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Gonca EsendemirAuthor, Artist, Content Creator
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  • Flatbread Grill®
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  • New Jersey Morning Show (3 Sisters Created Thumb Bread, June 2022)
  • Shoprite (Hear the Esendemir Sisters in their own words talk about what Thumb Bread means to them, April 2022)
  • Forktales (Gonca Esendemir, Social Media Maven, April 2022)
  • The American Turkish Society (The American Turkish Society Announces its Tenth Class of “Young Society Leaders”- YSLs, February 2022)
  • Clubhouse Audio (Covid Survival Strategies for Restaurant Owners with Gonca Esendemir, March 2020)
  • QSR (For 13 Years, Nothing Has Stopped the Esendemir Sisters and Flatbread Grill,
    December 2020)
  • Ovation (Motivation And Flatbread With Gonca Esendemir, December 2020)
  • National Restaurant Owners Podcast (Gonca Esendemir | Flatbread Grill – Co-Founder/CMO, December 2002)
  • Forbes (25 Chefs Share Their Favorite Moments Of 2020, December 2020)
  • Audarshia’s LIVE! Culinary Series (The Esendemir Sisters, December 2020)
  • Leaders In Business Podcast (Leaders In Business Podcast with Gonca Esendemir of Flatbread Grill, November 2020)
  • Nation’s Restaurant News (12 fast-casual Mediterranean concepts poised to grow, February 2018)
  • Street Insider (The Esendemir Sisters Become the First Turkish-American Women to Start a Global Franchise Concept, January 2018)
  •  Franchise Dictionary (Flatbread Grill® Now Offering Worldwide Franchise Opportunities, January 2018)
  • Chicpea JC (The Esendemir Sisters, Owners of Flatbread Grill, January 2018)
  • Fast Casual (Turkish-American sisters now franchising Flatbread Grill, January 2018)
  • Modern Restaurant Management (Flatbread Grill Going Around the Globe and Wahlburgers Does the Impossible, January 2018)
  • QSR (Fast Casual Flatbread Grill is Now Franchising, January 2018)
  • Jersey Digs (Hoboken’s ‘Flatbread Grill’ Expanding to Journal Square, September 2017)
  • Kiosk Marketplace (Independent fast casual wades into self-serve kiosks, Part 1, September 2017)
  • USA Today (Rainbow hummus at Flatbread Grill in Hoboken, June 2017)
  • Patch.Com (Hoboken Women Business Owners Honored For Outstanding Contributions,
    November 2016)
  • Hoboken Girl (Hoboken Girl{s} of the Week: The Esendemir Sisters of Flatbread Grill, July 2016)
  • Hoboken Girl (Flatbread Grill Celebrates Pride in Hoboken with {Amazing} Rainbow
    Hummus Platters
    , June 2016)
  • Grant Cardone TV (Women In Power: The Esendemir Sisters, January 2016)
  • Glitter Magazine (Real People: Esendemir Sisters from Flatbread Grill, April 2015)
  • Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls (SmartSisters, 2015)
  • Relaunch (Rise Above Poverty to Build a Worldwide Enterprise – The Esendemir Sisters, March 2015)
  • Urban Nation Radio (The Esendemir Sisters on the Cooks and Books Show on Urban Nation Radio, January 2015)
  • CoActive Dreams (The Entrepreneurial Esendemir Sisters of the Flatbread Grill, October 2014)
  • Her Agenda (A Peek Inside Her Agenda: The Esendemir Sisters, October 2014)
  • Montclair Magazine (Recipe For Success, Fall 2014)
  • Inc. (‘Without My Sisters, I Wouldn’t Be Able to Do This’, April 2014)
  • QSR (When Family Means Business, November 2013)
  • Montclair State University (All In The Esendemir Family, October 2013)
  • QSR (Cleared for Launch, May 2013)
  • NJ Biz (Eatery Survives By Making Dough, March 2010)
  • The Star-Ledger (Three sisters at helm of Upper Montclair’s Flatbread Grill, February 2010)
  • New York Times (Bread That’s Flat and Flavorful, May 2008)
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