The Daily Deep Dive with Chef Bryce Fluellen

Everytable’s Social Equity Franchise 

Bryce Fluellen is the Executive Director of Everytable’s Social Equity Franchise Program, a model that invests directly into marginalized entrepreneurs of color by providing the opportunity to open Everytable stores with zero upfront capital or net worth.

Fluellen has fought for food justice and social equity for more than 20 years developing and implementing strategic programs at Starbucks, Magic Johnson Enterprises, and the American Heart Association to drive systemic change to benefit underserved populations and communities. As Community Impact Director at the Los Angeles chapter of the American Heart Association, he was instrumental in developing and implementing a multi-year, million-dollar regional campaign with the National Football League Foundation to transform and improve youth physical activity, building a collective impact blueprint for the League to scale across 30 team markets.

Bryce also aligned with the American Heart Association’s national office to develop national health equity programs, cultivating volunteers, donors and corporations for both national and local initiatives. Fluellen also created a groundbreaking sustainable basic cooking skills and nutrition curriculum for more than 9,000 children within the Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Santa Ana school districts, while also facilitating hundreds of workshops to educate parents, school administrators, corporate and community leaders about the positive impact of healthy eating on disease prevention.

Also a Master Chef, he operated a Los Angeles full-service catering company, YAMS Catering, where he created partnerships with health-focused organizations to educate Black and Brown communities about healthy eating.