Testimonials
Appraisal of recent work
Stephanie has some great ingredients for food writing, including salt (experience), pepper (writing for the web needs kick), and a secret sauce (also an asset in today’s super-saturated media gumbo) that brings a professional flair to digestible prose. Hire her. We do.
Barry Martin, Creative Director HYPeNOTIC
Feature Article/Marketing Piece
Stephanie and I clicked right away through our passion for our work and food!! She embraced our story and helped bring to life what we do, along with validation. We take pride in what we do, as does Stephanie. Her writing is raw and honest; when she believes in something she shares it, whether it be in writing or through personal contact. She has shared our story personally with many chefs and has helped us to increase our customer base and profile. Stephanie is always willing to help out in any way she can and when you’re a small family run business, like ours, every little bit helps. She is a breath of fresh air…
Stephanie Purdy <’ )))))<< www.purdyfisheries.com
Quarterly Newsletter/Marketing Piece
Stephanie has been an extraordinary resource helping us develop our industry newsletter. She has been able to find stories about relevant and interesting topics, she has managed to deliver the products on schedule and made adjustments for us with tight turn around times.
Franco Naccarato Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
I have thoroughly enjoyed working with Stephanie on the Savour Ontario industry newsletter over the last year. Stephanie understands the nuances of Ontario’s local food and brings a unique perspective to her writing that readers find interesting and fresh. Savour Ontario has received many compliments on the quality of the articles, which has attributed to the success of our newsletter.
Christine Rector Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Menu writing for a repositioned brand
You were great on this project. You added texture to the menu and chose great descriptors. It’s obvious you understood the food.
Sharon Douce SIR Corp Restaurants
Strategic rebranding, website relaunch, fresh content, newsletter launch…
Stephanie has amazing ability to understand the target market, select relevant topics and present them with clarity and simplicity. She created the WFIM newsletter, designed its content and set its tone, which immediately received accolades from our membership. Stephanie also mapped out the newly designed WFIM website and contributed 95 percent of the copy, resulting in membership growth of over 40 per cent in just one month.
Pat Goldthorpe Give and Go Prepared Foods
Stephanie was a critical part of the team that worked to bring the Women In Food Industry vision to life. She was passionate and strong about her ideas and always followed through. Her unique contribution was her ability to crystallize thoughts and turn them into poetry. Her ability to engage and entice others through interesting stories and articulating thoughts succinctly and with style was exemplified recently with the inaugural edition of the Women In Food Industry newsletter. It has taken the website and professional image of the association to another level.
Kathryn Simpson Kathryn Simpson Consulting
Stephanie brings the art of culinary writing to her passion for culinary arts. The match is a flavourful pairing of creative juices and descriptive flair. Pistachio delivers. Stephanie is a food writer with good taste.
Susanne Mikler Liaison College of Culinary Arts
Start-up branding, web content, media releases, ghost blogging…
Stephanie is an excellent marketing writer. She developed my branding and produced my web content. I get a lot of compliments on how well it reads and how well organized it is. Thanks to her inspired editing, my blog pieces get published. Stephanie is my secret weapon.
Carlos Fuenmayor Sabrosito
Media release picked up National Post…
Great work, Stephanie. This is a true piece of writing.
Daniel Schneider Pennant Media Group
Media release picked up by the Globe and Mail…
You ROCK!
Nadia G BitchinKitchen.TV
Editing Conference Board of Canada report
I have known Stephanie since 2004 when we both attended a course for consultants. She quickly developed a reputation as being one of the brightest minds in the group. In the fall of 2007, as I was finalizing a paper for the Conference Board of Canada I needed an editor to review my work on very short notice. As my usual editor was unavailable, I asked Stephanie to step in and help me out. Not only did she do an outstanding job, but she did it with the highest level of professionalism and caring. It would be my privilege to work with Stephanie again – any time, anywhere.
Alex Todd Trust Enablement
