Stephen Satterfield has spent his career redefining food and beverage as means of organizing, activating and educating. He is the founder of Whetstone, a groundbreaking magazine and media company dedicated to food origins and culture from around the world, as well as HONE Media, a culinary talent agency.
Stephen is the host of the critically acclaimed Netflix docuseries High on the Hog, which won a Peabody Award for Documentary and two NAACP Image Awards for Best Documentary Series. On the show, he puts Black cuisine at the center of American history, offering a fuller picture of the many people, cultures, and events that make up the story of this country. He and his work have been covered in a massive profile in The New Yorker, as well as in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Fast Company, Business Insider, Slate, Harvard Business Review, and many more.
Prior to his career in media, Stephen was a sommelier and social entrepreneur promoting wine as a catalyst for socioeconomic development for Black wine workers in South Africa.
