About Jan
Writer, Publisher, Photographer, Consultant, Entrepreneur
Jan Walsh is a food and wine writer and serial entrepreneur, who pioneered local, profile based internet directories in 2006.
Jan Walsh has served as consultant and local expert for Google, Zagat via Vaco.
She holds a Level One Pin from Court of Master Sommeliers, which Walsh was invited to and comped by the Court to sit for the course and test, as thanks for organizing the first course they offered in Birmingham.
Jan Walsh is a Member of the Birmingham Chapter of Les Dames d'Escoffier International (LDEI).
Jan is the founder and president of Jan Walsh, LLC and LocalLawyers.com, LLC. Jan Walsh, LLC publishes local, profile based, restaurant directories, such as BirminghamRestaurants.com
Similarly, Local Lawyers publishes local, profile based legal directories.
Accolades & Expertise
Website Awards
Health Care Heroes:
Health Care Innovator 2009
Birmingham Business Journal awards Jan Walsh Health Care Hero: Health Care Innovator 2009.
Best New Website 2009
BirmingihamRestaurants.com was awarded "The Best New Website in Birmingham" in 2009, three months after it launched, by Birmingham magazine.
50 Tech Leaders 2019
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Website Awards
Health Care Heroes:
Health Care Innovator 2009
Birmingham Business Journal awards Jan Walsh Health Care Hero: Health Care Innovator 2009.
Best New Website 2009
BirmingihamRestaurants.com was awarded "The Best New Website in Birmingham" in 2009, three months after it launched, by Birmingham magazine.
50 Tech Leaders 2019
Jan Walsh was named Top 50 Tech Leaders 2019 by InterCon Internet Conference for her Local Lawyers, local legal internet directory model.
Writing Portfolio
Internet:
Magazines
Feature & Cover Stories:
Wine Spectator
Wine Report
IW&FS Wine Food & Friends
Southern Breeze
Birmingham Magazine
Portico
Books:
Weight Watchers Annual Recipes for Success 2009
Forge: Metal to Medicine
Restaurant Marketing & Consulting
Marketing:
Restaurant Content Creation
Restaurant Consulting
Restaurant Content Creation
Restaurant Websites
Restaurant Reviews
Food Photography
Cooking Videography
Social Media
Restaurant Logo Design
Restaurant Menu design
Consulting:
Google & Zagat - Local Expert