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Online > Podcast > Central

Title of entry: 
Podcast: Troubleshooting Innovation, Season 9

Issue or Publication date:
Season 9, Episode 1; Nov. 5, 2023

Publication name: 
Commercial Baking

Publishing/parent company: 
Avant Food Media

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www.commercialbaking.com

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Troubleshooting Innovation, a Commercial Baking podcast, takes a deep dive into what innovation looks like through the lens of specific industry leaders. In each “season,” Joanie Spencer, Commercial Baking editor-in-chief, spends five 30-minute episodes with one person or team to explore their professional journey and the challenges they have overcome along the way. Commercial Baking developed the podcast in this way so it could take a deep dive into a topic or theme vs. one-off episodes that only skim the surface from multiple guests in a season. Spencer’s casual conversational style leads listeners through a binge-worthy audio experience, with each episode providing insight that’s both useful and entertaining. This is a direct result of Commercial Baking’s tagline: Fresh insights on trends and innovations for the baking industry.

In Season 9 Spencer speaks with Darlene Nicosia, CEO of Hearthside Food Solutions, about operations, culture and innovation “behind the curtain” of co-manufacturing, a side of the industry not typically seen. This conversation is one of the first direct media interactions for Nicosia after a controversial piece that ran in the New York Times about the company earlier this year.

Other seasons released this year include:

Season 6: Spencer visits with various members of the Chabaso Bakery team to explore their journey of becoming a Certified B Corporation and how the company is using its business as a force for good. In sharing their story, the Chabaso team offered best practices for other baking companies.

Season 7: Richard Charpentier, bakery expert and CEO at Baking Innovation, and Spencer discuss the technical aspects of creating high-quality, premium baked goods on a commercial scale.

Season 8: Spencer sits down with father-daughter duo Marc and Elana Schulman, who lead Eli’s Cheesecake Co. They discuss innovation, growth, longevity and resilience through the eyes of a family-owned bakery. This season includes a “bonus” episode, recorded live at the American Society of Baking’s BakingTECH 2023 conference.

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