KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Celebrity Chef, Cookbook Author, Restaurateur; Healthy Eating & Hunger Relief Advocate; Founder of "Common Threads"

First Ever Blind Winner of "MasterChef;" Restaurateur & Cookbook Author

Chef, TV Host & Restaurateur Known for Chef & the Farmer & Lenoir; Host of PBS' "A Chef's Life" & "Somewhere South"; Author, "Deep Run Roots"

Chef, Bestselling Author & Television Personality; Co-Host of the Emmy Award-Winning "The Chew"

Vegan Celebrity Chef, TV Host & Author

Celebrity Chef & Television Personality; Winner of 9th Season of "Food Network Star"

Celebrity Chef, Restaurateur, Cookbook Author & TV Host

5X James Beard Award-Winning Chef, Entrepreneur & Humanitarian; Co-Owner of Zahav; Champion of Israeli Cuisine

Acclaimed Chef & James Beard Nominee; Author, Entrepreneur & Philanthropist; TV Host, "Turn Up the Heat with G. Garvin"

Food Documentarian, Chef & Owner of 610 Magnolia in Louisville, KY; Author of "Buttermilk Graffiti" & "Smoke & Pickles"

Award-Winning Restaurateur, Entrepreneur & Bestselling Author of "Unreasonable Hospitality"

Television & Film Celebrity Chef; Co-Founder of Kogi BBQ; Bestselling Author

Co-Founder of Watcher Entertainment & Former Award-Winning Host of BuzzFeed's "Worth It"

Award-Winning Chef & Restauranteur

Entrepreneur & International Franchise Pioneer; Founder of Auntie Anne’s; Author of "Twist of Faith"

Food Journalist, Chef & Restaurateur; DEI Advocate for APA, Black & LGBTQ+ Communities

Chef, NYT Bestselling Author & Emmy-Nominated Host of Netflix's "Queer Eye" & "No Taste Like Home"

Former CEO of Popeyes, Leadership Author, Brand Strategy Expert

Culinary Historian & Author of "KosherSoul" and "Rice: A Savor the South Cookbook"

Celebrity Chef & TV Personality; Known for "Chopped," "Iron Chef" & "Beat Bobby Flay"