Culinary Agents CEO Alice Cheng On Hospitality Hiring Trends

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4.6 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Today’s guest is Alice Cheng, the founder and CEO of Culinary Agents—the hiring platform for the hospitality industry. Think LinkedIn, but for back of house and front of house folks. Alice joins host Kerry Diamond to share insights on today’s hottest restaurant jobs, what cities are booming, and why communication skills often outweigh kitchen chops when it comes to hiring. Plus, they dive into her unconventional career journey—from studying at the Fashion Institute of Technology to working as a temp at IBM to becoming a respected entrepreneur and founder in the hospitality world. For Jubilee 2025 tickets, click here. To get our new Love Issue, click here. Visit cherrybombe.com for subscriptions and show transcripts. More on Alice: Instagram, Culinary Agents, website More on Kerry: Instagram

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0:00.0	Hi, everyone. You are listening to Radio Cherry Bomb, and I'm your host, Carrie Diamond,
0:10.1	coming to you from New Stand Studios at Rockefeller Center in the heart of New York City.
0:15.3	Today's guest is Alice Cheng, the founder and CEO of culinary agents, the hospitality hiring platform.
0:23.0	Alice joins me to talk about the hottest restaurant jobs, what cities are bustling, and why
0:27.9	restaurant employers prize communication skills over food skills when it comes to hiring.
0:33.4	Surprising, right?
0:34.7	And of course, we talk about Alice's career path, from Fashion Institute of Technology student to IBM Temp to respected entrepreneur and founder.
0:43.9	Stay tuned for my chat with Alice Cheng. Some housekeeping. Our Jubilee conference is less than a month away. It's our big annual event, and it's taking place on Saturday, April 12th at the Glass House
0:55.7	in New York City. It's a beautiful day of community, connection, food, and drink. This is our
1:01.5	14th Jubilee, which I cannot believe. We've done 12 in-person jubilees, and we did two virtual
1:07.4	ones, and the very first one took place back in 2014. Since then, we've
1:12.5	celebrated and networked with thousands of women and culinary creatives from around the U.S.
1:17.3	and around the world. For more information and tickets, visit Cherrybomb.com. If you're an
1:22.8	official bomb squad member, be sure to check your inbox for special member pricing on Jubilee tickets.
1:28.9	If you're in New York City on Thursday, March 27th, join us at Alex Mill at Rockefeller Center from 6 to 8 p.m.
1:36.1	For a fun night with the Alex Mill team and team Cherry Bomb.
1:39.8	Come by and shop the spring collection, enter for a chance to win Jubilee tickets and an Alex Mill gift card, and enjoy treats from some of our favorite local bakers.
1:49.0	I'll be rocking my favorite Alex Mill jeans, and we are ready to do any personal shopping or styling you need.
1:55.5	Everybody is welcome. Just come on by.
1:57.8	For all the details on our Alex Mill event, visit Cherrybom.com. Now, let's check in
2:03.8	with today's guest. Alice Chang, welcome to Radio Cherry Bomb. Thank you for having me. I'm so excited
2:09.2	to be here. We're going to talk about your life and career, but first, I would like to get some
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