Breakfast With Champions

Jeremy Gutsche
Founder & CEO, Trend Hunter

David U.K.
CEO, Pros and Content

Donna Dooher
Chef & Owner, Mildred’s Temple Kitchen

LARA SKRIPITSKY
VP, Chief Technology & Operations Support Officer, McDonald's

JEAN-PHILIPPE GERVAIS
Vice President & Chief Economist, Farm Credit Canada

CHRIS EILLOTT
Senior Economist, Restaurants Canada
Hosts & Curators

Trevor Lui
RC Show Pop UP Experience Curator, Co-Founder, Quell Now Inc & Principal, Highbell Group

Christina Veira
RC Show Bar & Beverage Curator, Owner, Bar Mordecai, Damigiana Academy

Evelyn Chick
RC Show Bar & Beverage Curator, Owner, Ahma & Love of Cocktails

Cristina Carpio
Host, Culinary Stage & Founder/Editor-in-Chief, Evolve Magazine

Gord Hannah
Host, Bar & Beverage Stage & Bar Director, Drake Hotel Properties

Azalea Hart
Host, Pop UP Experience, Trend Reporter & Associate Producer, CHUM Morning Show

Richard Cazeau
Host, Speaker Stage
Content Writer, Producer, Host of Award-winning Alternative and Digital Programming

Philman George
Host & Corporate Chef, High Liner Foodservice
Speaker Stage

Domenic Primucci
President, Pizza Nova

Adenah Bayoh
Co-Founder, Cornbread

Matt Rubinoff
Founder, stackt Market

Ali Khan Lalani
Founder & CEO, General Assembly Pizza

Vanessa Gaik
Head of Industry, TikTok

Adam Teolis
Founder & CEO, Chefdrop

Andy Deonarine
Co-CEO, CannSell

Asad Amin
Senior Vice President, Ipsos

Chad Finkelstein
Partner, Dale & Lessmann LLP

Cheryl Appleton
Founder, Canadian Women In Food

Chris Barrett
CEO, Operatic Agency

Dana McCauley
Chief Experience Officer, Canadian Food Innovation Network

Douglas McMaster
Founder, Silo - London

Duncan Fulton
Chief Corporate Officer, Restaurant Brands International Inc.

Erik Joyal
President, Ascari Hospitality Group

Michel Falcon
Owner, Brasa Peruvian Kitchen

Esther Fleurimond
Specialized Consultant, Healthy Workplaces, Workplace Safety and Prevention Services (WSPS)

Hassel Aviles
Executive Director, Not 9 to 5 Org

James Watson
Merchandising Manager (Canada), Gordon Food Service

Jason Giagrande
Head of Business, XTM Inc.

Jennifer Ménard-Shand
Founder & CEO, Staff Shop Inc.

Jim Taylor
Founder & CEO, BenchmarkSixty

Jo-Ann McArthur
President & Founder, Nourish Food Marketing

Juanita Dickson
President & CFO, Gusto 54 Restaurant Group

Julie Denton
Chief People Officer, Recipe Unlimited

Roger Mooking
Chef, Television Host & Restaurateur

Kyla Tuori
Corporate Chef, Unilever Food Solutions & #FairKitchens Ambassador

Matt Dean Pettit
Chef, Television Personality & Entrepreneur

Matt Johnston
Co-Founder & CEO, Collective Arts Brewing

Meeru Dhalwala
Co-owner & Chef, Vij's Restaurant

Michelle Caine
Chair, Hospitality Management, School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts at Centennial College

Paul Taylor
Executive Director, FoodShare

Rahil Hoque
Partner & Director of Operations, Ascari Hospitality Group

Ren Navarro
Owner & Operator, Beer. Diversity.

Stephanie Lui-Valentim
Co-founder, Quell Now Inc.

Sylvain Charlebois
Scientific Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab, Dalhousie University

Trang Trinh
CEO, TREC Brands

Vince Sgabellone
Industry Analyst, Canada Foodservice, NPD Group

Yianni Fountas
Senior Director, Emerging Brands & Partnerships, Strategic Projects & Business Insights, Recipe Unlimited

Tabassum Zalotrawala
Chief Development Officer, Chipotle Mexican Grill

Jean-François Archambault
General Director & Founder, La Tablée des Chefs

Celeste Mussio
Head of Sales, Data and AdTech, Pelmorex Corp.

Greg Baumken
Vice President, VIBRANT Marketing

Vasiliki McInnes
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer, Odd Burger

Brenda O'Reilly
Restauranteur & Consultant

Stephanie Donnan
City Manager, Uber Eats

Yanick Morin
General Manager, A&W

Colleen Nolan
HR Development, Training & Community Engagement Specialist, Indigenous Tourism Ontario

David Coulter
Director of Corporate Sales, Diversey Canada

Patricia Ghamami
General Manager, Drake Devonshire

Patti Thompson
VP, Sales and Marketing, King Cole Ducks Ltd

Kimberly Kuzmak
VP Client Management, Global Merchant Services, American Express

Karen Davidson
General Manager, Marben & The Cloak Bar

Cara Piggot
Senior Vice President, Operations and Food Services, Boston Pizza

Jonathan Brown
Chief Sales Officer, Trend Hunter

Jay Ashton
Business Resources & Brand Activation Manager, Sysco

Chris Klugman
President & Owner, Paintbox Catering and Bistro

David Henkes
Senior Principal, Technomic

Elle Asiedu
Co-Founder, The Re-Seasoning Coalition

Mike Juska
Manager of Sales & Operations, Beam Suntory Canada
Culinary Stage

Joseph Shawana
Chef & Chair, Indigenous Culinary of Associated Nations

Elia Herrera
Chef & Owner, Colibrí

Gianluigi Griguzzo
Master Pizza Chef, Molino Vigevano

Philman George
Corporate Chef, High Liner Foodservice

La-Toya Fagon
Chef & Owner, Twist Catering

André Mondor
Vice President, Restogreen

Gracen Chungath
Senior Vice President, Destination Development, Destination Canada

Graham Schave
Corporate Chef, High Liner Foodservice

Aman Dosanj
Edible Storyteller, The Paisley Notebook

Sam Kashani
Country Manager, Too Good To Go

Roberto Smeraldi
Chef de Cuisine & Journalist, Atá Institute / ArteSã / O Estado de São Paulo

Domenic Pedulla
President, Canadian Food Safety Group / SafeCheck Training

Victoria Clarke
CEO, Tourism Mississauga

Charlotte Langley
CCO & Co-Founder, Scout Canning

Billy Alexander
Director of Programs, Culinary Tourism Alliance

Craig McIntosh
CEO, Trendi

Karen McAthy
CEO & Co-founder, Lumi Foods

Adolfo Perret
Executive Chef, Punta Sal Restaurants

Daniela Manrique
Chef & Owner, The Soca Kitchen

Paolo DiManno
Senior Director, Strategic Sourcing, Recipe Unlimited

Chris Locke
Executive Chef, Marben

Blair Bullus
Founder & President, Wamame Foods Inc

Chris Bryson
Founder & CEO, New School Foods

Haruna Suzuki
Chef, Consulate-General of Japan - Toronto

Yuta Makino
Chef, Consulate-General of Japan - Honolulu

Trevor Lui
Chef & Co-Founder, Quell

Owen Miller-White
Manager, Restaurant Food Safety & Environment, A&W

Lisa Bishop-Spencer
Director, Brand & Communications, Chicken Farmers of Canada

Shane Vasquez
Health & Safety Specialist, Oliver & Bonacini Hospitality

Kyle Andreasen
Research Coordinator, Red River College
Bar & Beverage Stage

Sam Le
National Coordinator, SCA Canada

Robert Carter
President, Coffee Association of Canada

Victoria Stewart
Director of Beverage Innovation, Restaurant Brands International

Max Roemer
Territory Manager, Breakthru Beverage Canada

Christine Cruz-Clarke
CEO, Balzac’s Coffee Roasters

Matthew Crompton
Client Solutions Director, CGA Strategy

Mitch Stefani
Client Solutions Manager, CGA Strategy

Jordan Lesso
Head Sommelier, Osteria Rialto, Bar Biltmore & Blue Door Wine Shop

Lorie O'Sullivan
Sommelier, Sash Restaurant

Farzam Fallah
Bar Manager, The Cloak Bar

Jeff Osborne
Territory Manager, Wine & Craft Spirits, Breakthru Beverage Canada

Evelyn Chick
Founder & President, Evelyn Chick Projects

David Beaudoin
Canadian Cheese Ambassador, Dairy Farmers of Canada

Ryan Keery
Sales Director, Eastern Canada & National Accounts, Beam Suntory

Mike McLean
Program Coordinator & Lead Trainer, MixxIt Canada

Beth-Anne Perry
Country Marketing Director, William Grants & Sons

Craig de Blois
Owner, Noble Estates Wine & Spirits

Darren Kohl
Director of Innovation, Labatt Breweries of Canada

Justin Lamontagne
National Sr. Sales Manager, Six Pints Specialty Beer Company, Certified Beer Cicerone

Elsa Macdonald
Master of Wine, Freelance Wine Educator & Consultant

Emma Barrett
Head of Marketing, Mill Street Brewery

Ezra Star
Bar & Beverage Consultant

Grant Sceney
Beverage Director, Fairmont Pacific Rim

Kate Boushel
Director of Beverage & Education, Barocco Group

Kelsey Ramage
Owner & Operator, The Trash Collective

Lauren Paylor
R&D Production Chef, Silver Lyan

Miranda Breedlove
National Director of Bars, Hyatt America

Nan Eskenazi
Founder, Good Earth Coffeehouse

Ana Wolkowski
Educational Consultant, CJMW Consulting

Rus Yessenov
Director of Beverage, Fairmont Royal York Toronto, Clockwork & Library Bar

Ryan Powell
Director, Reserve Portfolio, Breakthru Beverage Canada

Sabrine Dhaliwal
Bar Manager, The Chickadee Room in Juke

Samantha Bitty
Sexual Health & Consent Educator

Steve Puchala
Senior Vice President - Restaurants, Skip the Dishes

Vasiliki Samaras
President & Founder, Hinterland Wine Co.
Learning Lounge

Jason Martin
Vice-President, QZN Solutions Inc.

Brian Green
Country Head, Canada, Clover - Fiserv

Brian Yee
Director, Innovation, Ravel by Cadillac Fairview

Jordan Ekers
COO & Co-Founder, Nudge

Kristin Light
Creative Strategist & Speaker, K•Light Digital Charisma

Sara Nancoo
Innovation Lead, Ravel by Cadillac Fairview

Nader Tehrani
President, NHT Associates Inc.

Andrew Zimbel
Venue Manager, Event Planner, Caterer and Event Rental Specialist, Higgins Event Rentals

Marie Marineau
Assistant Manager, Guest Responses & Social Engagement, A&W Food Services of Canada Inc.

Justin Holmes
Chief Revenue Officer, 7shifts

R-P Plourde
Head of the UEAT University, UEAT

Andrew Cudmore
AVP Sales, Medallia Inc.

Dan Vigderhous
President, QZN Solutions Inc.

Dylan James Erlendson
VP Sales, Hospitality, XTM Inc. (Tipstoday)

Dan Amzallag
Senior Sales Executive, Hospitality, XTM Inc. (Tipstoday)

Christine de Wendel
CEO, North America - sunday

Natalie Goldenberg-Fife
Culinary Experience Conductor, Event Planner & Restaurant Events Specialist

Noah Hayes
GM North America, Deliverect
StudioEx

Anna Pham
Executive Director, LEAF

Mike Lee
Co-Founder, Alpha Food Labs

Kyle Brown
Vice President, Unified Data

Shane Harker
Founder & President, Rethink Resource

David Hopkins
President, The Fifteen Group

Tony Hunter
Global Food Futurist

Cher Mereweather
CEO, Antithesis Provision

Suresh Parmachand
Chief Marketing Officer, Trend Hunter

Serene Martin
New Business Development Lead, Tree of Life Canada

Sima Gandhi
Co-Founder, Food Venture Program

Kiran Enns
Co-Founder, Food Venture Program

Peter Hand
Brand Strategy Lead, Google

Christina Kavalauskas
Director, Creative Strategy, Creative Lab

Mukul Goyal
Client Partner, Meta Inc

Ran Goel
CEO, Fresh City Farms Inc.

Erin-Ann Chauvin
International Market Research Analyst, Global Analysis, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Colin Swala
Owner, BARE Creations

Martha Carman
Principal, Carman Consulting Inc.

Brent Wennekes
Director, Member Relations, Protein Industries Canada

Tricia Ryan
Board President, LEAF

Amna Khan
Trade Commissioner, Global Affairs Canada, Ontario Regional Office

Christine Couvelier
Global Culinary Trendologist & Chief Culinary Innovation Officer, Trendi

Larry Weinberg
Partner, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP

Marietta Snetsinger
Franchise Growth Expert, CFE Candidate

Michael Skaljin
Manager, Policy and Planning, City of Toronto
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