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Copper & Heat

On the Fly by tablehopper

Reem Assil

Gwyneth Borden

Fernay McPherson

Andrew Weil

Dominique Crenn

Charles Chen

Caleb Zigas

Geraldine DeRuiter

Tanya Holland

Jennifer Bennett

Tyler MacNiven

Kim Severson

Ben Buchanan

David Lawrence

Jay Foster

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This episode of On the Fly is with chef Fernay McPherson, the award-winning, entrepreneurial force behind Minnie Bell’s Soul Movement, a fried chicken joint known as much for its trademark rosemary fried chicken as its next-level sides. While Minnie Bell’s is located in the Emeryville Public Market, its roots run deep in San Francisco’s Fillmore District, where Fernay is a third-generation Fillmore native. This episode runs a touch longer than our other conversations, so I hope you can take a little time to downshift and listen to Fernay’s journey as she’s been steadfastly building her business over the past twelve years. Her story is one of great resilience, resolve, and belief in herself. In this episode, you’ll hear the many adjustments, challenges, and learnings she’s had along the way, from the experience of being a La Cocina entrepreneur, to running a mobile trailer while driving for MUNI and being a mother, to building her catering business, to running pop-ups, which is all fodder for an upcoming project to help others who are following their food dreams on a similar path to hers. Fernay also shares what it feels like as a Black female business owner during the Black Lives Matter movement, and having to regulate her space so she can tell her story on her terms, and on her chosen platforms, at a time that feels right for her. Make time to head over to Minnie Bell’s for a delicious and truly soulful meal, and if you can, please order the Pay it Forward Community Meal as well so she can continue to feed those in need in her beloved Fillmore community. Minnie Bell’s Soul Movement: www.minniebellssoul.comEmeryville Public Market5959 Shellmound St., EmeryvilleGoFundMe for Minnie Bell’s employees: www.gofundme.com/f/minniebells Read her recent piece for Food &amp; Wine that we refer to in the interview here: www.foodandwine.com/news/oakland-chef-stands-with-protestors-violence-against-property-is-nothing-close-to-violence-against-peopleIf you’re a Bay Area business or individual and want to be featured in On the Fly, please fill out the form at bit.ly/ontheflyguest.Support the show (http://www.venmo.com/Marcia-Gagliardi)

This episode of On the Fly is with chef Fernay McPherson, the award-winning, entrepreneurial force behind <a href="https://www.minniebellssoul.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Minnie Bell’s Soul Movement</a>, a fried chicken joint known as much for its trademark rosemary fried chicken as its next-level sides. While Minnie Bell’s is located in the Emeryville Public Market, its roots run deep in San Francisco’s Fillmore District, where Fernay is a third-generation Fillmore native. This episode runs a touch longer than our other conversations, so I hope you can take a little time to downshift and listen to Fernay’s journey as she’s been steadfastly building her business over the past twelve years. Her story is one of great resilience, resolve, and belief in herself. In this episode, you’ll hear the many adjustments, challenges, and learnings she’s had along the way, from the experience of being a La Cocina entrepreneur, to running a mobile trailer while driving for MUNI and being a mother, to building her catering business, to running pop-ups, which is all fodder for an upcoming project to help others who are following their food dreams on a similar path to hers. Fernay also shares what it feels like as a Black female business owner during the Black Lives Matter movement, and having to regulate her space so she can tell her story on her terms, and on her chosen platforms, at a time that feels right for her. Make time to head over to Minnie Bell’s for a delicious and truly soulful meal, and if you can, please order the Pay it Forward Community Meal as well so she can continue to feed those in need in her beloved Fillmore community. Minnie Bell’s Soul Movement: <a href="https://www.minniebellssoul.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.minniebellssoul.com</a>Emeryville Public Market5959 Shellmound St., EmeryvilleGoFundMe for Minnie Bell’s employees: <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/minniebells" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.gofundme.com/f/minniebells</a> Read her recent piece for Food &amp; Wine that we refer to in the interview here: <a href="https://www.foodandwine.com/news/oakland-chef-stands-with-protestors-violence-against-property-is-nothing-close-to-violence-against-people" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.foodandwine.com/news/oakland-chef-stands-with-protestors-violence-against-property-is-nothing-close-to-violence-against-people</a> If you’re a Bay Area business or individual and want to be featured in On the Fly, please fill out the form at <a href="http://bit.ly/ontheflyguest" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/ontheflyguest</a>.<a href="http://www.venmo.com/Marcia-Gagliardi" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a> (<a href="http://www.venmo.com/Marcia-Gagliardi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.venmo.com/Marcia-Gagliardi</a>)

Fernay McPherson: Minnie Bell’s Soul Movement

Soul Food Movement w/ Minnie Bell’s Fernay McPherson is the chef and owner of Minnie Bell’s Soul Movement in Emeryville, California. In this episode, she shows me around the Fillmore District of San Francisco - her home and the place her family has lived for three generations. She’s been trying for years, with the help of the business incubator La Cocina, to open a restaurant in the neighborhood that was once a cultural hub for African Americans, but she's run up against so many barriers.  Fernay is a graduate of La Cocina, a nonprofit in San Francisco whose mission is to cultivate low-income food entrepreneurs as they formalize and grow their businesses. Learn more about their program here.  There are over 30 brick-and-mortar restaurants and cafes in the Bay Area that are graduates of the La Cocina program. If you ever need a place to eat, check out their business map to support excellent business owned by women and people of color! The LEE Initiative is still accepting applications for their awards until February 1st! More information and application is  here.  We are so grateful for our first ever season sponsors:  Pared! They find vetted hospitality professionals to fill your shifts. Copper &amp; Heat listeners get 30% off their first gig. Use the code COPPER when booking.  An upcoming episode is about staging and we want to hear some of your stories! Send them (and another other thoughts you may have) to hello@copperandheat.com. We can’t wait to hear from you.  Some Other Resources:     Minnie Bell’s Soul Movement video  How Urban Renewal Destroyed The Fillmore In Order to Save It  The Fillmore from PBS  Sad chapter in Western Addition history ending  Gorgeous photos from the ‘Harlem of the West’ show the glory days of the San Francisco jazz scene  San Francisco continues destruction of its black community

Soul Food Movement w/ Minnie Bell's

A long-awaited episode features Rising Star chef Fernay McPherson of Minnie Bell's Soul Food. Listen to the episode and subscribe to the Menu Stories series on menustories.com. Music provided by Ben Sound.

A long-awaited episode features Rising Star chef Fernay McPherson of Minnie Bell's Soul Food. Listen to the episode and subscribe to the Menu Stories series on <a href="http://menustories.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">menustories.com</a>. Music provided by Ben Sound.

Chef/Owner Fernay McPherson, Minnie Bell's Soul Food