Mavis-Jay Sanders discusses her life, career, and most recent project, Community Kitchen.
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Today’s guest is Mavis-Jay Sanders. Mavis-Jay is a chef and activist who works to uplift disadvantaged and underrepresented communities, and cares deeply about social justice. In their conversation, Mavis-Jay tells Andrew about her nomadic childhood, which took her everywhere from the American South and Southwest, to Alaska and Italy, and about the events that spun her culinary career towards its current focus. She also discusses the Community Kitchen project for which she served as chef in fall 2025.
Thanks also to Gage & Tollner for providing our location. Please keep Gage & Tollner in mind for drinking and/or dining in Downtown Brooklyn, and for special and private occasions.
And thanks to S.Pellegrino for their longstanding support of the pod.
Episode host/producer: Andrew Friedman
Producer: Roderick Alleyne
Videographer/editor/mixer: Victor Michael Thelian