Fortune, the esteemed business magazine and sister publication of Food & Wine, has released its list of 2017’s Most Innovative Women in Food and Drink. This year marks the fourth anniversary of the series that celebrates the achievements of “entrepreneurs, activists, and idealists” who stretch the limits of the culinary world to exciting new places.
This year, Fortune awarded the top spot to Katherine Miller, the founder of Chef Action Network, a nonprofit that urges chefs to wield their influence and inspire change through educational programming and sustainability outreach. She follows in the footsteps of 2016’s top honoree Emily Broad Leib of the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic.
Among the ranks of this year’s list is an array of women who head nonprofits, run successful bakeries and restaurants, front national food and product business, and carve new avenues in food media. Other names on the list include Vivian Howard of A Chef’s Life, April Bloomfield of The Spotted Pig, and Sarah Michelle Gellar, actress cum baking business owner.
For the full list of this year’s honorees head over to Fortune.
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