Brian Brown

As Ingredient’s president and partner, storytelling is Brian Brown’s superpower. He believes food defines us culturally, socially, and brings us together. Established in 1994, Brown now leads a creative network of nearly 55 food enthusiasts, from professional strategists and process experts, food scientists, designers and developers, copywriters, photographers, videographers, and culinary professionals to inspire connections between brands and consumers. He is a team leader and visionary whose outlook has helped the company grow from “making recipes in a toaster oven at home and shooting them on the floor” to a full-service food marketing agency. Brown has made a name for himself in the Minneapolis food-marketing scene for more than two decades, first joining the Rainforest Cafe team to grow the company’s website, then landing a job as a front-end developer at digital marketing agency Electronic Media Group where he was the only applicant who’d ever built a website – today he’s a partial owner. When he’s not in the office, he loves cooking and eating, and he’s passionate about the broader role food plays in our lives.