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{{Short description|American restauranterrestaurateur, economist and entrepreneur}}

'''Cullen Gilchrist''' is an American [[Restaurateur|restauranterrestaurateur]], economist and entrepreneur. He is the chief executive officer and co-founder of Union Kitchen, an accelerator of food businesses.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Susan |title=Union Kitchen mixes good food with smart business |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/11/23/union-kitchen-entrepreneur-of-the-year-finalist/18605711/ |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=USA Today |language=en-US}}</ref>

Cullen obtained his high school diploma from [[Dartmouth High School (Massachusetts)|Dartmouth highHigh schoolSchool]] in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cullen Gilchrist – CEO and Founder at Union Kitchen |url=https://theorg.com/org/union-kitchen/org-chart/cullen-gilchrist |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=THE ORG |language=en}}</ref> He attended [[Dartmouth College]] and earned a degree in [[Economics & Sociology|Economics and Sociology]] in 2007.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Nolan |first=Cornell |title=Cullen Gilchrist |url=https://sha.cornell.edu/people/cullen-gilchrist/ |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=Cornell Nolan |language=en-US}}</ref> After graduating, he began his career as an intern in finance before switching to food business.<ref>{{Cite web |last=idolloff |date=2018-09-25 |title=Cullen Gilchrist |url=https://www.uschamberfoundation.org/bio/cullen-gilchrist |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-30 |title=Cullen Gilchrist – The Next Willy Wonka... Building and Scaling Food Businesses |url=https://www.thefoundersmind.com/episodes/cullen-gilchrist |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=The Founder's Mind |language=en-US}}</ref>

Cullen worked as a [[general manager]] and Area Food Safety Manager at [[Sodexo]] in Boston.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2020-10-21 |title=Expert Insights: Quick Tips on Food Entrepreneurship from Cullen Gilchrist, CEO and Founder of Union Kitchen |url=https://lifeforentrepreneurs.org/stories-1/2020/10/13/expert-insights-quick-tips-on-food-entrepreneurship-from-union-kitchens-cullen-gilchrist |access-date=2023-10-16 |magazine=Life |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2010, he relocated to [[Washington, D.C.|Washington D.C.]] and worked at Think Food Group as a manager. In 2012, Cullen and Jonas Singer co-founded a [[Pop-up retail|pop up]] coffee shop called Blind Dog Cafe on Florida Avenue.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-05-17 |title=Seven game-changers who will transform the Washington scene in 2014 |language=en-US |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/seven-game-changers-who-will-transform-the-washington-scene-in-2014/2014/01/09/203136ce-7266-11e3-9389-09ef9944065e_story.html |access-date=2023-10-16 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-31 |title=Meet Cullen Gilchrist and take a tour of Union Kitchen's culinary accelerator |url=https://www.watchtastemakers.com/204-union-kitchen/2019/12/31/8clu13p7c2aij8b2gqtb62ue0qchqo |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=tasteMAKERS |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2023, he was a speaker at the Good Business Summit<ref>{{Cite web |title=Speakers – |publisher=Good Business Summit |url=https://goodbusinesssummit.org/speakers/ |access-date=2023-10-16 |language=en-US}}</ref> and was part of ''Entrepreneurs in Residence'' 2023 held by [[The Leland C. and Mary M. Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship|Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nolan |first=Cornell |title=Entrepreneurs in Residence |url=https://sha.cornell.edu/faculty-research/centers-institutes/pihe/engagement/entrepreneurs-in-residence/ |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=Cornell Nolan |language=en-US}}</ref>