Ellen Bennett: Hedley & Bennett Founder and CEO

Second Life

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🗓️ 10 September 2018

⏱️ 58 minutes

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If anyone has mastered the art of the hustle, it's Ellen Bennett. The entrepreneurial powerhouse behind Hedley & Bennett, a Los Angeles–based chef wear and handcrafted apron company, started her own business at age 24 while working as a line cook at not one but two prestigious restaurants in L.A. "I was permanently running on adrenaline, and I loved it," she tells Hillary Kerr on episode 29 of Second Life. Now, she's outfitting top chefs around the world, including the likes of Martha Stewart, Jamie Oliver, Jon Shook, and Vinny Dotolo.

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0:52.1	From mydomain.com, this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have truly
0:59.3	inspiring careers. We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the
1:03.7	process of setting aside their doubts or fears, and what happens when they embark on their
1:08.7	second life. Today, I am really delighted to spend some
1:12.3	time with a woman I've never met, but have admired for ages. Ellen Marie Bennett, the CEO and
1:18.9	founder of Headley and Bennett. For those of you who don't know it, Headley and Bennett is this
1:23.5	incredibly inspiring, highly thriving company that makes the chicest aprons you've ever seen
1:29.2	in your entire life. And they are beloved by professionals and worn by the likes of Nancy
1:34.0	Silverton, John and Vinny, Alton Brown, the Shake Shack team. Her company is now responsible for
1:40.5	the uniforms in over 6,000 restaurants and coffee shops around the United States, which is insane.
1:47.8	They're also adored by people like me, just your average civilian home cook, and she's also expanded the line to include work shirts and chefs jackets and a kid's line and so much more.
1:59.0	But before she was leading the apron revolution, Ellen had some
2:03.4	really amazing training for her future profession. She was a line cook here in Los Angeles for many
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