I’m a Success in Progress!

Lydia Gwin
Founder and Creator
Gwin’s Tiny Kitchen

Lydia shares her nuggets of knowledge learned over her career path in the entertainment, travel, and hospitality industry. She’ll share how accepting your mistakes creates a deeper sense of experience, and how leading with grace creates more results than striving for perfection.

Key Take-A-Ways

• Perfection brings friends like shame and guilt to the party…offering little growth, and more damage.
• Working in a male-dominated world, women are expected to be perfect. And the challenges we face when at the helm of leadership.
• Leading through the scoop of grace and not perfection.

Agenda:

11:00 am – 12:15 pm – Networking, Welcome, and Lunch
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm – Presentation and Final Announcements

More about Lydia:

Lydia Gwin is passionate about embracing the uniqueness of the world’s cultures and cuisines. With a career spanning food, travel, and entertainment, she has explored the globe and integrated her experiences into educational settings to empower and inspire others.

Lydia’s love for food and diverse cultures stems from her upbringing in a military family, which involved extensive travel and cultural immersion from a young age. Her exposure to regional
and cultural differences, coupled with her adeptness at adapting recipes and techniques, have shaped her into a versatile culinary professional capable of catering to chefs of all ages, abilities, and experiences.

Currently, Lydia is the creator and founder of Gwin’s Tiny Kitchen, where she utilizes food as a gateway to learning across various disciplines such as math, science, and geography. She uses
these philosophies as a respected instructor at the Kitchen Conservatory and in classrooms within schools, universities, and public libraries.

In the past year, Gwin’s Tiny Kitchen has expanded its offerings to include curated culinary adventure travels, providing individuals with the opportunity to immerse themselves in the epicenter of various cuisines and engage all their senses in the culinary experience.

Lydia has made significant contributions to the food scene in STL, serving as a food and travel writer for Kirkwood City Lifestyle Magazine, a former project manager for PBS Chew in the Lou,
and making appearances in STLToday and Show ME St. Louis. Her outstanding work, such as induction into the St. Louis Business, has been recognized with honors 40 under 40 class of
2021 and the Businessperson of the Year award from the Kirkwood Des Peres Chamber.