"Jonah Gershon ’24, who launched a startup to produce brown butter, received the $50,000 first-place prize for his business—spekld—in the 14th Annual Cornell Hospitality Business Plan Competition on April 20 in Statler Auditorium."
"In a Cornell teaching kitchen, Jonah Gershon ’24 demonstrates how to make brown butter—and explains why his product, Spekld, will offer a convenient alternative for home cooks."
"But the Hotelie has an answer: a line of premade sticks of brown butter he’s been developing—with support from the dairy industry and Cornell entrepreneurship programs—and hopes to someday see on supermarket shelves."
"'Since I was young, I’ve always liked experimenting in the kitchen,' Gershon said. 'And I’ve always been a creative and artistic person, so cooking combined my interests in food and art. There’s a lot of artistic expression through food.'"
"Tune in for this episode with Senior Jonah Gershon for a story that's still unfolding about his brown butter breakthrough, what it's like to be a Food Network competitor and how he appreciates the entrepreneurship community at Cornell."
"Hey Alma chatted with Jonah Gershon about being the youngest contestant ever — and, of course, being Jewish — on the Christmas baking show."