Shari Bayer

Shari Bayer has more than thirty years of experience in “the industry,” from working the floor at Charlie Trotter’s in Chicago and founding the NYC culinary and hospitality-focused PR and marketing agency Bayer Public Relations in 2003 to establishing her weekly podcast, All in the Industry, on Heritage Radio Network in 2014. Bayer has hosted and produced more than three hundred episodes of All in the Industry, which is dedicated to behind-the-scenes talent in hospitality, with her past guests including Danny Meyer, Thomas Keller, Massimo Bottura, Ruth Reichl, Daniel Boulud, Carla Hall, and Drew Nieporent. In 2019 Bayer launched H.O.S.T. Summit + Social, an inaugural all-day conference for, and about, the dynamic hospitality industry, which took place in Brooklyn, NYC. A Miami native, Bayer earned a BA from the University of Michigan and a Culinary Certificate from the Cooking Academy of Chicago. Bayer is a former president of the New York Women’s Culinary Alliance and member of Les Dames d’Escoffier New York. She has been recognized in Total Food Service’s Top Women in Metro NY Foodservice & Hospitality and Heritage Radio Network’s Hall of Fame. She is also a contributing writer for Fathom, Forbes, Tasting Table, and Thrillist, and is a fearless solo diner and traveler.