KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Wellness Chef, Plant Nutrition Expert, Cultural Intelligence Architect & Co-Founder of Heritage Space Food

Award-Winning Chef & Restaurateur; Founder of MIDA & APIZZA; James Beard Award Nominee; Cookbook Author

Chef, Restaurateur & Culinary Storyteller; Host of PBS's "A Chef's Life"; James Beard Award Winner

Chef & Southern Cuisine Expert; Founder of SundayBest; Author of "Sunday Best"; "Top Chef" Season 15 Runner-Up

Award-Winning Chef & Restaurateur; James Beard Award Semifinalist; Author of "Family Thai"; Drag Queen Performer Known as Suzy Wong

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

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

Vegan Chef & Culinary Innovator; Food Network Champion; Author of "The Modern Tiffin"; Host of "Dish It Healthy with Priyanka Naik"

Award-Winning Chef & Cookbook Author; TV Personality; New York Times Bestselling Author

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

Pastry Chef & Creator of the Cronut

Award-Winning Producer, Journalist, Chef, Cookbook Author & Television Personality; Women's & Mental Health Awareness Advocate

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

Top Chef Runner Up, Cookbook Author & Owner of Ms. Chi Cafe

Chef & Restauranteur; Former White House Chef

Chef & Television Personality; Winner of "Food Network Star"; Host of "Southern at Heart"; Author

James Beard Award-Winning Latin-American Iron Chef; TV Personality, Restauranteur & Philanthropist

James Beard Award-Winning Chef & Culinary Innovator; Co-Founder of Culinary Edge Concepts; Author of "Foraging in Oklahoma"

Senegalese Chef, Restaurateur & Culinary Innovator; Award-Winning Cookbook Author; Founder of Yolélé Foods & Teranga