Marcus Holloway
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Marcus Holloway
Executive Chef · Culinary Consultant · Building the Future of Plant-Forward Hospitality
Chicago, IL · 2,847 followers · 500+ connections
📈 47,200 post impressions this month
3 inbound partnership inquiries · 1 cookbook interest
Your next opportunity isn't in a kitchen. It's in a feed.
Chefs featured in
EaterFood & WineBon AppétitForbes Travel GuideThe New York TimesThree chefs. Three transformations.
Each profile is a plate. We don't template — we craft. Every transformation is built to the chef's specific ambition.
Priya Nair
Executive Chef · James Beard Semifinalist
"Chef at The Meridian Hotel"
"Executive Chef · James Beard Semifinalist · Redefining South Asian Fine Dining in America"
Priya had a James Beard nomination and zero LinkedIn presence to show for it. Her last update was a job change. Recruiters and brand managers couldn't find her. The story wasn't being told.
We rebuilt her profile from the banner up — a cinematic plating shot replacing the default gradient, a headline that named her accolades and philosophy, and a featured section with her Eater profile and a video of her tasting menu process.
I spent 12 years earning my reputation in kitchens. Curate put it somewhere people could actually find it.
— Priya Nair
DeShawn Carter
F&B Director · Luxury Hospitality Group
"Food & Beverage Director at Hargrove Hotels"
"VP-Ready F&B Leader · Scaling Beverage Programs Across 12 Properties · Advisory Board Candidate"
DeShawn's profile read like an org chart entry. No narrative, no vision, no evidence of the $40M P&L he managed. Executive recruiters were landing on a blank wall.
We positioned him as a thought leader in luxury F&B operations. Three long-form posts about post-pandemic beverage program design. A featured section anchored by a Forbes Travel Guide mention. A headline that spoke to boards, not HR.
My LinkedIn used to embarrass me at conferences. Now people reference my posts before we've even shaken hands.
— DeShawn Carter
Sofia Marchetti
Private Dining Operator · Pop-Up Chef
"Private Chef / Culinary Events"
"Private Dining Experience Architect · 80+ Curated Events · The Chef Your Guests Remember"
Sofia had 18,000 Instagram followers who loved her food and zero LinkedIn connections who could actually book her. The platform where corporate clients and event planners live was completely dark.
Cross-platform content strategy: her best Instagram moments reframed as professional case studies. A services section with clear deliverables. A headline that spoke directly to the person holding a venue budget, not a phone camera.
I thought LinkedIn was for people in suits. Turns out it's where the people with the budgets live.
— Sofia Marchetti
How we build your presence.
Four courses. Each one purposeful. Nothing on the plate that shouldn't be there.
Amuse-Bouche
The Audit
We read your profile the way a critic reads a menu — looking for what's missing, what's misleading, and what's being buried. Most chefs are three rewritten lines away from a completely different first impression.
48-hour turnaround. Delivered as a voice note + annotated PDF.
First Course
The Rewrite
Headline, About section, featured content strategy, and skills alignment. We write in your voice — not corporate, not generic, not AI. Chefs who sound like chefs attract the right rooms.
Delivered in 5 business days with two rounds of revision.
Main Course
The Content System
A 90-day content calendar built around your specific ambitions — sponsorship, media, consulting, or career elevation. Each post is engineered for the LinkedIn algorithm and the human reading it.
Monthly content batches. You approve, we refine, you post.
Dessert
The Placement
Active outreach to the brand managers, publishers, and bookers who should already know your name. We don't wait for the algorithm — we make introductions.
Ongoing for the duration of the engagement.
"We don't build profiles. We build positions."
Volume proves the method.
Every chef in this mosaic came to us invisible on LinkedIn. Every one left with a presence worth reading.
Priya Nair
Executive Chef
DeShawn Carter
F&B Director
Sofia Marchetti
Private Chef
Kenji Watanabe
Sous Chef → Head Chef
Amara Osei
Culinary Instructor
Lucia Fernandez
Pastry Chef
Raj Krishnamurthy
Corporate Chef
Naomi Okafor
Pop-Up Chef
Bring Us Your Brigade.
We work with culinary schools, hospitality groups, PR agencies, and chef management companies to uplift entire rosters. If it worked for one chef, it scales.