Producer, Innovator, and Author Lauren Deen - Giving Others the Spotlight

Lauren Deen is a storyteller, innovator, NY Times best-selling cookbook author, and one of the food industry's most successful TV producers -- with four Emmy Awards to her name.  She’s worked with luminaries from Martha Stewart to Bobby Flay, and created numerous TV shows, including the hit "The Next Food Network Star".  Her richly textured career has been built around giving others a chance to shine. And she’s done all this as a self supporting single mother of two teens. With warmth, humor, and a generous heart, she’ll tell you it’s grit that’s got her through. This is Lauren’s really cool story.