MEET THE FOUNDER
Built From Experience.
Driven By Purpose.
Chef Sara Turney
Founder + Owner, Hearthara Culinary
THE ROAD TO HEARTHARA
A Career Built Around Food.
A Company Built Around People.
Hearthara Culinary didn’t begin with a business plan. It grew from decades of experience, a lifelong connection to food, and a belief that talented people deserve access to the knowledge, resources, relationships, and opportunities that help good ideas become sustainable businesses.
For Chef Sara Turney, the road to Hearthara has moved through kitchens, hospitality, large-scale operations, festivals, education, entrepreneurship, and community work. Each chapter shaped a bigger vision: to build a company that brings people and possibilities together—and uses experience not simply to create great work, but to create opportunity for others.
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ROOTED IN FOOD
Sara’s connection to food began long before it became a career. Raised in the kitchen and influenced by her grandmother, cooking became both a craft and a way of bringing people together.
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LEADING AT SCALE
From complex operations to major festivals and culinary experiences, Sara learned to bring strategy, creativity, hospitality, and execution together—building systems that turn ambitious ideas into experiences people remember.
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BUILDING HEARTHARA
Hearthara Culinary brings those chapters together. It was built to create meaningful experiences, strengthen businesses, support entrepreneurs, tell important stories, and use food, hospitality, and community as catalysts for opportunity.
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BUILT THROUGH EXPERIENCE
Her career grew across kitchens, restaurants, hospitality, and large-scale food and beverage operations. Each role expanded her understanding of what it takes to create experiences that work for both guests and the people behind them.
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TEACHING + OPENING DOORS
Years spent educating and mentoring culinary professionals reinforced a belief that would become central to Hearthara: talent grows when people have access to knowledge, resources, relationships, and opportunity.
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THE WORK CONTINUES
The vision extends beyond individual events or projects. Hearthara is building an ecosystem where culinary experiences, education, media, business development, and community impact work together to create opportunities that last.