Kaitlyn is Executive Chef at Shipley Do-Nuts who offers artisan made pastries featuring handmade kolaches, cinnamon rolls, chocolate twists, bear claws and many more bakery varieties than the average national chain donut shop using mechanized systems. She's skilled in menu development, restaurant management, event management.
Kaitlyn Venable called out a sobering statistic: “Only 19 percent of executive chefs in the restaurant sector are female.”
It’s truly a cross-functional job I have. I lead two meetings a week, one on Thursdays that we call research and development and that’s more granular and focused on product development. Friday’s meeting is with a broader group, so I try to keep it higher lever, and it’s mostly focused on getting approved items to launch.