Geoff Bartakovics

Geoff Bartakovics
Born	(1977-02-24) February 24, 1977 (age 48)
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Chicago
Occupation(s)	Cofounder and CEO, Tasting Table

Geoff Bartakovics (born 1977) is an American businessman, entrepreneur and the author of a cookbook, Tasting Table: Cooking with Friends published by Flatiron books in 2019. ^[1] He was the cofounder and CEO of Tasting Table, ^[2] a digital media brand targeting food influencers ^[3] and is the CEO of Housing.Cloud, which he co-founded with Sasha Bratyshkin. Bartakovics was also a board member or advisor to numerous startups. ^[4]

Career

Before launching Tasting Table in 2008, Bartakovics was a business manager in asset-backed finance at UBS Investment Bank. ^[5] He studied English literature at the University of Chicago, ^[4] and studied comparative literature and philosophy at the University of Hamburg as a Fulbright Scholar. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

In 2019, he sold Tasting Table to Static Media and joined real estate development firm Artifact as COO after selling Tasting Table. ^[9] Bartakovics co-founded Housing.Cloud with Sasha Bratyshkin, backed by Bienville Capital. ^[10]

Recognitions

• In 2012, he was named one of Out magazine's OUT 100. ^[11]
• Bartakovics was named an "Insurgent of 2010" by The New York Observer, recognizing him as one of the young New Yorkers impacting media, politics, business, culture, and style. ^[12]
• In 2009, he was named one of "40 Food Thinkers under 40" by Food & Wine magazine. ^[13]

Books

• Bartakovics, Geoff (2019). Tasting table cooking with friends: recipes for modern entertaining (First ed.). New York: Flatiron Books. ISBN   9781250139535.

References

1. "4 steps to throwing a successful dinner party, according to the CEO of a foodie site with 8 million readers". Business Insider .
2. "Geoff Bartakovics & Nick Fauchald: E-Entrepreneurs". Food & Wine. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
3. Silver, Shani. "Geoff Bartakovics Tasting Table CEO Home". Domino . Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
4. Tucker, Nikki (11 April 2016). "Co-Founder & CEO of the Tasting Table Shares His Haute Guide to NYC". Haute Living . Retrieved 27 March 2017.
5. "HOW PASSION GUIDED A BIG CAREER SHIFT FOR A BANKER TURNED TASTING TABLE CEO". Fastcompany.com . Retrieved 18 March 2015.
6. "Graduate students receive the most Fulbrights". The University of Chicago . Retrieved 25 July 2015.
7. "Startup Stories: Geoff Bartakovics of Tasting Table". About.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
8. "Tasting Table CEO Geoff Bartakovics: A Week In The Life". HuffPost . 19 October 2011.
9. Jacobson, Aileen (29 January 2020). "Sugar Hill, Manhattan: The Sweet Life of Old New York". The New York Times.
10. "The AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 6/13/2023 – AlleyWatch". AlleyWatch.
11. "Out100: Scott Hocker, Bob Tuschman, Geoff Bartakovics, Rita Sodi, Jody Williams, Brady Konya". Out.com . Retrieved 25 July 2015.
12. "The Insurgents of 2010". Observer. 22 December 2009.
13. "40 Food Thinkers 40 and Under: Jennifer Rubell". Food & Wine.