The Future Of Food Is You: Mexico City Pastry Chef Odette Olavarri

The Future Of Food Is You from The Cherry Bombe Podcast Network showcases rising stars in the food world and is hosted by Abena Anim-Somuah, the James Beard Award winner for Emerging Voice in Broadcast Media. 

For today’s show, we’re sharing the most popular Future Of Food episode from 2023, Abena’s interview with Odette Olavarri, the founder of Odette Cuisine, a bakery & pastry shop in Mexico City. In this special episode recorded in CDMX, the duo talks about how Odette got her start baking in her parents’ garage, her time at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, why she’d like to collaborate with Dominique Crenn, and her thoughts on what’s next for her burgeoning business. 

⁠Don’t miss Odette’s voicemail to her future self at the end of the episode. 

Thank you to Kerrygold butter and cheese for supporting The Future Of Food Is You. 

Hosted by Abena Anim-Somuah
Produced by Kerry Diamond and Catherine Baker
Edited by Jenna Sadhu
Editorial Assistant Londyn Crenshaw
Recorded at Kizaya Media in CDMX

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