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This list showcases the top United States based COO’ operating in the Cooking space. If you think a COO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Taryn Aronson
Chief Operating Officer of Tovala
Taryn is tovala’s Chief Operating Officer. She holds a BS from Wharton and an MBA from Kellogg. She’s an innovation master who started her career at The Blackstone Group, helped create Hulu at NBC Universal and worked on operational efficiency at Redbox. She’s married with 3 super cute kids and can’t wait to use the Tovala to balance her busy life. Her favorite ingredient is pineapple.
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About Tovala: Tovala is a food-tech company that offers a meal service paired with a countertop smart oven.
Jonathan Beckhardt
Chief Operating Officer of Salted
Jonathan Beckhardt is the Chief Operating Officer of Salted.
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About Salted: Salted is a platform for developing and scaling better-for-you, QSR brands.
Gary Apito
Chief Operating Officer of Rouxbe Cooking School
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About Rouxbe Cooking School: Rouxbe is the world’s leading online culinary school for home and professional cooks.
John Laing
Chief Operating Officer of Food.com
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About Food.com: Food.com, the third largest food site on the web, is an active social network of home cooks.
Laurent Kaestli
COO & Sales of KUKIMI
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About KUKIMI: KUKIMI is a diet program that delivers a variety of healthy meals directly to its users’ homes or offices.
Irwin Bransky
COO of Key Ingredient Corporation
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About Key Ingredient Corporation: Key Ingredient provides a digital CMS of user-submitted recipes and other recipe-centric web services.