Going Behind the Scenes of the Food & Cocktail Industries With Inside F&B’s Francine Cohen and The Perfect Puree of Napa Valley’s Dana M. Bruner

This week we’ll take a behind the scenes look at the culinary & beverage world. Please tune in Thursday, October 21st when I’ll be joined by Francine Cohen, Editor in Chief of Inside F & B, a website devoted to the food & beverage business where industry insiders learn from each other – as well as Dana M. Bruner, Corporate Mixologist for The Perfect Puree of Napa Valley, the leading U.S. producer of premium fruit and vegetable purees. So, whether you’re already in the restaurant or alcohol beverage industry, or just curious to know what goes on behind the scenes – what trends are on the rise, which ones are on their way out, how new food & beverage products and cocktail recipes are created – you won’t want to miss this show! Grab a glass of your favorite beverage and join the conversation…cheers!

Guest Bios:

Francine Cohen:

Francine Cohen, a native Washingtonian, whose interest in the industry continued through to her professional career where she worked on multiple food and beverage product accounts at various advertising agencies, put in some time in the communications department of ITT/Sheraton, and raised money and awareness for Food & Hunger Hotline as the Director of Communications before turning to a career in journalism. Francine has been fortunate to serve as an honorary judge at cocktail competitions for Don Q Rum, critiquing final projects at The French Culinary Institute, speaking at the Manhattan Cocktail Classic and the International Restaurant Show, is Bar Smarts™ certified, and is currently at work on a cookbook. She lives in New York City with her husband of eight years where, much to the dismay of her pastry chef friends, she’d happily pass up dessert for something savory, and has never met a cheese that she didn’t want to eat.

Dana M. Bruner:

As Corporate Mixologist for the The Perfect Purée of Napa Valley, Dana M. Bruner has shaken a few cocktails over the past ten years. As the in-house beverage palate for the company, Dana helps to refine flavor profiles and develop recipes showcasing the versatility of The Perfect Puree’s extensive line-up of fruit purees, concentrates, zest and beverage blends. She has developed long standing relationships with the mixology community and is the go-to person for flavor advice when they are designing beverage menus and pitches. As a top-notch and seasoned executive, Ms. Bruner holds dual responsibility as the Director of Sales Operations for The Perfect Purée of Napa Valley. Dana’s primary responsibility is to maintain successful business relationships by providing onsite sales support to the company’s distribution network.