Food Job Rocks is a podcast created by serial entrepreneur and food scientist Adam Yee where he interviews an expert in the food industry every week on their career path or a specific hot topic going on in the world today.He connects the dots in the complex world of food. From farmers to ingredient manufacturers, to entrepreneurs and global players join Adam as he explores all angles in the food industry and tackles it with engaging conversations and impactful insights. It’s all interesting and it’s all complicated.This podcast is a wealth of knowledge to anyone who’...
Latest episodes
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57 min
From Med Spas to Mini-Golfing with Beers. Doing It All With an Attitude for Gratitude with Brandon Robinson, F…
Brandon Robinson set out to be a lawyer. Instead he built a video production company that lost half its revenue in the 2008 financial crisis, sold lasers, worked at Groupon right a…
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54 min
Adam Learns A Ton About Beef with Jess Pryles, Founder of Hardcore Carnivore and Author of Prime Cuts
ess Pryles is a live-fire cook, two-time cookbook author, TV host, and the founder of Hardcore Carnivore. She grew up in Melbourne, Australia, never trained as a chef, and dropped…
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1 h 09
AI in Food Marketing & Reinventing Imagination with Alicja Spaulding, Alicja Spaulding, Adjunct Professor at S…
What happens when AI agents start doing the grocery shopping? Alicja Spaulding teaches what she describes as the world's first MBA and undergraduate curriculum in AI and food marke…
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1 h 03
Dig In: How AI is Affecting Hiring in The Food Industry and Advice for Young People Going Forward with Nicole…
Adam sits down with Nicole Gallace, Talent Solutions Manager at FoodGrads and Careers in Food, who founded FoodGrads back in 2016 and has spent 20+ years recruiting across the food…
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59 min
The Food Scientist Who Founded a Biotech Company with Laura Katz, Founder and CEO of Helaina
What does it actually take to bring a human protein—one never before put into a human body orally—from a shared co-working lab to a partnership with the largest food company in the…
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54 min
Why Restaurants Live and Die By Their People with Christine Marvin, Founder of Columbine Hospitality
What does it actually take to build a restaurant that lasts and to scale it without burning out? In this episode of My Food Job Rocks, Adam Yee sits down with Christin Marvin, CEO…
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1 h 04
What Adam Is Doing With His Life: An Interview with Nathan Schmidt on The CPG Level Up Podcast
An interview about my past career, present-day projects, and future insights Check out Nathan Schmidt's website: https://progressusolutions.com/ The CPG Level Up Podcast: https://o…
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5 min
My Food Job Rocks Every Other Week
Starting next week, we will do an episode twice a month. But I'll still be on every week! Listen to the R&D Radio podcast on the Startup CPG podcast! Learn more about your ad choic…
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1 h 07
Meat As a Technology with Bruce Friedrich, Author of MEAT, President and Founder of the Good Food Institute
Bruce Friedrich, president and founder of the Good Food Institute, joins the show to mark GFI's 10th anniversary and unpack a decade of building the plant-based and cultivated meat…
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29 min
Launching Founders and Formulators: a cool event before IFT FIRST with Adam Yee and Daniel Scharff
Light bites and refreshments are included with your ticket; please indicate any dietary restrictions in your ticket order confirmation form. Heads up, as always, we'll have VIPs in…
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53 min
Dig In: How AI Saved Her Plant-based Cheese Business $250,000 Dollars with Kirsten Maitland Co-Owner at Rebel…
Kirsten Maitland co-founded Rebel With Cheese out of necessity — she went plant-based overnight, went looking for real artisanal vegan cheese, and couldn’t find any. So she started…
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1 h 01
Innovation Topics on Consumer, GLP-1, Ultraprocessed, and How We Are Currently Marketing Things with Suzanne A…
Suzanne Allers built her career bridging two worlds most people never connect: P&G beauty product development and the fast-moving, low-margin world of food innovation. As a partner…
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56 min
Dig In: Beverage Science and Taste Modulation with Lauren Senne, Senior Application Scientist (and more) at Im…
Lauren Senne, Senior Manager of Applications and Taste Modulation at Imbibe, joins the show to demystify what flavorists actually do and why their work is one of the most fascinati…
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1 h 09
From Corporate to Fractional with Stephanie Zhuang, Founder of Title Brand Management
Stephanie Zhuang is the founder of Tidal Brand Management, a fractional marketing services firm specializing in startup CPG brands across food, beverage, and supplements. In this e…
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48 min
Dig In: How Digital Ads Work In Food with Mateusz Drela, Co-Founder of Retail Media IQ
Ever wonder why some food brands seem to blow up on Amazon or Instacart while others burn through their ad budget with nothing to show for it? In this episode, I sit down with Mat…
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55 min
Building a Food Business in North Carolina with Becca Wright, Founder and CEO of Piedmont Pennies
Becca Wright, founder of Piedmont Pennies, joins the show to share how a grandmother’s cheese cracker recipe became a Southern specialty brand sold in 450+ stores across 47 states.…
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47 min
Dig In: Stories About Finance in Food with Abby June Richards, Fractional CFO at the CPG CFO
What does it really take to understand the numbers behind your CPG brand? This week, Adam sits down with Abby June Richards, founder and fractional CFO of The CPG CFO, to demystify…
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1 h 02
What Does It Take to Become Department Head? with Job Ubbink, Food Science Professor and Department Head at Un…
Dr. Job Ubbink is a professor and the head of the Department of Food Science and Nutrition at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, with a career spanning Givaudan, Nestlé, his…
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59 min
Dig In: How The Heck Do I Use Claude? (And Other Useful AI Tools) with Grace Uvezian, VP of Marketing at Appet…
Grace Uvezian is VP of Marketing at Appetronix, the company building fully autonomous robotic kitchens deployed in airports, universities, and stadiums including a live location at…
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54 min
A New and Cool Way To Market Apples With Tenley Fitzgerald, VP of Marketing & Brand Strategy at Yes! Apples®
Tenley Fitzgerald, VP of Marketing & Brand Strategy at Yes! Apples®, joins the show to talk about turning a 100-year-old apple operation into a consumer-facing brand. From launchin…