The Produce Ambassador

Produce Ambassador

A culinary and sales connection
for field, food and fork.

The Produce Ambassador connects field, kitchen and consumer through education and advocacy for good food.

Professional Food and Produce Demo Training
The Produce Ambassador believes in hands-on tasting and education.
Training
Leading conversations about new and innovative products to increase menu adoption.

Our Services

  • The Produce Ambassador is a full-service advisor providing culinary insight, education and industry representation for all facets of the produce industry.  

  • A seasoned chef with other advisory capabilities, who excels in bridging the gap between the production field and the kitchen, to increase the understanding of products, seasonal availability and growing, along with varietal differences. 

  • Dedicated to working closely with clients, the Produce Ambassador aids in identifying and leading outreach, marketing and programs to achieve client goals, messaging and budgets.

  • The Produce Ambassador provides education and perspective as an innovative industry liaison offering hands-on representation for progressive organizations who need to reach chefs, menu developers, product buyers, marketers and consumers.

The Produce Ambassador works with all types of assistants to bring a positive message of produce and healthy eating.
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“Try it, you’ll like it!”

About Jill Overdorf

Jill Overdorf
With over two decades as an executive chef, Jill Overdorf has worked in business, culinary and marketing roles within the produce industry for most of those twenty years. She founded The Produce Ambassador to offer guidance to companies in need of strategic planning for culinary and customer development.
 
After attending UMASS-Amherst and graduating with honors from the Culinary Institute of America, she launched her career in New York City by helping to open Osteria del Circo, the sister restaurant of Le Cirque.
 
She has worked as the Executive Sous Chef at the Telluride Film Festival and opening Executive Banquet Chef at The Getty Museum, Brentwood, CA; Executive Chef at DreamWorks Studios, Burbank, CA; Executive Chef at McMurdo Station in Antarctica and Executive Sous Chef at the Ross School in East Hampton, Long Island.
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