In 2015, Angela Taylor returned to her roots in Idaho to be near her family. Subsequently, a culmination of her creative and entrepreneurial spirit, plus twenty years of travels through which she discovered enjoyment in the culinary experience of food, she founded Indulge Idaho and the first walking culinary food tour in Idaho, Indulge Boise Food Tours.
Angela’s tie to Idaho originated in Mountain Home where she was raised during her father’s military career until her driven nature took her to the West Coast for college at Stanford University. Her team took two NCAA championships before she graduated with an economics degree. After achieving her MBA at NYU, Angela flourished in the sports and entertainment world. Traveling across the country, Angela’s multi-faceted career included serving as an executive for the NBA/WNBA and running 3 WNBA franchises while starting her own strategic marketing consultancy. Additional businesses and nonprofits stemmed from her passion for leadership development and equity inclusion.
In the midst of her travels, Angela connected with people from all over America, including a chef visiting NYC who transcended her beyond the meat and potatoes diet she’d clung to since childhood through behind-the-scenes food encounters. “Listening to folks that loved to cook food and talk about cooking food completely altered the way I saw food.” From then on for Angela, “it was no longer about just being hungry, but actually enjoying the culinary experience and understanding how people put flavors together.”
When returning home to Idaho, Angela began forging relationships with Treasure Valley restaurant owners to curating food tours as a means of strengthening her relationship with the community and the emerging culinary scene. “I wanted to immerse myself and get to know other young professionals and other business folks in the community. A food tour felt like the best way to be able to give people an immersive experience." Her efforts to provide carefully crafted culinary experiences that exemplify the vibrant Boise culture and culinary offerings give visitors and local residents a way to connect with themselves and the community. These walking or biking tours offer a unique experience through storytelling while enjoying delectable bites of local cuisine including scrumptious donuts or artisanal sandwiches.
When she’s not consulting or leading food tours, you'll find her expanding her sport repertoire to include golf, cheering on BSU and Stanford sports teams, traveling to new and favorite spots like Martha's Vineyard, or going on an adventure with her family. Her family also happily takes on the important role of taste testers when Angela seeks out new restaurants to invite into the food tour and have been her biggest supporters, allowing her to curate amazing new experiences in Boise and beyond!
