Agenda & Tickets
Keynote & Panels
Join us as we welcome celebrity and award-winning chefs and restaurateurs, alongside some of the industry's most notable media personalities. Registration starts bright and early at 8am, with the first panel of the day commencing at 9am.
8am
Breakfast/Registration
9 - 9:15am
Opening Remarks
9:15 - 10am
RESY ROOM
Life After Accolades
Moderator: Andrew Friedman
Panelists: Damarr Brown, Rob Rubba, Chad Williams and Ellen Yin
TRAILBLAZER TALKS
Kitchen Culture Clashes:
Old School v New School
Moderator: Kim Severson
Panelists: Marco Canora, Nina Compton, Charlie Mitchell and Karyn Tomlinson
TILIT ROOM
Save Room for Dessert:
The Importance of Pastry in Modern Restaurants
Moderator: Lisa Donovan
Panelists: Maya-Camille Broussard, Isabel Coss and Caroline Schiff
10:15 - 11am
RESY ROOM
The Ethics of Accolades
Moderator: Brett Anderson
Panelists: Hunter Lewis, Khushbu Shah and Helen Rosner
TRAILBLAZER TALKS
Ruth Reichl with Jamila Robinson
TILIT ROOM
Hot Topics
Moderator: Dan Pashman
Panelists: Monica Burton, Regan Stephens, and Erick Williams
11:15am - 12:15pm
RESY ROOM
Equality at the Bar
Introduction: Lynn House
Moderator: Garrett Oliver
Panelists: Tia Barrett, Kaylee Hammonds, Becky Paskin, Gary Solomon Jr. and Jermaine Stone
12:15 - 1:15pm
Lunch
1:15 - 2pm
RESY ROOM
The Restaurant Reviewers
Moderator: Brett Martin
Panelists: Hillary Dixler Canavan, Lyndsay Green, Kevin Sintumuang and Elazar Sontag
TRAILBLAZER TALKS
Tom Colicchio with Tim Carman
TILIT ROOM
Who gets to write a cookbook?
Moderator: Kayla Stewart
Panelists: Priya Krishna, Khushbu Shah, and Toni Tipton-Martin
2:15 - 3pm
RESY ROOM
Translating Mexican Cuisine
Moderator: Gustavo Arellano
Panelists: Ana Castro, Don Guerra and Rosio Sanchez
TRAILBLAZER TALKS
Kristen Kish with Dana Cowin
TILIT ROOM
Burning Down the (Front of) House
Moderator: Joshua David Stein
Panelists: Will Douillet, Anna Nguyen and David Viana
3:15 - 4:15pm
RESY ROOM
Parenthood on the Line
Moderator: Stephanie Wu
Panelists: Katie Button, Tracy Malechek-Ezekiel, Gail Simmons and Cybille St. Aude-Tate
4:15 - 5:30pm