CHICAGO, Feb. 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Grubhub, the
nation's leading online and mobile food-ordering and delivery
marketplace, today announced its continued commitment in supporting
women-led restaurants during the second year of the company's
RestaurantHER initiative.
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To expand on this initiative, originally announced in
February 2018, Grubhub is partnering
with the James Beard Foundation, one of the most influential
organizations in the restaurant industry, specifically supporting
the organization's Women's Leadership Programs, which is committed
to advancing women in the culinary world. As part of this
partnership, and beginning March 1
through the end of the month, Grubhub diners can "Donate the
Change" by rounding up their order to the nearest dollar and
donating the difference to this program, including the "Women's
Entrepreneurship Leadership" track. This programming provided by
the James Beard Foundation is built out by its volunteer-based
advisory council comprised of chefs, restaurateurs, business
leaders, academics, and other experts.
"Correcting gender imbalance in the restaurant and culinary
industry is a mission we've been extremely committed to for
several years now," said Katherine
Miller, VP of Impact at the James Beard Foundation. "In
partnering with an industry leader like Grubhub we're able to
combat this issue together, creating and providing the best tools
and resources to train, support, and empower women throughout all
stages of their professional careers."
Additionally, to build on the momentum created at last year's
launch, Grubhub has added thousands of women-led restaurants to the
well-received RestaurantHER map, which is an interactive resource
to help diners locate and support establishments run by women
nationwide. Launched as the first of its kind in 2018, this map
incorporates restaurants owned or co-owned by a women or a kitchen
led by a woman head or executive chef. Whether it's Washington D.C.'s Pizzeria Paradiso run by
Ruth Gresser, recently nominated as
a James Beard Award semi-finalist
for "Outstanding Restaurateur," or Seattle's Nue founded by Uyen Nguyen, diners can now easily order their
favorites or find something new with more than 30,000 women-led
restaurants within the map.
Lastly, as part of the 2018 RestaurantHER initiative, Grubhub
and Women Chefs & Restaurateurs (WCR) worked together to
develop a toolkit for aspiring female chefs and culinary leaders:
Sharpen Your Skills. A guide of resources and best practices, this
toolkit was built to help women navigate and address the challenges
they face in today's restaurant industry. Additionally, Grubhub
contributed to WCR's scholarship and mentorship programs,
supporting and connecting over a dozen women in the culinary
industry through formal apprenticeships.
"Continuing our efforts for the second year with Grubhub's
RestaurantHER initiative, and with a partner like the James Beard
Foundation, is incredibly exciting and shows this is a cause many
of us recognize is important," said Matt
Maloney, chief executive officer of Grubhub. "Women only
make up 19% of chefs, and only 7% of head chefs, in today's
culinary world, and we know as a company we have the responsibility
to raise awareness and make an impact on not only the industry, but
our own platform as well. There's no doubt that more diversity and
overall support for women-run restaurants will spark new creativity
and expertise to create and lead future generations of
restaurateurs."
For more information on Grubhub's RestaurantHER initiative,
visit https://restauranther.com/, or to learn more about the James
Beard Foundation's Women's Leadership Programs, visit
https://www.jamesbeard.org/women-leadership-programs.
About Grubhub
Grubhub (NYSE: GRUB) is the nation's
leading online and mobile food-ordering and delivery marketplace
with the largest and most comprehensive network of restaurant
partners, as well as the largest diner base. Dedicated to
connecting diners with the food they love from their favorite local
restaurants, Grubhub strives to elevate food ordering through
innovative restaurant technology, easy-to-use platforms and an
improved delivery experience. Grubhub is proud to work with more
than 105,000 restaurant partners in over 2,000 U.S. cities and
London. The Grubhub portfolio of
brands includes Grubhub, Seamless, LevelUp, Tapingo, Eat24,
AllMenus and MenuPages.
About the James Beard Foundation
The James Beard
Foundation's mission is to promote good food for good™. For more
than 30 years, the James Beard Foundation has highlighted the
centrality of food culture in our daily lives. Through the James
Beard Awards, unique dining experiences at the James Beard House
and around the country, scholarships, hands-on learning, and a
variety of industry programs that educate and empower leaders in
our community, the Foundation has built a platform for chefs and
asserted the power of gastronomy to drive behavior, culture, and
policy change around food. To that end, the Foundation has also
created signature impact-oriented initiatives that include our
Women's Leadership Programs aimed at addressing the gender
imbalance in the culinary industry; advocacy training through our
Chefs Boot Camp for Policy and Change; and the James Beard
Foundation Leadership Awards that shine a spotlight on successful
change makers. The organization is committed to giving chefs and
their colleagues a voice and the tools they need to make the world
more sustainable, equitable, and delicious for everyone. For more
information, please visit jamesbeard.org and follow
@beardfoundation on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.
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