CLEVELAND, Ohio – A sweet congratulations to Brewnuts founders Shelley and John Pippin, who have won a cleveland.com HomeGrown Heroes award in the Food and Beverage category.
The Pippins, along with 11 additional winners, will be recognized at the second annual cleveland.com/The Plain Dealer HomeGrown Heroes Award Reception Nov. 13 at smARTspace at 78th in Cleveland.
HomeGrown Heroes celebrates the unsung heroes of our community who are working tirelessly on their start-ups, businesses, innovations and social organizations to fuel the economic development of our region.
The Food and Beverage category is presented by Dave’s Markets. The other Food and Beverage winner is Cleveland Kraut’s Luke Visnic (check out more on Visnic below).
See the Pippins’ story in the video feature by John Pana at the top of this post.
The married Cleveland residents left their jobs “to pursue their three favorite things: donuts, beer and Cleveland.” Brewnuts was born in 2017 when the Pippins’ Gordon Square shop opened and has become wildly popular.
Their concept is unique -- donuts made with craft beers from local breweries, and part donut shop, part bar with 16 beers on tap.
Shelley and John Pippin are co-winners of cleveland.com’s HomeGrown Heroes award in the Food and Beverage category. (David Petkiewicz, cleveland.com)David Petkiewicz, cleveland.com
Tickets for the HomeGrown Heroes award reception, which include craft beer and wine and Cleveland foods, are on sale now for $35 and can be purchased online. The event runs from 6-9 p.m. smARTspace at 78th is located at 1305 W. 78th Street in Cleveland.
The keynote speaker is Ed Buchholz, who has founded three venture-backed software companies and has nearly 20 years of startup experience.
All of the winners also will be featured in a special section in The Plain Dealer on Nov. 17.
Special thanks to sponsors Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Leadership Center, Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, Dave’s Markets, Hawken School and JumpStart Inc.
Previously published:
Angel Washington of Consult 2 Code, Entrepreneur in Cleveland Neighborhoods winner
Christin Farmer of Birthing Beautiful Communities, Social Engagement/Non-Profit winner
Lindsay Watson of Augment Therapy, Augmented Reality winner
Lawyer Arleesha Wilson, Women on the Rise winner
Luke Visnic of Cleveland Kraut, Food and Beverage co-winner
Doris Korda of Korda Institute for Teaching, Education winner
Sanford Markowitz of Case, Academic Research winner
Anant Madabhushi of Case, Artificial Intelligence winner
Jill Byrne of CoolSource Cooling Vests, Medical Innovation winner