Meredith Corey-Disch, co-owner and baker of Community Loaves has been named a recipient of a fellowship from The James Beard Foundation.
She will be a member of the inaugural class of the Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership (WEL) program, taking place this September.
She was one of 21 women selected from across the country, only her and Kathleen Blake, of The Rusty Spoon in Orlando, were selected from Florida.
Anyone who has ever visited Community Loaves knows that Meredith with rise to the challenge.
Community Loaves is an Organic Bakery in the historic Murray Hill neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida, 1120 Edgewood Avenue South.
“Our Foundation has made promoting diversity and women in leadership in the food and restaurant business a priority. Although women make up 50 percent of culinary school graduates, only 19 percent of executive chefs are female, and even fewer own their restaurants,” says Susan Ungaro, president of the James Beard Foundation. “Our newest one-week women’s entrepreneurial program at Babson College builds on previous successful programs to work toward our ultimate goal of significantly increasing the number of women owned restaurants and food businesses.”
~The James Beard Foundation