Disha Gulati's Perfect Bite | Empowering Chefs and Food Creators Through Here Here Market

In this episode of The Perfect Bite, host Sarah Perkins sits down with Disha Gulati, the visionary founder and CEO of Here Here Market, a Chicago-based online marketplace that helps chefs, artisans, and emerging CPG brands launch products and build profitable businesses.After a decade in corporate roles at Deloitte and Mondelez International, Disha took the leap into entrepreneurship and built a platform that bridges hospitality and consumer goods—giving restaurant creators and food innovators a direct path to market.She shares how a pandemic-era pivot transformed Here Here Market from a group-dining app into a thriving two-sided marketplace supporting over 300 brands and more than 900 SKUs. From James Beard Award-winning chef partnerships to data-driven insights for emerging brands, Disha and her team are building the next generation of food entrepreneurship.In this episode, you’ll learn:How Here Here Market empowers chefs and CPG brands to sell directly to fans and shoppersWhat Disha learned from her years at Deloitte and Mondelez about data and brand buildingWhy food tech and hospitality need each other to thriveHow the James Beard Foundation partnership became a pivotal moment for Here Here MarketHer advice for founders navigating pivots, fundraising, and entrepreneurial resilienceTo shop Here Here Market, head to hereheremarket.com. You can follow Here Here Market on social media @hereheremkt and Disha Gulati on LinkedIn, as well as her Instagram @chitown_disha. Want to watch the entire episode? Head here to our YouTube! Make sure to subscribe, rate and review The Perfect Bite anywhere you listen to podcasts. You can follow us on social media @perfectbitepod and visit our site www.theperfectbitepod.com.