Fawn Weaver is the CEO and Founder of Grant Sidney and Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey. She is the daughter of Motown Records producer Frank Wilson and a serial entrepreneur. After learning about freed slave Nathan Green and his work as a mentor to a young Jack Daniel, Fawn created a whiskey in his honor called "Uncle Nearest." Fawn is the first African-American woman to lead a major spirits brand. Uncle Nearest is the only American spirits brand with an all female executive team. Over the flavors of her favorite steakhouse, Bourbon Steak in Nashville, Fawn shares her roller-coaster ride to make history, find her unique "why" and create opportunity for thousands of others along the way.
Episode Duration: 26 minutes and 46 seconds
Episode Number: 501
Thu, Jun 20 | 6:00 A.M. | Fawn Weaver. Founder and CEO of Uncle Nearest. Location: Nashville TN NH Create (11.4) |
If you ask someone to name their favorite restaurant, you're likely to get a revealing answer.
TO DINE FOR WITH KATE SULLIVAN uses this very question as a foundation for a conversation with an array of bright and innovative minds.
In this new series, four-time Emmy Award-winning journalist Kate Sullivan accompanies 10 different guests to their favorite restaurants.
They experience the atmosphere, the location, the ambience, and eat what they love.
Over dinner, Kate's guests - entrepreneurs, change agents, musicians, actors, newsmakers and others - discuss their early lives, their struggles, their successes, the American dream, and how they have tried to achieve it.
This season, Kate travels to Seattle to meet with Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks.
While there they dine at Mamnoon, a Middle Eastern restaurant known for flavors so good "they'll make you cry." Then, she flies to Chicago to visit with Nike designer Jason Mayden, who grew up on the South Side of the city.
Jason takes her to Giordano's Deep Dish pizza to tell her why he loves Chicago, and how it fueled his imagination and dreams.
Thu, May 23 | 6:00 A.M. | Beth Moore - Author and Bible Teacher. Location: Houston, TX NH Create (11.4) |
Thu, May 30 | 6:00 A.M. | David Copperfield - Magician. Location: Las Vegas, NV NH Create (11.4) |
Thu, Jun 6 | 6:00 A.M. | Catherine Reitman - Director. Actress. Location: Hollywood, CA NH Create (11.4) |
Thu, Jun 13 | 6:00 A.M. | Gloria Estefan - Musician. Location: Vero Beach, Florida NH Create (11.4) |
Thu, Jun 20 | 6:00 A.M. | Fawn Weaver. Founder and CEO of Uncle Nearest. Location: Nashville TN NH Create (11.4) |
Thu, Jun 27 | 6:00 A.M. | Simon Sinek. Author and Speaker. Location: Los Angeles, California NH Create (11.4) |
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