Gene Frank is an Illinois native, with a wide range of culinary influences from the lands of the Midwest, to Miami, to classic southern style cooking. Gene graduated from the Culinary Institute of the Carolinas at Greenville Technical College. We are so excited for the opportunity to work with him as our new Culinary Instructor. Learn more about Gene’s journey here!
Read MoreAt Project Host, our belief is that all individuals who cross our threshold and interact with us should be treated as guests: with human kindness, interest, warmth, and open minds and hearts - including each other. Teamwork, laughter, hard work and dedication are at the core of who we are. Get to know the faces of Project Host!
Read MoreGreg McPhee is a Connecticut native, seasoned culinary professional and James Beard Semi-Finalist. He has spent his career working throughout the Southeast, with sustainable, farm to table influences. We are so excited for the opportunity to work with him as our new Culinary Instructor. Learn more about Greg's culinary journey.
Read MoreMeredith Bost from Resident Diner is bringing her drool-worthy flavor combinations, creative concoctions and unique take on the all-American classic hot dog to the Project Host food truck. We are so excited for the opportunity to work with her. Learn more about Meredith and her cooking styles and inspiration!
Read MoreEach and every one of you has your own story on how Project Host has found its way into your life. Annamarie Bell, our new Marketing and Development Manager, is no different. She is overjoyed with the opportunity to grow and support the mission that you all so strongly believe in. Learn more about Annamarie’s story and her vision for this position.
Read MoreWhen his rock ‘n roll dreams didn’t pan out, Chef Kevin Kopsick found an outlet for his creativity, and ultimately a career, in the culinary field. Now, after decades in the industry, he’s joined Project Host for a new chapter that brings all the threads of his career together.
Read MoreRestaurant owner, executive chef, farmer, campfire cook, line cook, bartender, server—in 25 years, Chef Cary Wolfe has done it just about everything one can in the restaurant industry. Now he's beginning a new chapter with Project Host.
Read MoreAnne Gill served as a regular volunteer at Project Host before the pandemic hit. When she returned to the organization in late 2020, it was as a part-time Soup Kitchen Manager. Since then, she’s brought her nursing background to bear on the Soup Kitchen and Project Host is better for it.
Read MoreThree years ago, Cathy Moore was doing her regular Loaves and Fishes delivery to Project Host and noticed that the Soup Kitchen was short staffed. She asked then-Soup Kitchen Manager Christy Warren if she needed help and jumped right in on the line. Little did Cathy know then that she would wind up acting as Soup Kitchen Manager when Christy left the position in fall 2020.
Read MoreClaudia Winkler, Project Host Director of Development, is a poster child for a recent wave of people who packed up and moved across the country seeking new jobs and lives during the 2020 COVID lockdowns. Read about why Claudia chose to leave Georgetown University for Project Host and what she hopes to accomplish in her role.
Read MoreImagine approaching 40, being married with two kids and having all of the financial and other responsibilities associated with that, and then deciding that you were going to start basically from scratch, go back to school, and pursue a totally different career path. Sounds a little daunting, right? Well, it’s exactly what Project Host’s new Teaching Chef Cary Jacquette decided to do roughly 10 years ago, when he enrolled in the Greenville Technical College’s Culinary Institute of the Carolinas.
Read MoreDebra Wray’s story could be told in a great redemptive arc of an exceptional woman beating terrible odds and clawing her way out of a cycle of addiction and abuse to a position of sobriety, stability, and success. But Debra wouldn’t want her story told that way. On the contrary, she’d want you to understand the ordinariness of it all.
Read MoreBelieve it or not, the pink hair might be the least radiant thing about Chef Marianne Harris. If you ask any of her culinary students about her, common refrains include: Chef Marianne is great. She’s amazing. She’s fantastic. She’s patient with me. You don’t feel judged by her. She implements how she does things without making you feel run over. She answers all of your questions and takes time out for you.
Read MoreA Greenville couple donated meal voucher back on 2019 trip to Melbourne, and the recipient of that meal wrote a note to the City of Greenville to thank them. As it turns out, that couple was our very own Chef Linda and her husband.
Read MoreIf you’ve ever visited Project Host and taken the full tour, you’ll know exactly when you’ve set foot in the Bakery for at least one of two reasons: you either have the scent of delectable cheese rolls or some other fresh baked good on your nose, or your ears are abuzz with the boisterous, Midwestern accent of Chef Linda Adamthwaite as she greets you.
Read MoreLearn about why Chef Marianne loves working at Project Host.
Read MoreDiscover how Project Host CEO Tobin Simpson came to be Project Host’s CEO.
Read MoreLearn about Michelle Liggett’s new role and her vision for Project Host’s future.
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