Season 2 of The Black Kitchen Series: Innovators was made by Heinz and Wieden+Kennedy NY in deep collaboration with the Mayda Creative Co. It took many people to bring this project to life, including:

HEAD OF BRAND COMMUNICATIONS: Megan Lang

SR. BRAND MANAGER: Jacqueline Chao

BRAND MANAGER: Alyssa Cicero

ASSOCIATE BRAND MANAGER: Navjit Dhillon

CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER: Scott Dungate

CREATIVE DIRECTORS: Christine Santora, Will Binder                                  

COPYWRITER, SCRIPT WRITER: Funmi Adejobi   

ART DIRECTOR: Kiana Fernandez     

HEAD OF INTEGRATED PRODUCTION: Nick Setounski 

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Craig Keppler  

PODCAST & AGENCY PRODUCER: Zaynah Ahmed   

STUDIO PRODUCER: David Niblick

BRAND STRATEGY DIRECTOR: Alexandre Nguyen

BRAND STRATEGIST: Aiden Million

COMMS STRATEGY DIRECTOR: Angel Navedo

SOCIAL STRATEGY DIRECTOR: James Williams

SOCIAL STRATEGIST: Syd Hutnik

JR SOCIAL STRATEGIST: Ni’A Landon                        

GROUP ACCOUNT DIRECTOR: Brian d’Entremont

ACCOUNT DIRECTOR: Carina Polini             

ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE: Emily Rivera      

PROJECT MANAGER: Sara Shaw       

DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Julie Petruzzo          

BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Andrea Fagan        

TRAFFIC: Sonia Bisono  

HOST: Jade Verette

GUESTS: KJ Kearney, Delta Dirt Distillery, Rollen Chalmers, Amethyst Ganaway, Marlon Rison, Folami Geter, Kelly Carlisle, Nia Lee, Adrian Miller, Chala June, BEM Books & More

SHOWRUNNER:D.S. Moss

                SOUND DESIGNER / MIXER: Florence Barrau-Adams

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Dee Allen  

PODCAST PRODUCER: Emerald Toller

SOUND ENGINEER: Aman Sahota

ASSISTANT AUDIO EDITOR: Haina Zhou

ASSISTANT AUDIO EDITOR: Trendel Lightburn

CASTING PRODUCER: Kenya Denise

MUSIC ARTIST: Taka Yasuzawa

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DIRECTOR: D.S. Moss

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Dee Allen

EXTENSION PRODUCER: Danika Casas

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Brandon Haynes

EDITOR: Sewra Kidane

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT: Dana Bingham-Guanilo

COLORIST: Mary Perrino

SOUND DESIGNER / MIXER: Florence Barrau-Adams

SOUND ENGINEER: Aman Sahota

ASSISTANT AUDIO EDITOR: Haina Zhou

ASSISTANT AUDIO EDITOR: Trendel Lightburn

ASSISTANT CAMERA: Luis Romero

CASTING PRODUCER: Kenya Denise

MUSIC ARTIST: Taka Yasuzawa TRACK: Premium Hi-Chew                                              

Executive Producer: Michelle Carman

Producer: Jihye Ku

Director (EP 3): Funmi Adejobi 

Director of Photography  (EP 3): Dominick Jones  

Post Producer: Maliyamungu Muhande

Editor: Matt Burke

Assistant Editor: Eddy Rigaud