JEFFREY SPEAR: FOOD WRITER & AUTHOR
Jeffrey Spear wears many hats. Working under the SpearWrites banner, Jeffrey is a journalist, food writer, television presenter, educator, keynote speaker and cookbook author, engaging with both trade and consumer publications and media outlets. With 45+ years of in-depth experience, he covers emerging trends and buyer preferences in food and foodservice industries, exciting travel, dining and tourism destinations, culinary tools and gadgets, and all of the other important issues that impact and influence the way in which the world embraces food, cooking, dining, and travel. Key audiences include a broad spectrum of consumers, food producers, restaurateurs, food retailers, chefs, hospitality operators and industry investors. Some of the publications he’s written for include National Culinary Review, Food Technology, Plate, The Local Palate, Edible and many others.
He’s also written several cookbooks including Yum: Tasty Recipes from Culinary Greats (on behalf of Microplane) and The First Coast Heritage Cookbook. His most recent, My Life in Gluttony: A Culinary Adventure, received a Gold medal from the Florida Book Awards, and is available from Amazon.
A portfolio of Spear’s writing can be found on Contently: spearwrites.contently.com or downloaded from spearwrites.com.
Separately, as President and Creative Director for Studio Spear, he enjoys a reputation and ongoing success as a global trade development, marketing and communications specialist working with clients on every continent except Antarctica. This includes market analysis, export development, brand building, taking factors including competitive pressures, impact and structure of physical selling environments, geographic preferences, motivating influences, cultural expectations, resilience and sustainability into account. Along with these strategic endeavors, he produces tactical deliverables including logos and trademarks, packaging, three dimensional displays (including point-of-sale and trade show booths) and a broad range of interactive and digital products. In this regard, Spear has contributed successfully to the vitality and sustainability of a sizeable roster of food and foodservice brands. A few of the more recognizable includes Anheuser Busch, Pizza Hut, Disney, Breath Savers, La Pasta, Baskin-Robbins, Beaver Street Fisheries and San-J.
For additional information about Studio Spear, please visit www.studiospear.com.
ON BIG BLEND RADIO: On this delicious episode Jeffrey Spear talks about his travel and culinary adventures as featured in his latest book “My Life in Gluttony: A Culinary Adventure.” Watch here in the YouTube player or download the episode on Podbean.
Follow Jeffrey’s Big Blend Radio appearances, recipes, and stories, here.
