Carrie Kommers – Culinary Expert

Personal Bio

Carrie Kommers offers more than 20 years of experience in culinary operations, marketing, and tourism.

Carrie has a BA in Creative Writing and an AOS in Culinary Arts. Her early years in operations included work as pastry cook, catering cook, cake decorator, and innkeeper. She then segued into culinary marketing as director of a hobbyist cooking school, PR coordinator for a luxury resort, head of marketing for a culinary studio, brand manager for a boutique hotel group, and director of marketing for a fine dining restaurant group.

One of her most memorable roles was as the founding director of dineLA, the City of Los Angeles’s culinary initiative. Carrie’s mission: Position Los Angeles as a premier dining destination by creating year-round programming and events which highlight the diversity and quality of LA’s culinary community.  The core of the dineLA program grew from Carrie’s relationships with chefs, restaurateurs, strategic partners, and high-profile sponsors. Her creativity, passion, and entrepreneurship led to a highly visible marketing platform and an empowering sense of momentum throughout the Los Angeles culinary community.

Carrie’s roots in the LA food community run deep, with her serving previous advisory roles including: Co-President for Les Dames d’Escoffier LA/OC; LA Board Member of C-CAP (Careers Through the Culinary Arts Profession); member of Mayor Antonia Villaraigosa’s Food Policy Council; and advisory board member of the LA Chapter of the California Restaurant Association. 

In 2011 Carrie launched Table One Marketing, a culinary marketing consultancy, and an endeavor in which she could apply her powerful experience and fierce innovation to any and all facets of the culinary world.

Carrie lives in Long Beach, CA, with her husband and 9-year-old son. In her free time she loves to collect vintage cookbooks, research new and retro recipes, read food magazines, and armchair travel via Pinterest. When not doing food stuff, Carrie and her family love to go sailing on their 35-foot sailboat, visit family in Brentwood or Santa Barbara, and search for their family’s forever rescue pup.   

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