Ellen Bennett

Advisory Board Member

At 25 years old, Ellen Bennett was a cook at a 2-Michelin-Star restaurant in LA; yet she was still tying on the same $5 apron found in every diner and pub along Hollywood Boulevard. So, she took her modest $300 savings and turned it into the largest gourmet apron manufacturer in the world. The same go-getter attitude that helped her launch Hedley & Bennett—a multi-million-dollar brand beloved by the likes of Martha Stewart and Momofuku’s David Chang. In her inspiring, actionable talks, as well as her new book, Bennett reveals what you need to get out of your head and launch into action.Dream First, Details Later is Bennett’s forged-in-the-fire guidebook on how to quit overthinking and make things happen. Alongside her honest, encouraging, and hard-won advice, she shares her own personal journey, starting with the 2012 New York Marathon where she realized that she and her fellow restaurant workers were athletes, and like athletes, they needed a uniform—functional and beautiful. With little more than a unique idea and a personal constitution to “wake up and fight,” Bennett swapped cooking for sewing to complete her first order. By the time she was 30, she had transformed a “better apron idea” into the culinary lifestyle brand Hedley & Bennett.

Talks About
#aprons #culinary #kitchengear #entrepreneurship #hedleyandbennett

Preferred Locations
#Northamerica