Press

MEDIA CONTACTS:

PR Consultant: Allie Finnegan - allie@finn-pr.com
Director of Communications + Innovation: Michelle Magat - magat@lacocinasf.org

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
“You could easily make the argument that no local nonprofit has had a bigger hand in shaping the Bay Area food scene than La Cocina.”
— MacKenzie Chung Fegan, Restaurant Critic, San Francisco Chronicle
 
 
“La Cocina taught me so much. I really understand why so many small food businesses only last a couple of years. Had I not had La Cocina, I don’t know if I would be where I am today. I apprenticed with so many good chefs and learned how to work out of a commercial kitchen.”
— Chef Reem Assil, Reem’s California (in Cherry Bombe)
 

Media Highlights

 
 
 
 

As Told By Podcast - Hosted by Kahja Elliott

The Washington Post

KALW Public Media

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Entrepreneurs in the Media

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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