Culinest is a boutique food consultancy that helps food businesses develop, launch and grow with excellence, through action-oriented consulting and education.

Since 1990, we have helped aspiring food entrepreneurs and established companies profitably move forward in all aspects of their businesses, from developing concepts, products, business positioning and strategic / action plans, to working on marketing, sales, merchandising and working with brokers, distributors & new channels.

Led by Terry Frishman - food business consultant and educator - Culinest also brings talented customized teams of experts to projects for food startups and mid-sized food companies. Terry has been an industry expert on Food Network, served on Boards of Directors for professional food groups and regularly teaches food business classes.

Class taught have included: 
• Food Entrepreneurship (Natural Gourmet Institute For Food & Health)
• How to Launch & Market Food Products (ICE, NGI, SCORE, New School, Columbia...)
• What I Wish I Knew Before Starting My Food Business (Columbia, NGI, New School, ICE)
• Sales Development & Branding (ITAC)
• Creating a Social Business Plan (Ben Appelbaum Foundation, UN CSW59)
• Pitch Perfect: How to Get Covered by the Media (Specialty Food Association)
• How to Write a Great Food Business Plan (NGI, New School, ICE)
• Food Products Business (New School)
• Self-Marketing on a Shoestring Budget (NGI, New School)
• Food Trends (International Restaurant & Foodservice Show)
• Capitalizing on Consumer Trends: Implications to Farmers’ Markets” (Community Markets)
• Greening Your Food Business (NGI)
• How to Leverage Your Public Relations (National Association of Specialty Food Trade)
• How to Effectively Do Your Own PR (ICE)
• Food Industry Expert Advising Small Businesses (Food Network).

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