KJ Kearney

KJ Kearney is a James Beard Award-winning creator, community organizer, and trap music apologist based in North Charleston, SC. He possesses proven skills as an Olympic-level small talker, freelance interviewer, panel moderator, essayist, event and on-screen host, and corporate ERG speaker. KJ started Black Food Fridays in April 2020, at the beginning of the global pandemic. The original goal was simply to highlight Black-owned restaurants that were open during COVID-19. It has since evolved into an aggregate landing page for people who are intentional about supporting Black-owned food-based businesses, including restaurants, consumer packaged goods brands, chefs, caterers, recipe developers, cookbook authors, and other Black food bloggers and influencers.