A chef, a wood-fired oven & using food to create change
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Everyone loves pizza. But sometimes a concept comes along that changes everything.
Few know that better than Dana Spandet, a chef whose drive to create delicious pizza and give diners a new experience during the pandemic, became a conduit for the creation of Flour Girl & Flame, a mobile, wood-fired pizza operation that not only serves exceptional pizza, but supports small local Black-, LGBTQ- and woman-owned businesses in the process.
On this week\\u2019s podcast, we sat down with Spandet to talk about her career \\u2013 which has included work with The Bartolotta Restaurants, the Milwaukee School of Engineering and Tall Guy and a Grill \\u2013 the challenges she has faced on her culinary journey and the values that form the foundations of her business. Listen in for the inspiring story of how a wood-fired pizza oven not only changed the trajectory for a catering operation during the pandemic, but provided her with an opportunity to create community and change through pizza.
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