Jackie Summers is an acclaimed author, seasoned public speaker, and serial entrepreneur. Summers is the founder of JackFromBrooklyn Inc. and the creator of the award-winning Sorel Liqueur. A native New Yorker, he served as an Executive Editor for The Good Men Project for six years.
Ranked among the world’s “100 Most Influential Bar Industry Figures” by Drinks International Magazine, The 50 Most Influential People In Brooklyn Food (Brooklyn Magazine), and named the 2019 Award winner for “Best Food Essay” by the Association of Food Journalists, Jackie has written for everyone from the James Beard Foundation to Plate, Wine Enthusiast, and Edible Brooklyn.
He was honored to serve as a judge for the 2018 James Beard Awards, a judge for the 2019 Bombay Sapphire “Most Imaginative Bartender” competition, the 2019 Patron Perfectionists competition, and a judge for the 2017, 2018, & 2019 American Craft Spirits Association Awards. He currently serves as a co-chair of the Education Committee for the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation.
Summers mission is to tell stories of marginalized peoples in their own voices.
