Vanessa Phillips is the CEO and Founder of Feel Good Foods®, a brand born from personal necessity and powered by culinary passion. Vanessa was diagnosed with Celiac disease at age 20 and found herself devastated that she could no longer enjoy the comfort foods she grew up loving. A restaurant industry veteran and previous managing partner of NYC’s Friedman’s, Vanessa used the restaurant as a test kitchen and proving ground when developing the concept for Feel Good Foods. The demand for and success of the gluten-free approach was immediate, sparking her vision to bring the products to retail. Feel Good Foods officially launched in grocery stores in 2012.

Determined to change the gluten-free status quo, the brand’s growing product portfolio captures nostalgia and remakes classic foods with better ingredients for the modern consumer. The result is chef-crafted, gluten-free frozen snacks, appetizers, and breakfasts where unparalleled taste is the star. Feel Good Foods is now sold in 25,000 retailers nationwide and is the single largest driver of dollar growth year-over-year in the mozzarella stick category alone.