KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

Award-Winning Producer, Journalist, Cookbook Author & Television Personality

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chef, Founder of SundayBest & Finalist on Season 15 of "Top Chef"

Filmmaker, Actor, Activist & Entrepreneur; First South Asian Woman to Win Miss America

Celebrity Chef & Culinary Entrepreneur; James Beard Award Nominee; Host of "Turn Up the Heat with G. Garvin"; Bestselling Cookbook Author

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

Acclaimed Chef & Restaurateur; Pioneer of Modern Latin Cuisine; 2x Bestselling Cookbook Author; Obesity Prevention Advocate; Founder of CHICA

Chef & Texas Cuisine Expert; Executive Chef & Owner, Bonnell's Restaurant Group; Author of "Jon Bonnell's Fine Texas Cuisine"

Culinary Expert, Food Writer, & TV Personality; Best Known as the Host of Bravo's "Top Chef"

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

Chef & Restauranteur; Former White House Chef

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