Jeffrey Mora

President, Culinary Innovation & Partnerships

Black and white headshot of Chef Jeffrey Mora

Chef. Visionary. Street food strategist. Advocate for dignity through food.

Jeffrey Mora has spent four decades proving that food can do more than feed people. It can build businesses, communities, and futures. As President of Culinary Innovation & Partnerships at Food Fleet, he’s helped grow the company into one of the nation’s leading food firms, representing over 8,000 small and family-owned partners across the country. From the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix to the Kentucky Derby, his team delivers high-impact, scalable culinary experiences for major brands and iconic venues nationwide.

Before founding Food Fleet, Jeff trained under Certified Master Chef Raimund Hofmeister and Michelin-starred Chef Cas Spijkers, cooked in 22 countries, and represented the U.S. on the National Culinary Olympic Team. He’s served as private chef to the LA Lakers during their championship run and led food and beverage strategy for the New Zealand Trade Board. His background spans Michelin kitchens, street food carts, stadiums, and global hospitality platforms.

But Jeff’s deeper mission is impact. The son of Holocaust survivors, he’s spent the past two decades championing sustainability, food equity, and second chances – supporting military families through the YMCA of Alaska, mentoring underserved chefs, and sitting on the boards of the Ocean Futures Society and the Wave Foundation.

Whether he’s building systems for scale or creating pathways for people, Jeff leads with the belief that great food should nourish more than the body – it should nourish dignity, possibility, and change.

 Field Notes 

  1. Best little business you helped go big: Wings and Waffles

  2. Favorite kind of chaos: Large-scale events

  3. What he fights for: Injustice

  4. What he believes food can do: Change the world

  5. Biggest quiet power moment: Thinking like my dad

  6. The moment that mattered most: Meeting Cousteau

  7. Biggest lesson learned in the field: Plan on shit going wrong

  8. Most unexpected tool in his toolkit: My brain

  9. His playlist: Sinatra, Van Morrison, Natalie Cole

  10. Rally phrase: Fuck off

  11. Coffee order / coping mechanism: Regular non-hipster bullshit drink

  12. Nickname on the ground: Hebrew Hammer

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