StarChefs
Samantha Spiesman is a Marketing Associate with experience in culinary arts, marketing, and public relations. Samantha has worked in various roles such as Line Cook, Pastry Cook, and Culinary Extern at companies like Delicious Hospitality Group and Laird + Partners. Samantha has also interned at organizations like Bullfrog + Baum and Healthy Kids Association, where Samantha honed their skills in marketing, event coordination, and social media management. Samantha holds a degree in Culinary Arts from the Institute of Culinary Education and a Bachelor of Science in Marketing, Digital Media, and Studio Arts from the University of Pittsburgh.
StarChefs
StarChefs is a leading culinary resource and community for the hospitality industry. For 25 years, StarChefs has moved the restaurant industry forward with the mission to catalyze hospitality professionals’ success and give them the tools they need to overcome specific industry challenges. Through hundreds of in-person tastings each year, StarChefs has published over 40,000 pages of original content on its James Beard Award-nominated website, StarChefs.com. StarChefs also publishes a trade magazine and hosts various culinary events throughout the year including its quarterly Rising Stars Awards Revues and its annual food and beverage symposium, the StarChefs Congress. Now in its 17th year, the StarChefs Rising Stars Revue celebrates up-and-coming talent across the country in four rotating markets annually. The StarChefs Congress is a three-day industry symposium where the world’s most influential and innovative industry thought leaders present the latest techniques and culinary concepts to over 2,000 of their industry peers. In addition to featuring top chefs, pastry chefs, sommeliers, and bartenders, StarChefs JobFinder is the first restaurant industry job board connecting hospitality professionals to careers in the food service industry.