Sara Moulton & Bertha Gonzalez Nieves
Sara Moulton kicked off her fifth season as host of public television's Sara's Weeknight Meals in October of 2015. It was the latest milestone in a storied career that stretches back more than 30 years. A prot\xe9g\xe9e of Julia Child, Sara was the founder of the New York Women's Culinary Alliance, executive chef of Gourmet magazine, Food Editor of ABC\u2010TV's "Good Morning America," and the host of several well-loved shows on the Food Network during that channel's first decade. A teacher at heart, Sara's mission has remained the same for decades \u2013 to help the home cook land dinner on the table.\n\nFollowing her graduation from the Culinary Institute of American in 1977, Sara spent seven years as a restaurant chef in Boston and New York, before joining the staff at Gourmet magazine. By 1997, Sara had begun hosting "Cooking Live," a live call-in show, for the Food Network. During the next ten years, she'd host several other shows for them, totaling over 1,500 episodes. Sara is the author of several cookbooks including her latest book, Sara Moulton\u2019s Home Cooking 101.\n\nBertha Gonz\xe1lez Nieves\n\nAn entrepreneur with a career rooted in the consumer luxury goods industry, Bertha Gonz\xe1lez Nieves has been identified by Forbes as one of the most powerful women in Mexico. For the last 15 years, her career has centered on the spirits industry, and specifically tequila. During that time, she has been certified as the first female Maestra Tequilera by the Academia Mexicana de Catadores de Tequila. This distinction is usually held only by men in the industry. Los Angeles Times calls Gonz\xe1lez Nieves \u201cThe First Lady of Tequila,\u201d Food & Wine and Fortune magazines named her one of \u201cThe Most Innovative Women in Food & Drink for 2015.\u201d Prior to co\u2010founding Casa Dragones, Gonz\xe1lez Nieves spent the last 10 years as a top executive for Jose Cuervo International, the largest tequila company in the world and one of the top ten global spirits. Gonz\xe1lez Nieves was responsible for Cuervo\u2019s portfolio of brands in North America, managing over 65 percent of the company\u2019s worldwide revenue. Gonz\xe1lez Nieves was also instrumental in establishing the company\u2019s global team in New York, and played a key role in the recent upsurge and popularity of the Tequila category in the U.S. and worldwide.