Lisa Ekus

2024

Literary and Culinary Achievement

"Literary Lion" Award

Lisa Ekus is the founder of The Ekus Group, LLC, a full-service culinary agency specializing in “representing a world of culinary talent.” Based in Hatfield, Massachusetts, and after 41 years of running her company, she recently retired, turning over the business to her partner and daughter, Sally Ekus. The company has four core divisions: literary agenting, spokesperson/ talent endorsement representation, media training, and PR consulting.

Located in a 250-plus-year-old renovated farmhouse, The Ekus Group has more than 40 years of experience representing a diversified selection of food personalities, writers, cookbooks, restaurants, and food products. The agency represents more than 350 authors and works with numerous leading publishers worldwide. Lisa is an experienced media trainer and continues to hold regular seminars in her professional kitchen, in addition to leading training for corporate chef groups. Lisa’s media training, which was featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered,” helps culinary professionals improve their media presentation, video, and interviewing skills. Offering consultations on publishing, career direction, writing, and marketing, Lisa remains a sought-after expert, traveling globally to present seminars, workshops, and panels. She has hosted everyone from Julia Child to Emeril Lagasse in her kitchen and at her table.

Lisa is deeply committed to volunteerism and donates her time to several non-profit organizations in the hunger, health, and humanitarian arenas. She sees food as the common denominator that brings family and friends together, and she sits down for dinner as often as possible with her family, friends, and clients. Last, but not least, she also is the proud owner of more than 7,000 cookbooks. The Guinness Book of World Records just awarded Lisa the honor of holding the largest personal cookbook collection in the world.

Lisa Ekus (she/her)
57 North Street, Hatfield, MA 01038  413.530.4943