Our Team

Sarah directs the Product & Process Development Team, working intimately with food entrepreneurs and small to mid-sized food companies to help them create foods and beverages focusing on specialty foods across the Northwest. Sarah has over 30 years of experience working in the food industry including quality control and assurance, research and development, product scale-up, ingredient sourcing, ideation, product evaluation, nutrition database labeling and label review.  Sarah also teaches entrepreneurial classes at the FIC, across the U.S. and internationally.

Jordyn Bunting is a food scientist on the Process & Product Development Team. His background was in cooking prior to pursuing food science and has since worked in wine chemistry, fermentation science, and cereal chemistry. Jordyn is actively engaged with food product development for industry, food quality testing, shelf-life studies, workshops, and research support. Jordyn also serves as the point person in the kitchen for executing events hosted at the FIC, which range from educational short courses to culinary events.