Bob Engel, Director of Marketing/Chef Liaison
Bob Engel joined Gourmet Mushrooms as Director of Marketing and Chef Liaison in 2001. He has worked as a chef on both coasts and was the chef of Sonoma County’s Topolos at Russian River Vineyards for almost twenty years. He is the author A Chef’s Notebook and his recipes have appeared in numerous magazines and recipe compilations.
In 1996, he represented the California Wine Country in a “Salute to California Cuisine” in The Netherlands. As a culinary ambassador for Gourmet Mushrooms he has given talks on mushroom cultivation, mushroom cookery, and pairing wine with mushrooms at Copia in Napa, the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco, and the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival, as well as many cooking schools and wineries.