RC SHOW: April 8-10, 2024

Enercare Centre, Toronto

2024 Speaker Lineup

A.J. Stewart

Operations Manager, Supplier Diversity, Canada's 2SLGBTQI+ Chamber of Commerce (CGLCC)

Alida Solomon

Chef/Owner, Tutti Matti

Amanda Ray

Executive Chef, Drake Devonshire

Amrita Bhalla

Managing Director, A.B Consulting

André Hueston Mack

Owner & Winemaker, Maison Noir Wines

Asad Amin

Senior Vice President, Ipsos

Bill Marler

Founder, Marler Clark

Catherine Wilding

Director Entrepreneurship Connections, ACCES Employment

Cheryl Hung

Vice President, Dig Insights

Chris Elliott

Chief Economist & Vice President, Research, Restaurants Canada

Chris Knight

Senior Consultant, The Fifteen Group

David Henkes

Senior Principal, Technomic Inc

David Hopkins

President, The Fifteen Group

Domenic Primucci

President, Pizza Nova

Dwania Peele

Founder, Canadian Small Business Women

Elle Asiedu

Co-founder, The Re-Seasoning Coalition

Eva Chin

Founder & Chef, The Soy Luck Club

Imrun Texeira

Chef & Owner, Wanderlust

James Rhodes

Principal Lawyer, Taxation Lawyers

Jason Bangerter

Executive Chef, Langdon Hall

Jeff Doucette

General Manager, Field Agent Canada

Joe Gonzalez

Owner, Right Choice Happenings Realty

Joe McMahan

VP, Sustainability & Shared Value, Maple Leaf Foods

John Gutekanst

Owner & CEO, Avalanche Pizza

John Higgins

Chef in Residence, George Brown College Centre for Hospitality & Culinary Arts

Joseph Shawana

Chair, Indigenous Culinary of Associated Nations / Chef, ddxc Indigenous Kitchen / Professor, Centennial College

Kate Boushel

Director of Beverage & Education, Barroco Group

Leah Scurto

Owner & Head Pizzaiola, PizzaLeah

Leland Harper

DEI Consultant, Leland Harper Consulting

Margot Swindall

Director, Business Development, Technomic Inc.

Marissa Leon-John

Chef, ElleJay's & Quell

Meeru Dhalwala

Co-owner and Chef, Vij's Restaurant

Michael Tremblay

Beverage Director, ki modern Japanese + bar

Michelle Jobin

Host, Michelle Jobin

Miss Moço

Drag Artist

Nancy Matsumoto

Writer & Editor

Nathanael May

Sr. Manager,Training & Specialty Coffee, Campbell's Foodservice

Oliver Jones

Global Partner Manager, Uber Eats

Peter Seney

Lead, Corporate Citizenship & Employer Brand, Interac Corp.

Peter Sobchak

Editor in Chief, Canadian Interiors magazine

Richard Cazeau

Executive Producer & Content Creator, RichardCazeau.com & CTV Bell Media Inc.

Rocco Agostino

Executive Chef & Partner, Pizzeria Libretto Restaurant Group

Ryan Hickson

Food Culturalist & Content Creator, @EatFamous

Sam Osmow

Founder & Principal, Osmow's

Sarah Fleming

Head of Enterprise Partnerships, Uber Eats

Stephanie Lui-Valentim

Co-founder, President, Quell

Steve Cameron

Associate Publisher & Vice President, Figure 1 Publishing

Stuart Zalunardo

President, SilverChef & Econolease Group

Suman Ali Sayed

Chef & Founder, House of Khaleej

Victor Plange

Head of Marketing, US & Canada, Too Good To Go

Wallace Wong

CEO & Founder, SixPackChef

Stay Tuned - More Speakers to Be Announced