Gabrielle Williams has been cooking since she was just five years old and food is her lens. Growing up in Queens, New York, she had the privilege of having friends from around the world and being welcomed to their tables and kitchens to eat and learn. Over the years she has been a culinary instructor, worked with butchers and farmers, assisted for various culinary events and catered. After attending the culinary school and being unfulfilled by cooking alone, she decided to pursue a degree anthropology to connect her love of food and people. For the last decade she has worked in food access organizations providing emergency food in NYC and is currently Director of Operations for the Food Program at Met Council where their worked is focused on advocating for and enabling access to kosher and halal food for all New Yorkers. For this work she was voted one of the 40 Under 40 in NYC Food Policy in 2023. Her focus is and will always be feeding people.