Our Summer Interns 2017
I always enjoy meeting our summer interns.
Every summer, the company welcomes a group of college students into our internship program. For nearly 10-weeks, these interns are placed in various divisions, covering areas such as home, fashion and product design, video production, and editorial development. Managed by our Human Resources department, the program also aims to foster creativity, team work, and camaraderie among its students through mentoring and hands-on experience.
Yesterday, I hosted a luncheon and presentation for our group of curious interns at our New York City headquarters. It was a great way to explain how the company started, and how it has evolved over the years. Enjoy these photos.
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- Here I am with this year’s summer interns – Tiffany Hui, Judy Song, Samantha Kleinhaus, Taylor Schultz, Jessica Hopen, Samantha Frisoli, Emily Morse, Virginia Barlow, Julie Miner, Brooke Stonehill, Violet Allaham, Mia Silvan-Grau, Caroline Fassett, Madi Sweedler, and Sommer Howard.
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- Lunch was served buffet style, and then everyone gathered in our executive conference room.
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- This year, our luncheon was catered by Lady M, a well known boutique café in New York City. We enjoyed smoked salmon and cream cheese sandwiches, tuna salad sandwiches, tomato mozzarella sandwiches, and ham and cheese sandwiches. https://www.ladym.com
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- I also brought cabbage and lettuce from my Bedford, New York farm. The interns helped make our salad as well as a delicious dilled cabbage-and-cucumber slaw from our July/August issue of “Living”.
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- Here is video production intern, Jessica Hopen, preparing the greens in our test kitchen earlier that morning.
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- My vegetables are so beautiful this season. This is nappa cabbage, a type of Chinese cabbage. See more of the vegetables we’ve harvested at the farm on my Instagram page @MarthaStewart48.
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- The interns also made a wonderful pomegranate punch inspired by the same punch I serve to guests who tour my gardens. It is made with pomegranate concentrate, lime juice, lemon juice and orange juice – with fresh citrus slices. It is always a big hit.
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- The pomegranate concentrate comes from our friends at Pom Wonderful. http://www.pomwonderful.com/
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- Lady M is known for creating some of the freshest handmade cakes. We enjoyed two of them – a green tea mille crepé cake, and a gateau nuage cake.
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- This lovely green tea mille crepé cake is decorated with matcha, a ground powder of specially grown and processed green tea. Green tea powder is also infused into each of the mille crêpes that make up this dessert – so pretty.
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- Here is the gâteau nuage cake. Gâteau nuage translates to “cloud cake”. This version of the classic cheesecakes offers cinnamon-kissed graham cracker crust and an airy whipped cheesecake base. At the top, a thin layer of sweetened sour cream.
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- Servings of the two cakes did not last long – everyone loved both varieties.
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- During the luncheon, I presented a slide show of how the company has evolved over the years. I talked about social media – how it has influenced our business, and how we have used it.
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- I also talked about Instagram – how I enjoy posting photographs, and how I type captions the way I would say them – always very naturally.
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- Each intern had the opportunity to share a little about themselves – the school they attend, and what they’re most interested in studying.
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- Samantha Frisoli, on my left, is one of our executive administration interns. She and our other executive administration intern, Emily Morse, have worked for me at the office, and at my farm.
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- I shared some of my favorite career tips including my thoughts on research – “the most important thing is in depth research”, a skill that can help anyone become successful in so many areas.
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- These interns all asked very good questions, and were very eager to hear all my answers. Each intern also received a signed copy of my book, “A New Way to Bake: Classic Recipes Updated with Better-For-You Ingredients from the Modern Pantry”. https://www.amazon.com/New-Way-Bake-Better-You/dp/0307954714
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- I talked about “The Martha Blog” and how I like to make it an informative site that includes references to other companies and sources, so readers can easily go to them.
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- And, I told the interns to “be curious, all the time. I’m very curious”. It’s a very important part of being successful – always keep learning. It was a most enjoyable lunch for all.
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