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8 Things We Learned at Our First Nobody Cares Speaker Series Event

Last week nearly 100 people came to Food52’s HQ in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, not for cocktails, not for food—though we had plenty of both!—but to hear a trio of super-successful women talk candidly about the lessons they’ve learned during their careers. Food52 CEO Erika Ayers Badan sat down with Lindsay Shookus, the former Emmy-winning producer of Saturday Night Live and the creator of Women Work F#cking Hard, and Food52 founder Amanda Hesser, who needs no introduction here, for an unguarded chat at our first Nobody Cares Speaker Series event.

Each shared their unique perspective on meaningful work and navigating it as a woman, and I’ve compiled some of the most memorable takeaways below. Special thanks to Tossware, Transmitter Brewing, and Caroline’s Cakes for their contributions to the eventing, which doubled as a celebration for Erika’s new book, Nobody Cares About Your Career. The next event is August 27 with Kim Fasting-Berg, former head of marketing at Vogue and current EVP of Marketing at WME Fashion—RSVP here!

An Inside Look at Food52’s New HQ

Dear Food52ers,

After seven years crammed into a rabbit warren of offices in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, we moved our headquarters to the Brooklyn Navy Yard this spring. Working with our good friends Brad Sherman and Nina Etnier at Float Studio, who have designed all of our previous offices, we set out to create a space that focused on our core team and community needs: gathering, creating, and entertaining. It took us three years (and heroic project management by our office operations director Karen Levi!) to build out a slew of test kitchens, studios, and work and huddle spaces that are both deeply functional and welcoming—a place that feels like home.