Celebrating Influential Women in Culinary: The Story behind Dish’n Dames with Lorena Legarreta, Founder

05/11/21 • 22 min

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Imagine a place in social media that is dedicated to celebrate, to bring awareness and to feature influential women in the food, beverage and hospitality industry.

A place where you can see, in your city, women who are restaurant owners, founders, general managers, directors, and executive chefs.

A place where you can observe how their creations come to life, how they prepare extraordinary dishes while sharing recipes and their stories in fascinating videos on Instagram.

That place exists. And the creator is with us today. Her unique experience and mission bring Dish'n Dames to life. It is an honor to welcome Lorena Legarreta to the show!

Time Stamp:

01:15 Meet Lorena Legarreta

01:30 The Journey in Creating Dish’n Dames: Fulfilling a Need to Highlight Successful Women in the Culinary, Food & Beverage, and Hospitality Industries

03:01 Taking the First Step

06:43 Interested in the Culinary Industry? Steps to Take

08:01 Internship Possibilities and more

10:42 The Big Event: Fork & Flame – A Live Fire Competition

11:24 Exciting Result: Building a Network and a Community

15:02 Challenges to Overcome

18:01 Expanding from Central Texas to Other States and Countries

19:52 Social Media and Contact Information

Lorena Legarreta, MBA

Instagram @dishndames

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorena-legarreta

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Music from https://www.zapsplat.com

Imagine a place in social media that is dedicated to celebrate, to bring awareness and to feature influential women in the food, beverage and hospitality industry.

A place where you can see, in your city, women who are restaurant owners, founders, general managers, directors, and executive chefs.

A place where you can observe how their creations come to life, how they prepare extraordinary dishes while sharing recipes and their stories in fascinating videos on Instagram.

That place exists. And the creator is with us today. Her unique experience and mission bring Dish'n Dames to life. It is an honor to welcome Lorena Legarreta to the show!

Time Stamp:

01:15 Meet Lorena Legarreta

01:30 The Journey in Creating Dish’n Dames: Fulfilling a Need to Highlight Successful Women in the Culinary, Food & Beverage, and Hospitality Industries

03:01 Taking the First Step

06:43 Interested in the Culinary Industry? Steps to Take

08:01 Internship Possibilities and more

10:42 The Big Event: Fork & Flame – A Live Fire Competition

11:24 Exciting Result: Building a Network and a Community

15:02 Challenges to Overcome

18:01 Expanding from Central Texas to Other States and Countries

19:52 Social Media and Contact Information

Lorena Legarreta, MBA

Instagram @dishndames

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorena-legarreta

Stay in Touch⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Instagram: @Life100Podcast⠀⠀⠀⠀

Website: Life100Podcast.com

Email: [email protected]⠀

YouTube: Life 100 Podcast

Music from https://www.zapsplat.com

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