About Us

Eleanor Bertino established her own public relations firm in San Francisco in 1983. Since then, she has become nationally known and respected for her efforts to further a wide variety of organic and sustainable food products, projects, restaurants, and initiatives.

A wide spectrum of clients include: the national theatrical release of The Future of Food, the anti-GMO film by Deborah Koons Garcia, with extensive placements in daily papers such as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and Boston Globe, and dozens of radio interviews around the country; the Ferry Building Marketplace, San Francisco’s historic 1898 landmark building that was restored and converted to a public market with over 80 artisan food producers, and which has been widely acclaimed in domestic and international media as one of the top public and farmers’ markets in the world; initial media relations for Slow Food Nation, a major event under the umbrella of Slow Food USA that took place in San Francisco over Labor Day Weekend 2008 to further “good, clean and fair” food; the west coast launch of Seafood Choices Alliance, a global association working to heighten awareness of issues surrounding sustainable seafood.

Bertino has worked closely with nearly 50 restaurant clients, including A16, SPQR, Fifth Floor, Jardiniere, and Michael Mina. Cookbooks have included several Chez Panisse cookbooks and Paula Wolfert’s The Slow Mediterranean Kitchen. Artisan food clients include Cowgirl Creamery. Pro bono clients have included Alice Waters’ Edible Schoolyard and Francis Ford Coppola’s annual “Francis Cooks for North Beach” dinners that benefit North Beach Citizens. Bertino has served on the boards for many organizations, and is currently on the board for Slow Food USA.

Priscilla Coe
Priscilla has an extensive and varied career that includes such areas as writing, public market development, work at cooking schools, conference planning, work at an international health consulting firm, and project management for consumer software titles. She has long been an advocate for sustainable and Biodynamic agriculture. Priscilla is also a beekeeper in Sonoma, CA, and was the Honey Curator for Slow Food Nation 2008. She has worked with Eleanor Bertino on many public relations projects over the last two decades.

Rebecca Harkinson
Rebecca came to Eleanor Bertino Public Relations after working as producer for “Taste Of…” Radio, a radio cooking show taped before a live audience and distributed in North Texas. During her time there, she collaborated with celebrity chefs from around the world, cookbook publicists, local wine marketing groups, and media escorts to craft successful shows. Her endeavors helped create a strong presence for “Taste Of…” radio among the local Dallas food and wine community.

Originally from Dallas and a sculpture major at Rhode Island School of Design, a semester abroad in Florence, Italy had a profound impact in imparting Slow Food values that forever changed the way she thought about food. After completing a B. A. in studio art, she worked in Alice Waters’ office at Chez Panisse in Berkeley. There she was able to further explore these Slow Food values while learning the importance of local, organic and sustainable agriculture at the epicenter of its birth in California.

Robin Insley
Robin, of Robin Insley Associates, co-contracts with Eleanor Bertino to work with specific clients. Based in New York, she has worked in public relations for more than 15 years. Some of her clients include Jacques Torres Chocolate, Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival, Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival and Macy’s Culinary Council among many others.