AKA Events
Excitement is building for the Annual Conference and Culinology® Expo of the Research Chefs Association. This year’s meeting is being held March 24-27 in New Orleans. As usual, celebrity chefs will be the main attraction as culinologists and research chefs from major foodservice and food manufacturing companies gather to discuss the latest trends, and share […]
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For this year’s Expo West show in Anaheim, Calif., our guest correspondent, Corrie Reilly, marketing and communications at Agropur Ingredients, shared her key takeaways with us after attending the event. Let me quiet the noise and tell you what Expo West was really about: 7 take-home trends As a first timer to the legendary Expo
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I recently attended the IFT Aksarben (IFT-A) winter meeting with my colleague Mark Hughes, and with the large turnout of attendees, it provided us a great opportunity to network and engage with other members. We also participated in the annual Silent Auction—an event where all the proceeds go toward scholarships for outstanding students dedicated to
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Over the course of three days, thousands of foodies descended upon the Moscone Center in downtown San Francisco for an impressive showcase of the latest and greatest in specialty foods at the 2015 Winter Fancy Food Show. From well-established brands to new start-ups, the show offered a plethora of new flavors, textures and innovative uses
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From Oct. 6-10, thousands of food and beverage professionals gathered in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Events Center for SupplySide West 2014. This year’s event had the largest show floor featuring more than 1,700 booths, offering more than 10,000 ingredients and services. This year, we had a guest correspondent, Mark Crowell, principal culinologist from
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In September, the Food Ingredient Global Summit in London drew a wide audience of leading global food ingredient manufacturers and marketers. Presented by the UBM team that produces Fi Europe, this new executive conference featured top global companies like Nestle, Unilever and General Mills, along with the latest food trends research from Mintel, Innova and
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On the evening of Sept. 23, I attended my first IFT Aksarben Section (IFT-A) fall meeting at a local restaurant located here in Omaha, Neb. The event was a great opportunity to socialize and network with others in the food industry from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and companies like ConAgra Foods, International Spices and DuPont
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From Sept. 23-25, thought leaders from the food and beverage industry across the globe will be brought together at the Fi Global Summit to inspire new ideas around ingredients, innovation and trends. In his workshop titled Best Practices in Food Ingredient Marketing Communications, Mark Hughes, president of Anderson Partners Food Ingredient Marketing, will share valuable
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As mentioned in our IFT ҅14 Round Up blog post, Ardent Mills unveiled their newly formed company that combines the operations of ConAgra Mills and Horizon Milling and introduced their new customer engagement vehicle, the Mobile Innovation Center (MIC). At 57-feet-long, the MIC is a state-of-the-art culinary center with a multipurpose platform designed to bring
Ardent Mills Mobile Innovation Center: Driving Grain Innovation to Customers Read More »
From June 21-24, I was in New Orleans at the Institute of Food Technologists’ (IFT) Annual Meeting and Food Expo with more than 16,400 food professionals from all over the globe, to learn about the latest product and ingredient innovations, as well as identify trends that will shape the industry. This year’s show featured 1,120 exhibitors and
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