Tanorria Askew
Tanorria Askew is a passionate home cook turned Chef and the proud owner of Tanorria’s Table where she works as a personal chef, DEIB Consultant, and TV personality. Tanorria has a keen sense of flavor and prides herself on making everything she cooks memorable. With her cooking roots originating from Tennessee, Tanorria has fun putting a modern spin on American Comfort Food.
Tanorria spent 15 years at Teachers Credit Union (TCU) before leaving to follow her culinary dreams. During that time, she worked her way through the ranks from Sales Representative, Member Service Representative, Assistant Manager, and Training and Organizational Development Specialist. Tanorria was the champion and practitioner for TCU's diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiative; leading the charge in winning the Indianapolis Mayor’s Celebration of Diversity Award. She blended her passion for cooking and her passion for DEI to create Unity Tables, a safe space for women of different races, cultures, and backgrounds to sit around a dinner table and share their heart as a way to create unity.
Since leaving TCU, Tanorria’s has had the privilege of speaking to audiences as a keynote speaker, emcee, and panelist about her significant career shift, anti-racism, DEI, social justice, and the courage it takes to chase dreams. She also serves as the DEI Chairperson of the board for a non-profit called Slow Food Indy. A seat at Tanorria’s Table will nourish your body with food and your soul with justice. Above all, Tanorria encourages everyone to love deeply, laugh often, and eat well.
“This is the job of my dreams! There have been plenty of times, over the last seven years, where I didn’t think I would ever get here. I thought I was going to have to stop doing this work and go get a big girl job, but I persevered. Serving people through food and social justice is the most challenging and fulfilling job I’ve ever had. I’m so grateful to be able to do this work!”
- Tanorria
Tanorria’s has had the pleasure of doing so many cool things that has allowed her to connect with the public. She’s emceed events, sat on panels, moderated events, competitions and keynote events. Tanorria has been guests on podcasts, radio and tv commercials. Every single opportunity has brought her closer to a loyal audience and has helped her to make many great connections with audiences, businesses, and events.
Tanorria would love to partner with you to bring a little of her very own flavor to your next event.
We highly recommend Tanorria as a speaker at your next event! Whether it is a small intimate group or a larger event she knows how to bring people together, make people laugh, and express herself eloquently. She brings authenticity and value to everything she does. We cannot praise her enough for not only what she brings to our organization but also to our Indianapolis community. – Jesse Flagle & Lauren Riekfer, Hive Co-Founders