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MenuDirections - Business Building Ideas

October 17 - 19, 2021 South Bend, IN

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The only culinary-focused, business-building and networking event for all noncommercial foodservice segments.

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Thought leaders focused on the noncommercial foodservice segments will lead an agenda designed around the latest trends, data and solutions.

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MenuDirections is a must-attend event for leading foodservice directors and executive chefs looking to take their business to the next level. Our educational workshops, culinary demonstrations, vendor fairs and general sessions are designed to help you find solutions to overcome your day-to-day challenges.

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Approval Letter

Need your supervisor’s permission to attend MenuDirections 2020? Download and customize our predrafted approval letter.

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Gain Continuing Education Credits

Looking for a way to gain Continuing Education Credits in 2020? See all the credits that MenuDirections has to offer.

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40+Speakers
400+Attendees

Speakers

Kathryn
Fenner

Principal
Technomic

Pat
Cobe

Senior Editor, Restaurant Business and FoodService Director
Winsight Media

Juliet
Greene

Consulting Innovation Chef
California Walnuts

Jimmy
Lentz

Associate Sales Manager
Garner Foods - Texas Pete®

Andrew
Hunter

Foodservice and Industrial Chef
Kikkoman Sales USA, Inc.

Pat
Cobe

Senior Editor
Restaurant Business Magazine and FoodService Director Magazine

Orlando
Apodaca

Corporate Executive Chef
Nestlé Professional

Gary
Corbin

Chef
Tyson Foods

Marla
Cushing

VP, Commercial Foodservice
Brill, Inc.

Jeff
Wirtz

Chef, Vice President of Culinary Innovation
Blount Fine Foods

Timothy
Beerup

Foodservice Business Development
National Mango Board

Josh
Diekman

Corporate Executive Chef and Culinary Sales Manager
Land O'Lakes Foodservice

Dan
Plunkett

Vice-President of Foodservice Sales
Garner Foods - Texas Pete®

Kelsey
Nash

Editor-in-Chief
FoodService Director

Lisa
Tucker

Culinary Specialist
Brill, Inc.

Oona
Settembre

Executive Chef
Kellogg's Away From Home

Amber
Johnson

Manager of Foodservice Marketing
Lentils.org

Nikki
Green

National Accounts Sales Manager
Garner Foods - Texas Pete®

Christie
Wood

Senior Account Director
Sterling-Rice Group

Thomas
Thaman

Director of Food & Nutrition
Eskenazi Health

Anna
Veselovsky

Commercial Strategy Manager, Healthcare
Kellogg's Away From Home

Frank
Dominguez

Corporate Chef
Smithfield Culinary

Josh
Hasson

Director, Food & Nutrition Services
Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Rosalyn
Darling

Associate Culinary Director
Sterling-Rice Group

James
Bickmore-Hutt

Chef
Lentils.org

Emily
Nordee-Rogers

Foodservice Communication Director
California Walnuts

Lauren
Hallow

Manager of Consumer Insights
Technomic

Maneet
Chauhan

Celebrity Chef, Restaurateur, Author, Television Personality and Founding Partner & President
Morph Hospitality Group

Jason
Hernandez

Chef
National Mango Board

Michael
Thrash

Corporate Executive Chef
Simplot

Peter
Romeo

Editor-at-Large and Vice President of Content Innovation
Restaurant Business

Benita
Gingerella

Editor
FoodService Director

Angela
Serna

Marketing Manager
National Mango Board

Adam
Millman

Senior Director
Yale Hospitality

Joe
Pawlak

Managing Principal
Technomic

Kat
Martin

Content Manager
Winsight, LLC

Lawrence
Wright

Director of Foodservice
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina

Rahul
Shrivastav

Executive Director of IU Dining
Indiana University

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