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title: "Fast Casual: Famous Toastery Hires Celebrity Chef to Lead Culinary Team"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/03048400-6abf-49ed-ba77-c88cc9bc9330
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-famous-toastery-hires-celebrity-chef-to-lead-culinary-team-2719860
category: "Fast casual"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Fast casual"
topics: ["People"]
published: 2022-09-29T12:07:33.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:09:40.405Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/0dd3ad4be2aa40da8284eec88b0bbc121073.jpg
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# Fast Casual: Famous Toastery Hires Celebrity Chef to Lead Culinary Team

**TL;DR:** Famous Toastery hires Jennifer Brulé as its Chief Culinary Officer, bringing expertise in European cuisine and menu development. Brulé was influenced by her time living in Europe and has experience helping restaurateurs develop their establishments.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2022-09-29. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-famous-toastery-hires-celebrity-chef-to-lead-culinary-team-2719860).*

## Story

The 25 plus unit fast-casual brand, Famous Toastery, has hired Jennifer Brulé, celebrity chef and nationally published food writer, as its Chief Culinary Officer.

"I lived in Europe from 2003 to 2010, and that greatly influenced how I cook and see food," Brulé said in a company press release. "When we came back to Davidson, North Carolina, I helped restaurateurs get their establishments off the ground. We would work together to figure out the concept, develop the menu and support them in anything else they needed."

In 2018, Brulé opened Davidson Ice House, and down the street was a Famous Toastery. One day, Robert Maynard, CEO of Famous Toastery, visited Brulé’s restaurant, and they became friends. Brulé said the community-driven, family-oriented approach and the food were all factors in leading her to the brand.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- Famous Toastery (company)
- menu development (topic)
- culinary team (topic)
- celebrity chef hire (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-famous-toastery-hires-celebrity-chef-to-lead-culinary-team-2719860). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/03048400-6abf-49ed-ba77-c88cc9bc9330).