2018 Presenters
An incredible group of people from all over the world will gather in April to share their knowledge of the traditions, techniques, and flavors of their homelands, their business and creative strategies for the next 20 years of world cuisines, and their passion for our industry!
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LISA ABEND
Copenhagen, Denmark -
ZOE ADJONYOH
London, England -
Reem Assil
Oakland, CA -
SELASSIE ATADIKA
Accra, Ghana -
Mauro Barreiro
Cádiz, Spain -
Rick Bayless
Chicago, IL -
Ali Bouzari
Pilot R&D -
Cristina Bowerman
Rome, Italy -
Erik Bruner-Yang
Washington, DC -
Manoella Buffara
Curitiba, Brazil -
Val M. Cantu
San Francisco, CA -
Justin Carlisle
Milwaukee, WI -
Jeremy Chan
London, England -
Tracy Chang
Cambridge, MA -
Jacquelyn Chi
St. Helena, CA -
Kyle Connaughton
Healdsburg, CA -
Robert Danhi ‘91
Los Angeles, CA -
DIANA DÁVILA
Chicago, IL -
Sau del Rosario
Angeles City, Philippines -
Benjamin “BJ” Dennis
Charleston, SC -
Greg Denton ‘96
Portland, OR -
Greg Drescher
The Culinary Institute of America -
LAURA D’ALESSANDRO
Raleigh-Durham, NC -
JODY EDDY
Minneapolis, MN -
KEVIN FINK
Austin, TX -
Monique Fiso
Wellington, New Zealand -
Andrew Friedman
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY -
Diego Galicia ‘10
San Antonio, TX -
Mark Garcia ‘91
Irving, TX -
MARIA GODOY
Washington, DC -
Joyce Goldstein
San Francisco, CA -
ANALIESE GREGORY
Hobart, Tasmania -
Michael Harlan Turkell
Brooklyn, NY -
EVAN HENNESSEY
Dover, NH -
CATHY NASH HOLLEY
Freeport, ME -
Katianna Hong ‘05
St. Helena, CA -
Andrew Hunter ‘88
Los Angeles, CA -
Mario Jiménez Córdoba
Cádiz, Spain -
Joseph “JJ” Johnson ‘07
New York, NY -
Chris Kajioka ‘03
Honolulu, Hawaii -
Kelly Killian
Chicago, IL -
Ian KITTICHAI
Bangkok, Thailand -
Christopher Kostow
St. Helena, CA -
MOURAD LAHLOU
San Francisco, CA -
Edward Lee
Louisville, KY and Washington, DC -
MALCOLM LEE
Singapore -
Rick Lopez
Austin, TX -
Stefano Masanti
Madesimo, Italy -
Anne E. McBride
North Plainfield, NJ -
José Mendin
Miami, FL -
Lucia Muñoz-Carlisle
Milwaukee, WI -
Shinobu Namae
Tokyo, Japan -
JORDY NAVARRA
Manila, The Philippines -
DAISUKE NOMURA
Tokyo, Japan -
DANIEL OLIVELLA
Austin, TX -
SHOLA OLUNLOYO
Philadelphia, PA -
KWAME ONWUACHI ‘13
Washington, DC -
HUGO ORTEGA
Houston, TX -
Mai Pham
Sacramento, CA -
Michael Pirolo
Miami Beach, FL -
Chandra Ram ‘99
Chicago, IL -
KRISHNENDU RAY
New York, NY -
RUTH REICHL
New York, NY -
Diego Rossi
Milan, Italy -
Anthony Rush
Honolulu, HI -
ADAM SACHS
New York, NY -
SEAN SHERMAN
Minneapolis, MN -
Barbara Sibley
New York, NY -
Sarah Simmons
Columbia, SC -
Somer Sivrioglu
Sydney, Australia -
Tara Stevens
Fez, Morocco and Barcelona, Spain -
Tuffy Stone
Richmond, VA -
HONG THAIMEE
New York, NY -
PIERRE THIAM
New York, NY and Lagos, Nigeria -
LEE TIERNAN
London, England -
Ton “Thitid” ‘12
Bangkok, Thailand -
RICO TORRES
San Antonio, TX -
Ming Tsai
Boston, MA -
Kelly Weikel
Chicago, IL