JetBlue Partners with Hot Bread Kitchen - A Social Enterprise Bakery That Empowers Women To Build Economic Security

We are delighted to announce Hot Bread Kitchen as the winner of first BlueBud (buddies + budding new companies) program. To kick off the new partnership, Hot Bread Kitchen recently participated in a "Summer Friday" tasting event on our T5 Rooftop at JFK Airport. This innovative bakery provided samples of their renowned multi-ethnic breads whose traditions originate in Armenia, Iran and Morocco, among others, and reflect the incredible diversity of our hometown. Sales of these breads and baked goods help offset the costs of their bakery training program, which supports the empowerment of women with barriers to entering the workforce.

Hot Bread Kitchen is a New York City-based organization working to increase economic security for immigrant and low-income women by providing culinary training and English language skills. Through our BlueBud program, we will offer Hot Bread Kitchen exclusive access to our leadership team, business mentorship and other resources to help the bakery strengthen their organizational execution.

Linda Katz, sales director at Hot Bread Kitchen, was onsite providing samples and shared, "Our mission is to support women who have barriers to employment. We encourage and train women how to bake, place them into professional baking jobs with employers throughout New York City, and are helping to build up the number of women in the culinary field, which at this point is predominately male-dominated. Our primary focus is to sell more bread to help more women," said Katz.

Hot Bread Kitchen founder Jessamyn Rodriguez started the company in 2008 and was inspired to work directly with immigrants and produce a tangible impact. The product at the heart of Hot Bread Kitchen, as the name might suggest, is its 100 varieties of bread. With a long list of dedicated clients, including Whole Foods and Chop't, Hot Bread Kitchen has a large collection of multi-ethnic breads that reflect its employee's diverse cultures.

Stay tuned for more on what's baking between JetBlue and Hot Bread Kitchen.

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