RC SHOW: April 8-10, 2024

Enercare Centre, Toronto

Breakfast With Champions

BREAKFAST WITH CHAMPIONS

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

7:00am - 10:00am - Liberty Grand, Exhibition Place

Breakfast With Champions is Restaurants Canada’s top-rated, inspirational morning leadership event where world-class speakers serve up in-depth industry research and food for thought over a memorable breakfast.

 Following an Indigenous Land Acknowledgement Ceremony by Anishinaabe Traditional Grandmother Kim Wheatley, hear opening remarks from Kelly Higginson, Restaurants Canada’s President and CEO. Host Miss Moço will take guests through a journey of inspiration as speakers and panelists share hard-earned advice, business strategy and empirical research along with their stories of innovation and success. 

Gain data-driven insights from Environics Analytics, followed by presentations by transformative hospitality leaders like Chef Bashir Munye, whose talk, Decolonizing the Table, reflects on the social and economic impact of colonization in the hospitality industry. Learn how to scale hospitality brands through Global Expansion as Technomic presents compelling data on launching Canadian brands on the global stage, followed by a moderated discussion with two seasoned panelists who will share their experience in bringing Canadian brands to global markets or in introducing their offerings to Canada.

Lean in for a fireside chat with the legendary Gabriel Stulman, founder and CEO of Happy Cooking Hospitality. Gabriel shares notes from his lived journey of growth, development and transformation, with hospitality at the heart of every choice he made along the way. Celebrate extraordinary vision and leadership, unparalleled skill and heights of service as we honour the Restaurants Canada’s Awards of Excellence 2024 winners.

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2019 Agenda & Speakers

Stay tuned for our 2020 line-up!

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7:00AM-7:30AM

Breakfast & Networking

Tony Chapman<br>Media Personality
7:30AM

Welcome & Introduction

Presented by Breakfast With Champions Official Host & Moderator Tony Chapman

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7:35AM-7:45AM

Restaurants Canada State Of The Nation

Shanna Munro, President & CEO, Restaurants Canada

Jessica Cravero
7:45AM-8:00AM

Market Trends with Technomic

Jessica Cravero, Regional Vice President, Technomic

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8:00AM-8:30AM

How to Influence Your Audience's Behaviour

David Allison, Valuegraphics Pioneer & Consumer Behaviour Expert

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8:30AM-8:50AM

Gamechanger #1: Adam Corrin - COO, Freshii

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8:50AM-9:10AM

Gamechanger #2: Chuck Muth - Chief Growth Officer, Beyond Meat

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9:10AM-9:30AM

Game-Changer #3: Manjit Minhas - Beer Baroness & CBC Dragons' Den

DFG
9:30AM-9:45AM

Powering the Visitor Economy

David Goldstein, President & CEO, Destination Canada

LEADERSHIP AWARD
9:45AM-9:55AM

RC Leadership Award Presentation

Tony Chapman, Media Personality
9:55AM-10:00AM

Closing Remarks

Tony Chapman, Host & Moderator

2019 PRESENTING SPONSORS