LET’S TALK IS A COLLABORATION OF WOMEN RESTAURATEURS TO BUILD COMBINED ECONOMIC POWER. IT IS NOT AN ORGANIZATION, IT IS NOT AN ENTITY, IT IS AN ACTION-LED MOVEMENT BY WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS AS PEERS.
National Collaborations
LTW Nasdaq Bell Ringing, Social Innovation Award, CNBC & NY1
City Collaborations
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Recent Collaborations
Get Tickets Join Let’s Talk Womxn on March 31 from 6–9 PM at Moe’s Cantina River North as we close Women’s History Month with our Retro Revolution Dance Party. Spend the evening in an unabashed celebration of women empowering women. By 150 of Chicago’s Let’s Talk Womxn leading food and beverage entrepreneurs, this celebration is…
Let’s Talk Change
Women’s Leadership in Restaurants & Franchises
Let’s Talk – A Women’s Networking Celebration
CHICAGO INNOVATION PRESENTS TASTE OF INNOVATION. PANEL + LTW CULINARY EXPERIENCE 5/20/2025
CHICAGO INNOVATION PRESENTS TASTE OF INNOVATION. PANEL + LTW CULINARY EXPERIENCE 5/20/2025 Tickets $53-$70. This event spotlights innovation in the ever-changing world of food and drinks. This year’s event features: – Food industry innovators discussing 2025 emerging trends that excite them – Tasting stations curated by Sanctuary & Let’s Talk Womxn restaurants – Libations from…
CHICAGO HUMANITIES AT SANCTUARY. IMMIGRATION, SANCTUARY & FOOD 5/9/2025
CHICAGO HUMANITIES AT SANCTUARY. IMMIGRATION, SANCTUARY & FOOD 5/9/2025 Tickets $50. Join Chicago Humanities at Sanctuary, a new women-centric cocktail den and restaurant, for an evening of feasting and provocative conversation celebrating differences. Feast on global gourmet food stations — crafted by Chicago’s Let’s Talk Womxn restaurateurs — meet the restaurateurs, enjoy statement cocktails (cash…
Let’s Talk Womxn National Restaurant Show Exclusive Dinner Experience 5/18/2025
Let’s Talk Womxn National Restaurant Show Exclusive Dinner Experience 5/18/2025 Tickets: https://www.nationalrestaurantshow.com/home/dinner-experiences/ Tickets $300. National Restaurant Association Show and Let’s Talk Womxn Exclusive Dinner Experience. Experience a culinary feast like no other crafted for the Show attendees and their guests. A five-course dinner, with five leading Chicago culinary concepts, cocktails & wine, hosted by Let’s…
More Than March – Milwaukee
Ticket: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lets-talk-womxn-more-than-march-dinner-tickets-1247308185359?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios
More Than March – New York
Ticket: https://www.wonderville.nyc/events/more-than-march-2025
More Than March Bash Boston
Kick off Women’s History Month with Let’s Talk Womxn Boston! For one special night on Thursday, March 6th, experience tastings from 18+ of Boston’s top women in food and beverage. You’ll meet LTW Boston members, enjoy their delicious creations, experience fabulous comic relief and celebrate together with a fabulous DJ and so much more to…
Sanctuary & Let’s Talk Womxn Invite You To…
Join us at 3/13 6pm at Sanctuary for a Let’s Talk Womxn dinner feast and conversation. Bring your daughters and mentees. On cultivating fearlessness in ourselves and our daughters. With partners The Chicago Network, Harvard Club of Chicago, Girls in the Game, WBEZ and Chicago Sun-Times. $120 standard ticket, all inclusive (conversation, dinner, wine, tax, gratuity).…
More Than March Bash
Join Let’s Talk Womxn Chicago on 3/2 4-8pm at Moe’s Cantina for Chicago’s definitive women power celebration and an unforgettable feast & drinks by 30+ of Chicago’s 130 incredible womxn restaurateurs and F&B entrepreneurs! Shimmer in stylish silver or come as you are to celebrate, feast, drink, dance, connect and just have fun. Packed with action with…
What Women Want: Fortifying Our Democracy
Global Gourmet Dinner
Harvard Business School Women’s Association & Let’s Talk Womxn Oct 2, 6-8PM. At Vermilion. Chicago. We invite all Chicago food aficionados to an epic multi-concept gourmet feast with wine & cocktail pairing Hear “behind the business” restaurant insights Tickets $150 Email: admin@hsbwa.org by 9/27 Vermilion. 10 W. Hubbard St. Chicago, IL Women boosting women in…
Let’s Talk Womxn National Restaurant Show Webinar 4/17/24
Let’s Talk Womxn National Restaurant Show Webinar 4/17/24 Registration free at Maximizing Your Digital Presence for Growth.
Let’s Talk Change. Reinventing Restaurants. Vermilion 5-7pm.
Let’s Talk Change. Reinventing Restaurants. Vermilion 5-7pm. Tickets $60 for gourmet food stations, event & soapboxes by 10 leading nationwide women restaurateurs. Cash bar. Real opinions, insights & revelations with no holy grails by real restaurateurs! A dynamic gourmet evening for ALL who love dining out and restaurants. What’s working with our restaurants today? What’s…
Let’s Talk Womxn National Restaurant Show Exclusive Dinner Experiences 5/19/24
The National Restaurant Show is proud to partner with Let’s Talk Womxn to curate unforgettable dining experiences for you at 7 p.m. on Sunday, May 19th. Join us for gourmet collaborative dinners, each showcasing not one, but two-three Let’s Talk Womxn entrepreneurs and their concepts. Exclusively crafted, these unique dining experiences are open to all…
LTW National Restaurant Association Show Women Leaders & Owners Reception
Let’s Talk Womxn invites all women in food and drink to attend the first Women Leaders & Owners Reception it is cohosting with the National Restaurant Association Show. The largest food service and restaurants convention with over 55,000 attendees. We invite ALL women to attend, meet, explore ways to promote our businesses and careers beyond…
More Than March
Click Here: Press Release & Participants Ticket link: https://www.exploretock.com/letstalkchicagowomxn “More Than March” is Chicago’s woman-power celebration of the year. Blends unabashed social & cerebral facets. Tasting stations & diva cocktails by 30+ leading Let’s Talk Womxn restaurateurs. DJ, black & bling drag show, dancing, the works. Come in BLACK draped in BLING to revel in…
More Than March Boston
3.07.24 at Boston Harbor Distillery. 7pm. Ticket link: http://tinyurl.com/4wtarnmj
More Than March Cincinnati
3.8.24 at The Grove Event Center. 7-10 pm. Ticket link: http://exploretock.com/letstalkcincinnati Sysco Co-Presenting National Advocate
Recent Collaborations
Get Tickets Join Let’s Talk Womxn on March 31 from 6–9 PM at Moe’s Cantina River North as we close Women’s History Month with our Retro Revolution Dance Party. Spend the evening in an unabashed celebration of women empowering women. By 150 of Chicago’s Let’s Talk Womxn leading food and beverage entrepreneurs, this celebration is…
Let’s Talk Change
Women’s Leadership in Restaurants & Franchises
Let’s Talk – A Women’s Networking Celebration
CHICAGO INNOVATION PRESENTS TASTE OF INNOVATION. PANEL + LTW CULINARY EXPERIENCE 5/20/2025
CHICAGO INNOVATION PRESENTS TASTE OF INNOVATION. PANEL + LTW CULINARY EXPERIENCE 5/20/2025 Tickets $53-$70. This event spotlights innovation in the ever-changing world of food and drinks. This year’s event features: – Food industry innovators discussing 2025 emerging trends that excite them – Tasting stations curated by Sanctuary & Let’s Talk Womxn restaurants – Libations from…
CHICAGO HUMANITIES AT SANCTUARY. IMMIGRATION, SANCTUARY & FOOD 5/9/2025
CHICAGO HUMANITIES AT SANCTUARY. IMMIGRATION, SANCTUARY & FOOD 5/9/2025 Tickets $50. Join Chicago Humanities at Sanctuary, a new women-centric cocktail den and restaurant, for an evening of feasting and provocative conversation celebrating differences. Feast on global gourmet food stations — crafted by Chicago’s Let’s Talk Womxn restaurateurs — meet the restaurateurs, enjoy statement cocktails (cash…
Let’s Talk Womxn National Restaurant Show Exclusive Dinner Experience 5/18/2025
Let’s Talk Womxn National Restaurant Show Exclusive Dinner Experience 5/18/2025 Tickets: https://www.nationalrestaurantshow.com/home/dinner-experiences/ Tickets $300. National Restaurant Association Show and Let’s Talk Womxn Exclusive Dinner Experience. Experience a culinary feast like no other crafted for the Show attendees and their guests. A five-course dinner, with five leading Chicago culinary concepts, cocktails & wine, hosted by Let’s…
More Than March – Milwaukee
Ticket: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lets-talk-womxn-more-than-march-dinner-tickets-1247308185359?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios
More Than March – New York
Ticket: https://www.wonderville.nyc/events/more-than-march-2025
More Than March Bash Boston
Kick off Women’s History Month with Let’s Talk Womxn Boston! For one special night on Thursday, March 6th, experience tastings from 18+ of Boston’s top women in food and beverage. You’ll meet LTW Boston members, enjoy their delicious creations, experience fabulous comic relief and celebrate together with a fabulous DJ and so much more to…
Sanctuary & Let’s Talk Womxn Invite You To…
Join us at 3/13 6pm at Sanctuary for a Let’s Talk Womxn dinner feast and conversation. Bring your daughters and mentees. On cultivating fearlessness in ourselves and our daughters. With partners The Chicago Network, Harvard Club of Chicago, Girls in the Game, WBEZ and Chicago Sun-Times. $120 standard ticket, all inclusive (conversation, dinner, wine, tax, gratuity).…
More Than March Bash
Join Let’s Talk Womxn Chicago on 3/2 4-8pm at Moe’s Cantina for Chicago’s definitive women power celebration and an unforgettable feast & drinks by 30+ of Chicago’s 130 incredible womxn restaurateurs and F&B entrepreneurs! Shimmer in stylish silver or come as you are to celebrate, feast, drink, dance, connect and just have fun. Packed with action with…
What Women Want: Fortifying Our Democracy
Global Gourmet Dinner
Harvard Business School Women’s Association & Let’s Talk Womxn Oct 2, 6-8PM. At Vermilion. Chicago. We invite all Chicago food aficionados to an epic multi-concept gourmet feast with wine & cocktail pairing Hear “behind the business” restaurant insights Tickets $150 Email: admin@hsbwa.org by 9/27 Vermilion. 10 W. Hubbard St. Chicago, IL Women boosting women in…
Let’s Talk Womxn National Restaurant Show Webinar 4/17/24
Let’s Talk Womxn National Restaurant Show Webinar 4/17/24 Registration free at Maximizing Your Digital Presence for Growth.
Let’s Talk Change. Reinventing Restaurants. Vermilion 5-7pm.
Let’s Talk Change. Reinventing Restaurants. Vermilion 5-7pm. Tickets $60 for gourmet food stations, event & soapboxes by 10 leading nationwide women restaurateurs. Cash bar. Real opinions, insights & revelations with no holy grails by real restaurateurs! A dynamic gourmet evening for ALL who love dining out and restaurants. What’s working with our restaurants today? What’s…
Let’s Talk Womxn National Restaurant Show Exclusive Dinner Experiences 5/19/24
The National Restaurant Show is proud to partner with Let’s Talk Womxn to curate unforgettable dining experiences for you at 7 p.m. on Sunday, May 19th. Join us for gourmet collaborative dinners, each showcasing not one, but two-three Let’s Talk Womxn entrepreneurs and their concepts. Exclusively crafted, these unique dining experiences are open to all…
LTW National Restaurant Association Show Women Leaders & Owners Reception
Let’s Talk Womxn invites all women in food and drink to attend the first Women Leaders & Owners Reception it is cohosting with the National Restaurant Association Show. The largest food service and restaurants convention with over 55,000 attendees. We invite ALL women to attend, meet, explore ways to promote our businesses and careers beyond…
More Than March
Click Here: Press Release & Participants Ticket link: https://www.exploretock.com/letstalkchicagowomxn “More Than March” is Chicago’s woman-power celebration of the year. Blends unabashed social & cerebral facets. Tasting stations & diva cocktails by 30+ leading Let’s Talk Womxn restaurateurs. DJ, black & bling drag show, dancing, the works. Come in BLACK draped in BLING to revel in…
More Than March Boston
3.07.24 at Boston Harbor Distillery. 7pm. Ticket link: http://tinyurl.com/4wtarnmj
More Than March Cincinnati
3.8.24 at The Grove Event Center. 7-10 pm. Ticket link: http://exploretock.com/letstalkcincinnati Sysco Co-Presenting National Advocate
City Cohosts
Lisa Gutierrez
Liz Joy
Nicki Laborie
Anne Quatrano
Kate Taylor Martin
Thy Mitchell
Denise Taylor
Melissa Guzman
Josie Smith
Lindsey & Lisa Rusch
Elizabeth Almeida
Doriana Isufi
Yasmin Curtis
Kavita Kumar
Molly Matelski
Josalyn Holmes
Jessica Perjes
ShaVonne McCants
Michelle Allen
Deborah Van Trece
Rosa Thurnher
Jen Ziskin
Nancy Cushman
Nancy Matheson-Burns
Rohini Dey, Ph.D.
Carla Chalkley
Joby Bowman
Terri Graber
Paula Haines
Alli Jarrett
Sharon Haynes
Ouita Michel
Anomalous Campbell
Dana Spandet
Marilupe Moreno
Desta Maree Klein
Barbara Sibley
May Fridel
Naama Tamir
Kat Cirar
MacKenzie DeVito
Jacqueline Nicosia
Angela Lawrence
Some News
Our Credo
- The goal of Let's Talk Womxn is to build the camaraderie, counsel, visibility, bargaining and economic power of its women entrepreneurs. Together.
- Let’s Talk Womxn launched in the thick of the pandemic in 2020 for women restaurateurs to learn from & support each other. It has explosively evolved to much more. It is a magical innovative B-cube model of “competitors as collaborators.” Started for women restaurateurs, it has grown to include all women entrepreneurs and makers of food and drink.
- Started with 15 restaurateurs in Chicago in 2020, LTW has grown to 850+ women entrepreneurs in 15 cities in the US and Canada, with three additional city offshoots. Many more US and international cities are in the LTW waitlist and pipeline.
- LTW launched 3 additional cities in 2020 who morphed to offshoots: Let's Talk Womxn Philadelphia, Let's Talk Womxn DC and Let's Talk Womxn LA. These morphed into Philly Sisterly Love, DC Women in Food & LA RE:Her (see inception GMA, NewsNation, LA Times).
- This action movement is entirely voluntary. And kept lean deliberately with no dues, overheads, bureaucracy, fancy office, CEO. The frills and financial drain of many conventional entities in our industry. All LTW support and revenue flows to its women entrepreneurs to boost their core businesses.
- The crux is monthly sessions by city with "Deep Dives" into business issues to learn from each other, share counsel and referrals. "Pulse" is to know and help each other. Complete candor & confidentiality underlie these business sessions.
- Each Let's Talk city is cohosted, nourished and led by leading city women restaurateurs. Founder Dey cross-pollinates learnings across all LTW cities & nationally, founds new cities, runs the sessions, seeds initiatives and builds sponsors & external national forums for LTW.
- Additional LTW collaborative initiatives - apart from ongoing, all-year learning and counsel - focus on amplifying visibility, boosting aspirations, cross-promoting each other, bolstering revenue, and unstinting referrals and access. See details here LTW National Press Release 2023. Much more is afoot on both the city & national levels.
- Let’s Talk Womxn participate actively in keynotes, talks, panels & forums to share their collaborative positive empowering B-cube model for parity. This model extends across sectors, applies within corporations for "intrepreneurs," and across countries.
- For entities, corporations and cities who champion women entrepreneurs, backing Let's Talk Womxn is a natural choice. All LTW members are owners, employers and tastemakers with a mass following at the intersection of dining, consumer and retail. We are sponsored directly or via our 501c3 fiscal sponsor. LTW works actively with its city CVBs, SRAs, COCs, corporations and other partners.
- The X factor in Womxn is an algebraic expression of explicit openness to women owners of all sizes, stripes, color, creed, format, scale, race, orientation, identities, startups or celebrities. All are peers.
- Within six months of inception, LTW was included in NRN Power List Top 50 for inclusive impactful leadership alongside industry giants. A multitude of awards, accolades and media has followed organically along the way.
- Women entrepreneurs in culinary are tired of the deluge of manuals, guidelines, conferences & webinars. Positive intentions that cause glacial change.
- Women owners are tired of being on the fringe of involvement, whether on boards, policy, the media spotlight, or financing. This is dictated by economic power, PR heft, the fawning-over-the-beloved-few "TV celebrity" herd mentality. Let's Talk aims to redress this.
- Let’s Talk Womxn deliberately has no mission statement, no statement of values and no five-year plan. The universe abounds with these well-meaning, murky, unaccountable, lofty articulations.
- Let’s Talk Womxn is founded and led by Rohini Dey, Ph.D. Vermilion restaurateur in Chicago. Formerly McKinsey & Co., former World Bank, and former trustee/founder/chair of the James Beard Foundation Women's Leadership Program for a decade (2011-2021).
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Sam Rattanopas @junka_junk co-owner of @nakornkitchen & proud ambassador of @letstalkwomxn Chicago shares that Let’s Talk Womxn provides an invaluable opportunity for women owners in food and drink to unite, connect, and lift each other up!
#letstalkwomxn #womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #womenentrepreneurs #strongertogether
Chicago knows how to cheers to the weekend!
Raise a glass to these women owned businesses and tastemakers!
@nobodysdarlingbar
@barsotanochi
@thedearbornchi
@saigonsisters
@thefatshallot
@bistronomicfood
@moescantina
@nakornkitchen
@catanpisco
@demerachicago
@edeninchicago
@spicenotetequila
@tituncocktails
@kovaldistillery
#letstalkwomxn #womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #womenentrepreneurs #strongertogether
We all have our favorite and go-to junk food! Here’s ours, what’s yours?
Featured LTW:
Rohini @letstalkwomxn @deyrohini
Tigist @demerachicago @tigistreda
Tiffany @exquisite.catering @chefmama13
Falguni @bombayeatschicago @falgunidewjee
Sam @nakornkitchen @junka_junk
Laurence @bistronomicfood @laurencenoguier1
#letstalkwomxn
#womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #womenentrepreneurs strongertogether
Chicago! Get out your calendars!!!
So many great places and events!!
@antiquetaco
@bistronomicfood
@classiccobbler
@momentumcoffeechicago
@tasteofthephilippines
@thefatshallot
@necessary_coffee_pr
@nobodysdarlingbar x @taylorstacoschicago
Across the country is patio season!
@letstalkwomxn members and cohosts:
@la_palapa @barbaragsibley
@thistledraftshop @marychalmersthorn
@hojokoboston Nancy @cheftimandnancy
@tacosagogo Sharon Haynes
@elponceatl Rosa Thurnher
@brekkieshack @lrusch21 @lindzrusch 📸 by @midwest_foodfest
@wallacestationofficial @ouitamichel
#letstalkwomxn #womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #womenentrepreneurs strongertogether
Safona Davis Calderon founder @magslegacycakesandmore & ambassador @letstalkwomxn Chicago shares that Let’s Talk Womxn is “a way to collaborate with other women business owners…and to be amongst their ranks is one of the biggest pleasures there is.”
#letstalkwomxn #womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #womenentrepreneurs #strongertogether
What ingredient is the most overrated and over used?
@deyrohini asks @letstalkwomxn leading restaurateurs Tiffany @chefmama13 of @exquisite.catering, Tigist @tigistreda of @demerachicago, Sam @junka_junk of @nakornkitchen, & Falguni @falgunidewjee of @bombayeatschicago. See their take.
#letstalkwomxn #womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #womenentrepreneurs #strongertogether
@letstalkwomxn @letstalkwomxnbos cohost @jen_ziskin heralds @letstalkwomxn as her village while creating villages of her own as the execute director for @massrestaurantsunited owner and wine director @la_morra_brookline and @punchbowl_brookline
Thank you Jen for all you do for Let’s Talk Womxn!
#letstalkwomxn
#womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #womenentrepreneurs #strongertogther
In memorial. We miss you Thy and invite all of us to share our cherished memories. Thy Mitchell @thy_travelers and her family, including her children just 4 and 8, were taken away recently in a horrific tragedy. We @letstalkwomxn recall Thy vividly as larger than life, all in, stylish, warm and savvy. She gave back in many ways including as founder @travelerstablerestaurant, @foreignfareapparel, as cohost of @letstalkwomxnhouston and on the board of the @txrestaurants association. Vivid memories of being on sessions together, backing each other, Houston initiatives, and when LTW across cities celebrated our accomplishments in NYC.
@letstalkwomxn is full of tastemakers and innovators! So let’s talk cocktails!!
LTW members and cohosts:
@sumiaohunan @sumiao.chen.12
@theblindfinchspeakeasy @marychalmersthorn
@hojokoboston Nancy @cheftimandnancy
@tacosagogo Sharon Haynes
@holidaycocktaillounge @barbaragsibley
@punchbowl_brookline @jen_ziskin
@doshermanoseaston Lisa @foodtruckmillionaire
@honeywoodrestaurant @ouitamichel
#letstalkwomxn #womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #womenentrepreneurs #strongertogether
Tiffany Williams @chefmama13 of @exquisite.catering is a cohost & proud ambassador @letstalkwomxn Chicago! Tiffany’s passions are for education and collaboration with all in the food and drink industry, particularly to be “a pillar for the next generation to come.”
#letstalkwomxn #womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #womenentrepreneurs #strongertogether
Chicago we have great plans for you this weekend and the next few weeks!!
Featured LTW ambassadors and members:
@archies.chicago
@momentumcoffeechicago
@twofishcrab
@thechefthebaker
@loveluvv_sparkling
@mspsgfree
@thedandycrown
@thattuchicago
Food shows yes or no? If yes, which ones?
@deyrohini asks @letstalkwomxn leading restaurateurs Sam @junka_junk of @nakornkitchen, Laurence @laurencenoguier1 of @bistronomicfood, Tigist @tigistreda of @demerachicago, Tiffany @chefmama13 of @exquisite.catering & Falguni @falgunidewjee of @bombayeatschicago. See their take.
#letstalkwomxn #womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #womenentrepreneurs #strongertogether
Candid monthly sessions to sustain real world learning from each other. Sharing our business expertise, expanding our solution sets and horizons. Building camaraderie, collaborations, visibility & support.
1. Add questions + insights+ ideas for future deep dives here.
2. All women-owners in food/drink in any city are welcome to join LTW. Restaurateurs, bakers, bars, cafes, beverage makers, distillers, food CPG, farm owners…..
3. No dues, no BS, no overheads, 100% volunteer run action movement of women owners. DM or email us, see letstalkwomxn.com.
5+ years of learning from and boosting each other’s businesses. 900+ women entrepreneurs across 15 cities with 2000+ concepts.
#letstalkwomxn #womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #womenentrepreneurs #strongertogether
Heather Bublick @heatherbublick of @soulandsmoke & ambassador @letstalkwomxn Chicago shares not only her perspectives an ambassador but as a former cohost “I attend all the initiatives, I attend all the monthly sessions, and it’s really important to show up for one another.”
#letstalkwomxn #womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #womenentrepreneurs #strongertogether
@letstalkwomxn @letstalkwomxncolumbus cohosts @lrusch21 @lindzrusch of @brekkieshack look to build community and happiness with a health forward breakfast, lunch and brunch menu!
Their beautiful location also looks to lessen food waste!
All photos by @midwest_foodfest
#letstalkwomxn #womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #womenentrepreneurs #strongertogether
This month lots of events and Mother’s Day celebrations from @letstalkwomxn Chicago women owners, tastemakers and innovators!
@soulandsmoke makes catering something special!
@nobodysdarlingbar celebrates 5 years with a @letstalkwomxn Chicago @taylorstacoschicago
Mother’s Day celebrations with @loveluvv_sparkling @chicagoteahouse @bistronomicfood @verzenaychicago @volitionteaco
Join the party with @soulveg and @bluekalecafe
Reset with @elbeesgourmeteats
And enjoy the new dessert specials @tropicakechicago
#letstalkwomxn #womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #womenentrepreneurs #strongertogether
Sarah Stegner @sarah.stegner founder @prairiegrasscafe & ambassador @letstalkwomxn Chicago shares “I’m proud to be an ambassador because it really brings our community together. I’ve met women running their own businesses that I can relate to and connect with. And we lift each other up. Working together on projects together has been very rewarding. The information we get from each other use to be gatekeeper - this really facilitates the flow - and helps us all succeed in business.”
#letstalkwomxn #womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #womenentrepreneurs #strongertogether
Let’s Talk Cocktails! @letstalkwomxn is full of tastemakers and innovators like these cohosts and members:
@jodyadams @lapadronaboston @letstalkwomxnbos
@barbaragsibley @la_palapa @letstalkwomxngreaternyc
Kathi Turner @rising_eagle_publick_house @letstalkwomxnbos
@jen_ziskin @la_morra_brookline @letstalkwomxnbos
Nancy Cushman @cheftimandnancy @bianca_chestnuthill @letstalkwomxnbos
Denise Taylor @bonfirewings @letstalkwomxnhouston
@rhonda.kallman @bostonharbordistil @letstalkwomxnbos
@marychalmersthorn @theblindfinchspeakeasy @letstalkwomxnhouston
Lisa @foodtruckmillionaire @doshermanostaco @letstalkwomxncolumbus
@barbaragsibley @holidaycocktaillounge @letstalkwomxngreaternyc
Rosa Thurnher @elponceatl @letstalkwomxnatlanta
@chefdeborahvantrece @oreathasatthepoint @letstalkwomxnatlanta
Sharon Haynes @tacosagogo @letstalkwomxnhouston
@ouitamichel @honeywoodrestaurant @letstalkwomxnkentucky
#letstalkwomxn #womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #womenentrepreneurs #strongertogether
Great to meet, drink, eat, laugh at @tigistreda’s incredible Ethiopian restaurant @demerachicago. Our second LTW Chicago Dine & Shine. Cheers to all @letstalkwomxn who came. And shared what led them to LTW and their aspirations for it. These evenings build bonds. Thank you for your warm hospitality, Tigist, and being an integral LTW member since inception!
LTW members:
Tigist @tigistreda @demerachicago
Sarah @thefatshallot
Sonat @sonatdistills @kovaldistillery
Heather @heatherbublick @soulandsmoke
Javon @egg_rolls_etc_
Tiffany @chefmama13 @exquisite.catering
Taylor @themasonx @taylorstacoschicago
Lisa @mspsgfree
Lupe @loopieandnato
Lori @mrsosv @soulveg @vegannow2go
Denita @mstittlescupcakes
Rohini @deyrohini @sanctuary_2025 @letstalkwomxn
#letstalkwomxn #womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #womenentrepreneurs strongertogether
This year, choose women-owned with @letstalkwomxn. Your meal becomes a movement.
LTW cohosts and members featured:
Jody @jodyadams @lapadronaboston @letstalkwomxnbos
@ouitamichel @honeywoodrestaurant @letstalkwomxnkentucky
Nancy @cheftimandnancy @_gogo_ya_ @letstalkwomxnbos
Janice @jjucker @3brothersbakery @letstalkwomxnhouston
Rosa @elponceatl @letstalkwomxnatlanta
#letstalkwomxn
#womenownedbusiness
#womenempowerment #womenentrepreneurs strongertogether
Thursday night was special! @illinoisrestaurants has been a backer of @letstalkwomxn since the beginning and it was a wonderful evening of collaboration, shared visibility and support!
Participating LTW stations:
Tiffany Williams @chefmama13 @exquisite.catering
Korina Sanchez, Samantha Sanchez @kori10 @its_samantha_sanchez @lalunita_logan
Heather Bublick @heatherbublick @soulandsmoke
Safona Davis Calderon @magslegacycakesandmore
Tigist Reda @tigistreda @demerachicago
Sarah Stegner @sarah.stegner @prairiegrasscafe
Jodi Fyfe @jodiafyfe @edeninchicago
Chesaree Rollins @chesa_bistro
Clodagh Lawless @chicagoclo74 @thedearbornchi
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Chicago! Cheers to nice weather, new drinks, collaborations, celebrations and Mother’s Day!! Here’s where to celebrate in and around Chicago!
@letstalkwomxn ambassadors and members featured:
@edeninchicago
@bistronomicfood
@whipped_inc
@bombayeatschicago
@nakornkitchen
@mspsgfree
@brindillechicago @fronteragrill @prairiegrasscafe @justiceofthepies
@thattuchicago
@casayari
@mitocaya
@honeybutterchi
@soulandsmoke
@floriole
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Tigist @tigistreda founder @demerachicago & ambassador @letstalkwomxn Chicago shares “I’m proud to be an ambassador because of the 150 women I have been able to hangout with, share with, and encourage one another. The community, lifetime friendship and support I’ve gotten from it. And I’ve been able to give back.”
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Join @letstalkwomxn at Demera @demerachicago on April 27th for a special Dine & Shine with Let’s Talk Womxn Chicago as we spotlight our cherished ambassador, Tigist Reda.
Tigist @tigistreda is more than a chef—she is a cultural ambassador, entrepreneur, and humanitarian, using her platform to uplift others and bring the spirit of Ethiopian hospitality to everything she does.
Come raise a glass and let’s celebrate an incredible woman in Chicago hospitality. 🍸✨ #letstalkwomxn
@letstalkwomxn restaurateurs proudly back @illinoisrestaurants which has helped LTW grow since inception. We invite Chicago to join us and attend the 47th Annual Chef’s Table, one of our industry’s marquee events. With 30+ tasting stations & for the IRA Educational Foundation, this promises to be a wonderful culinary evening.
Participating LTW Tasting Stations:
Tiffany Williams @chefmama13 @exquisite.catering
Korina Sanchez, Samantha Sanchez @its_samantha_sanchez @kori10 @lalunita_logan
Heather Bublick @heatherbublick @soulandsmoke
Safona Davis Calderon @magslegacycakesandmore
Tigist Reda @tigistreda @demerachicago
Sarah Stegner @sarah.stegner @prairiegrasscafe
Jodi Fyfe @jodiafyfe @edeninchicago
Chesaree Rollins @chesa_bistro
Clodagh Lawless @chicagoclo74 @thedearbornchi
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@letstalkwomxn Boston Samara Oster, founder @drinkmeli, is an industry disruptor with Meli her radically innovative quinoa beer! Based on years of R&D at MIT, her alma mater, Samara and her team have created a unique beer experience using the best ingredients and gluten free for a lighter and brighter beer! Meli is the first U.S. brewery that exclusively uses quinoa, inspired by Peru. Launched a year ago, Meli is already in restaurants, bars and stores across Boston, including @wholefoods and @traderjoes, plus ships nationwide. Cheers to a woman owned business, tastemaker, and employer. Proud to share Samara and have her in our LTW movement! We wish her unstoppable success🍻
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This year, choose women-owned with @letstalkwomxn. Your meal becomes a movement.
LTW cohosts featured:
Nancy @cheftimandnancy @msclucksdeluxe @letstalkwomxnbos
Janviér @dopecreolegirl Creole2Geaux @letstalkwomxncolumbus
Nancy @thediningdame @doleandbailey @letstalkwomxnbos
Lisa & Lindsey @lrusch21 @lindzrusch @brekkieshack @letstalkwomxncolumbus
@ouitamichel @hollyhillandco @letstalkwomxnkentucky
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#womenownedbusiness
#womenempowerment #womenentrepreneurs strongertogether
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