Hot Bread Kitchen’s first PROOF Pitch Program + Showcase, food entrepreneurs from across New York City will have the opportunity to “proof” their products and the chance to take their businesses to the next level! 🔪 Learn more at proof.hotbreadkitchen.org 🗓 Applications due by July 29 at 11:59 ET 👩‍🍳 MEET THE JUDGES 🔪 @gailsimmonseats: Culinary expert, food writer, and dynamic television personality, Gail has served as a @bravotopchef judge since the shows inception. Co-host of @thegooddishtv and one of our very own board members here at Hot Bread Kitchen, we are so excited for Gail to lend her expertise to our PROOF pitch program! @natashapickowicz: Chef, writer, @allclad ambassador and three-time @beardfoundation outstanding pastry chef finalist, Natasha currently runs the acclaimed pastry pop-up "Never Ending Taste." She has been published in the New York Times, Vanity Fair, Bon Appetit, + more, and her debut cookbook is set to publish in 2023. Natasha is a true expert on the NYC culinary landscape! @chefpilarvaldes: Chef/Co-owner of @KickshawCookery (you may have seen her on the Drew Barrymore show!) A former member of Hot Bread Kitchen's small business program, Pilar knows what it takes to run a successful food business in New York City. For over a decade, Hot Bread Kitchen’s small business incubator has supported people who face barriers to starting or growing their food businesses due to systemic gender, racial, and socioeconomic inequities.