With the launch of The Food & Wine Radio Network in December 1999, English and her company Brandnewmedia, LLC began a new chapter in broadcasting by becoming the first national talk radio network dedicated exclusively to the delicious, entertaining and dynamic world of food, wine and the good life. Joining Jennifer to give voice to our shared passion are the world’s most interesting and influential tastemakers including: Julia (the one and only), Jacques (both of them) Chuck Williams, Anne Willan, Thomas Keller, Sara Moulton, Alfred Portale, Charlie Trotter, Rocco, Nobu, and the great Ducasse...
The Food & Wine Radio Network is heard by a passionate growing audience in over 65 cities and live worldwide on the Internet. The newest show on the network is Don’t Talk With Your Mouth Full, which is heard nightly, coast-to-coast during drive time for the hospitality industry: at 9:00pm-12 midnight PT. In addition the network also produces & distributes The Food & Wine Radio Network Show, Gourmet Play-by-Play, Spa Foods, WineWords, ChefSpeak, The Great Women of Wine and All-Star Eats.
The Food & Wine Radio Network Show is the 2002 James Beard Foundation/Viking Range Best Radio Show About Food nominee, the only commercial network talk radio program so honored. In May of 2001, The Foundation of American Women in Radio & Television awarded The Food & Wine Radio Network;s “The Holiday Gourmet” show with the prestigious Gracie Allen Award.
In August of 2006 Jennifer’s team assumed ownership of Flavorbank.com, the leading peppercorn company in the US. Since 1969, Flavorbank has been known for offering the highest grade of fresh, whole spices money can buy. The company is called “The Cartier of Peppercorns” and is sold in over 850 of the country’s leading gourmet and specialty food stores such as Zabar’s in NYC and AJ’s in Arizona.
Jennifer's passion, expertise and experience have been earned by doing almost every job in the food business. She has hawked hot dogs at football games, spun pizzas, shaken and served classic cocktails, concocted clam chowder on Cape Cod, and perfected lox, eggs and onions at the local Jewish deli. Jennifer cater-chef’d her way through her studies at Suffolk University School of Law and while earning her MBA from Suffolk’s Sawyer School of Management in her hometown of Boston.
Jennifer’s professional affiliations include the Foundation for American Women in Radio & Television, National Association of Broadcasters, Women Chefs & Restaurateurs, Slow Food International, The American Institute of Wine & Food, and the James Beard Foundation, and Culinary Guild of New England. Jennifer makes her home in Tucson, Arizona with Beau Regards & Maurice her well fed pug dogs.
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