After 35 years of working in corporate America – including 14 years in investment management at Morgan Stanley and 8 years in software at Workiva – Eileen Gannon launched Sunday Night Foods at the age of 55. She could have easily retired because retiring at 55 had been her goal since high school. But when she finally reached that age, her goal had changed. It wasn’t to retire from working; it was to retire from working for someone else. Eileen was finally brave enough – and experienced enough – to launch a passion project in specialty food that had been at the back of her mind for decades. As the youngest of 14 children on an Iowa farm, she learned to bake out of necessity, but soon grew to love it. She has since won over 600 baking awards. Eileen launched her first line of premium, clean-label chocolate sauces in 2021, and has won a sofi Award from the Specialty Food Association every year since, including a Grand Finalist Award for Best New Product in 2024. Eileen has competed on Netflix’s “Blue Ribbon Baking Championship,” Discovery Channel’s “Bake it Like Buddy,” and Food Network’s “Bakers vs. Fakers.” She has been featured in dozens of magazines, newspapers, and podcasts across the country, always sharing how growing up on an Iowa farm developed her commitment to whole, natural foods and pure ingredients. Eileen lives in Des Moines with her husband, two teenagers, and five beehives.