Cullen Gilchrist Explained

Cullen Gilchrist
Landscape:280
Nationality:United States
Citizenship:American
Alma Mater:Dartmouth College
Years Active:2012–present
Known For:chief executive officer and founder of Union Kitchen

Cullen Gilchrist is an American restaurateur, economist and entrepreneur. He is the chief executive officer and co-founder of Union Kitchen, an accelerator of food businesses.[1]

Education and career

Cullen obtained his high school diploma from Dartmouth High School in 2003.[2] He attended Dartmouth College and earned a degree in Economics and Sociology in 2007.[3] After graduating, he began his career as an intern in finance before switching to food business.[4] [5]

Cullen worked as a general manager and Area Food Safety Manager at Sodexo in Boston.[6] In 2010, he relocated to Washington D.C. and worked at Think Food Group as a manager. In 2012, Cullen and Jonas Singer co-founded a pop up coffee shop called Blind Dog Cafe on Florida Avenue.[7] [8] In 2023, he was a speaker at the Good Business Summit[9] and was part of Entrepreneurs in Residence 2023 held by Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship.[10]

Union Kitchen

In 2012, Cullen co-founded Union Kitchen to partner with food businesses and link the founders of the businesses with resources, capital, and networks needed to grow their businesses.[11] [12] The company started in a 7,300-square-foot space shared commercial cooking space in a Northeast Washington warehouse.[13] [14] The company introduced a food business acceleration process. The accelerator is built out into four phases; Launch, Product Market Fit, Growth, and Scale.[15] In 2022, Cullen established the Union Kitchen Fund 1, a $20M Series A investment fund.[16]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Davis . Susan . Union Kitchen mixes good food with smart business . 2023-10-16 . USA Today . en-US.
  2. Web site: Cullen Gilchrist – CEO and Founder at Union Kitchen . 2023-10-16 . THE ORG . en.
  3. Web site: Nolan . Cornell . Cullen Gilchrist . 2023-10-16 . Cornell Nolan . en-US.
  4. Web site: idolloff . 2018-09-25 . Cullen Gilchrist . 2023-10-16 . U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation . en.
  5. Web site: 2018-09-30 . Cullen Gilchrist – The Next Willy Wonka... Building and Scaling Food Businesses . 2023-10-16 . The Founder's Mind . en-US.
  6. 2020-10-21 . Expert Insights: Quick Tips on Food Entrepreneurship from Cullen Gilchrist, CEO and Founder of Union Kitchen . 2023-10-16 . Life . en-US.
  7. News: 2023-05-17 . Seven game-changers who will transform the Washington scene in 2014 . en-US . The Washington Post . 2023-10-16 . 0190-8286.
  8. Web site: 2019-12-31 . Meet Cullen Gilchrist and take a tour of Union Kitchen's culinary accelerator . 2023-10-16 . tasteMAKERS . en-US.
  9. Web site: Speakers . Good Business Summit . 2023-10-16 . en-US.
  10. Web site: Nolan . Cornell . Entrepreneurs in Residence . 2023-10-16 . Cornell Nolan . en-US.
  11. Book: Carolan, Michael S. . The Food Sharing Revolution: How Start-Ups, Pop-Ups, and Co-Ops are Changing the Way We Eat . 2018-11-15 . Island Press . 978-1-61091-886-2 . en.
  12. Web site: Rothenberg . Pamela . 2016-06-20 . Union Kitchen: A Case Study On The Best Legal Structure For Local Businesses Looking To Go National . 2023-10-18 . Forbes . en.
  13. News: Ravindranath . Mohana . 2023-05-18 . Union Kitchen: A cooking space for start-ups . en-US . The Washington Post . 2023-10-16 . 0190-8286.
  14. Web site: Cooper . Rebecca . Union Kitchen food incubator to shutter one of its locations . 2023-10-16 . The Business Journals.
  15. Web site: Cullen Gilchrist Named Entrepreneur in Residence at Cornell University . 2023-10-16 . unionkitchen.com . en.
  16. Web site: anita . 2023-06-09 . Union Kitchen- HOW A FOOD BUSINESS ACCELERATOR IN WASHINGTON, DC IS PAVING . 2023-10-16 . Innovations of the World . en-US.

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