@shulam1s
Shulamis Rouzaud
Founder and Board member
Shulamis is the Chicago Bread Club’s founder and co-director. She is passionate about staple crops and staple foods (grains and legumes). She has her Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition and Dietetics. She eats bread pretty much every day, and thinks that it tastes great and is really satisfying! Her goal for the bread club is to keep it democratic in structure, try to be as transparent as possible and promote and expand the racial equity of the regional grain economy. Please don’t be shy, we’re all in this together!
@cheffresh82
www.ChefFreshRoberson.com
Chef Fresh Roberson
director
Chef, healer, farmer, community based food activist and diy lover
Born and raised in eastern North Carolina, Fresh started remixing southern culinary traditions as soon as she could walk and hold a whisk. Transplant to the midwest, they now call Chicago home. An engineering and physics nerd turned chef, she has professionally studied cooking in Thailand and the US and has worked in elite kitchens including Google and Facebook.
But their community-based edible activism among communities of color, elders, queer folx and youth is where her heart most deeply resides. They strive to make nutritious food accessible to all. She provides weekly meals for various non-profits and programs dedicated to increasing food access for the homeless, street youth and seniors. Chef Fresh is founder of Fresher Together LLC. Fresher Together is a collaborative food project for healing, economic development, training and retreat.
Their favorite bread is a fluffy yeast roll fresh out the oven spread with butter.
Board of Directors
@mochene
Erin Cade
BOARD MEMBER
pastry chef
Erin graduated from Columbia College in South Carolina with a BA in music. She moved to Chicago to study pastry at Le Cordon Bleu, before working her way up through fine dining kitchens.
Her love of eating bread has brought her back to the craft. Along with Emmaline, her starter, Erin loves to explore the science behind sourdough bread baking.
@organically_mel
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Melanie Carter
BOARD MEMBER
Chef
Melanie Carter is the owner of her own business called Organically Gourmet. Melanie attended the Washburne School of Culinary Arts and the Triton College Culinary program for her formal culinary training. Melanie is proud to be an Army veteran. She strives to be the best in all that she does. She is a recent graduate of the Windy City Harvest Horticulture and Sustainable Urban Agriculture Apprenticeship program. She hopes to teach gardening and cooking to others, incorporating a garden to table concept and develop recipes.
Melanie strongly believes in not only giving back to her community, but reaching out and showing them the benefits of growing their own food and incorporating them into their everyday diets. She has hopes of turning “food deserts into food oases”.
@supperclubstudio
http://supperclub.studio
Kelly Freza
BOARD MEMBER
Marketing and Design
Kelly is a visual designer creating for web and print with skills in food photography and illustration. She has 10+ years of experience working as a creative, with the majority of that serving the food and hospitality industries; working with hotels, restaurants, food-based non-profits, chefs and packaged food products. She is obsessed with food, cooking and restaurant culture as well as art and graphic design and runs a design studio called Supper Club Studio.