Melting Pot Tours have been in business since 2008. In early 2021, Jody Flowers became the new owner of Melting Pot Food Tours. Jody is a fun-loving food enthusiast with an expansive background in and passion for the culinary arts. She is a native of Indiana and earned a BS in Restaurant Hotel Management from Purdue University along with a Culinary Arts degree from Johnson & Wales University. She ran a successful catering business in Charleston, SC for a number of years before returning to Indiana to work in the restaurant industry.

Jody eventually made her way west to southern California, and in 2007 she opened Flowers Hotel Group, a boutique sales and marketing firm based in Los Angeles. She enjoys spending time with her husband and two sons, traveling and, of course, dining out.

Jody’s goal is to continue to select the most interesting and intriguing neighborhoods and foodie hot spots for their top-rated food tasting tours. Melting Pot Food Tours has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, Conde-Nast Traveler, Sunset Magazine, Tasting Table, AAA Westways Magazine, AARP online, Los Angeles Magazine, Pasadena Magazine, and Pasadena Star News, as well as on the CBS Evening News and the KTLA Morning News with Gayle Anderson. And most recently on California Live | NBCLA.