Gavin MacDonald

Gavin is the co-founder of Genuine Local, the brainchild of two foodpreneurs who believed that making clean food with honest roots should be easier. GL helps food companies grow by providing business development and production assistance and also provides small batch co-packing services. Genuine Local can assist with label design, layout and compliance, business planning and pricing development, recipe scaling, product approvals, and more. His day-to-day role involves overseeing all operational activities in the kitchen. He is involved in production, food safety and am also a certified ServSafe Trainer and Proctor. His love of food and cooking started as a line cook in high school and into college, and was jump started again when his kids gave him a smoker for Father’s Day one year.