Co-founder and Chef, Taste the Diaspora Detroit; Detroit, MI

Ederique “E” Goudia is a native of Louisiana who brings a bit of Creole flavor and southern hospitality to Detroit, Michigan! With over twenty years of experience in the restaurant industry, she founded In the Business of Food, a foodservice-based consulting agency for women and POC-owned food businesses. She also co-created Taste the Diaspora Detroit, a food agency focused on celebrating foods of the African diaspora while helping to strengthen the Black food system in Detroit. Currently, Chef “E” is lead chef for Make Food Not Waste Upcycling Kitchen, a non-profit whose mission is to create lasting solutions to food waste in Michigan. Ederique is also a James Beard Foundation Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Fellowship alumni and was chosen as one of the Detroit Free Press’ 2021 Food Fighters for her work in aiding those in our community through the pandemic. (@egomichele)