Episodes

Aug. 30, 2022

153: The Latest in Hotel Food & Beverage Trends

As the partners of Hotel Mogel Consulting Limited, a Toronto-based consulting practice, Larry Mogelonsky and Adam Mogelonsky are a dynamic duo whose mission is to "write about the world of hotels and try to make hoteliers understand that there's more...

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Aug. 23, 2022

152: Farm to Fire — Farm to Table Catering Using Open Fire Cooking

Brandon Snook, pictured here with his grandma Ceese, is owner and chef of Hudson Valley BBQ Company. Brandon takes great pride in using locally sourced ingredients from the Hudson Valley so he can make almost all of the items offered on his catering...

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Aug. 16, 2022

151: Managing Food & Beverage at MPI's World Education Congress

What does it take to manage food and beverage for one of the meetings industry’s largest association conventions? Listen as Tracy talks with Tanya Philyaw, Senior Event Planner and Annette Gregg, Chief Revenue Officer for Meeting Professionals...

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Aug. 9, 2022

150: What is Safe Sustainable and Inclusive Food and Beverage?

In this episode, Tracey looked back through 150 episodes to find how her guess answers the question and what their perception of safe, sustainable, and inclusive is to them. From making a conscious effort to think about it to think about understanding...

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Aug. 2, 2022

149: Embedding Sustainability into the Event Planning Process

The copy/paste approach to BEO, menu and service planning prevents achieving food waste reduction goals, introducing healthy and sustainable options, and capitalizing on other promising trends. Instead, we need to adopt the improv principle of “yes,...

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July 26, 2022

148: The Voice of Bees & Pollinators in Detroit

Brian Peterson is a 5th grade teacher, a beekeeper, and gardener. On this episode of Eating at a Meeting LIVE he's going to share how and why pollinators are so important to the food and beverage industry and meetings. As founder of the nonprofit Bees...

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July 19, 2022

147: Learn to Use The 5 Dimensions of Wellbeing

I'm SO excited to be chatting with my friend and industry leader Rachael Riggs to talk about the 5 Dimension of Wellbeing on the Eating at a Meeting podcast this week. For more than 25 years, Rachael has been dedicated to creating holistic event...

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July 12, 2022

146: Luxury — It's About How You Make People Feel

Chris Adams got his start as a pool attendant with Ritz Carlton. From that job and the future years he spent with the company, he learned the culture of what luxury was and what Ritz Carlton stood. Now, as an international luxury hospitality disruptor...

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July 5, 2022

145: We Farm Because It's Who We Are

Harlowe Custom Micro’s is a Veteran-owned and operated farm that opened in 2017 in Harlowe, NC. It's owner Ryan Willet along with his fiancé, Rebecca run the multifaceted farm with a Hydroponic Greenhouse, Microgreen Production room, and Market...

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June 28, 2022

144: Empowering Movements for the Greater Good

In April I re-met Gagan (Jared Levy) (he/him) after 30 years. We were both attending the Natural Products Expo where he was a multi-session speaker on how to build businesses for good that prioritize the planet and people while maximizing profit. As...

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June 21, 2022

143: A Delicious Experience with Lip Smacking Foodie Tours

While attending PCMA Convening Leaders convention, Tracy had the opportunity to attend one of the Lip Smacking Food Tours. In this episode, she chats with founder Donald Contursi on how he has become an award-winning tour company that offers unique...

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June 14, 2022

142: Texas Food & Beverage as Eaten by Chet Garner The Day Tripper

I first heard The Day Tripper Chet Garner speak in early 2022 at the Southwest Showcase and immediately fell in love with his love of Texas and how through his show he is sharing and teaching us all about the culture, community, people, history, and...

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June 7, 2022

141: Making the Invisible Visible

Food Allergy Awareness Month Epsiode If you were to look at a group of people would you be able to point out the ones who have food allergies or celiac disease? Probably not. They don’t look different from others standing next to them. This is great...

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May 31, 2022

140: Equal Eats & College Dining

A Special Food Allergy Awareness Week Episode First 30 minutes: Kyle Dine and his family love to travel. But dining out while traveling can be hard when he has allergies to peanuts, tree nuts, shellfish, egg, and mustard and his wife has celiac...

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May 26, 2022

139: Psycho-Social Impact of Food Allergies

Food Allergy Awareness Week Epsiode. Having a food allergy can create a heavy burden for individuals — children and adults alike — constantly having to think about and managing EVERY bite, spill and crumb because a single mistake — a morsel, a...

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May 24, 2022

138: Teaching Confidence in Providing Safe Food Choices

Food Allergy Awareness Week. Episode Caroline Benjamin and Jacqui McPeake are no strangers to a catering or hotel kitchen, having worked in food service for a combined 35+ years. They are also no strangers to food allergies and other dietary needs,...

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May 19, 2022

137: Alpha Gal Syndrome - the "Meat Allergy"

In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Amanda Warren, Director of School Nutrition in Virginia and a dedicated advocate for food allergy awareness. Together, we dive deep into her journey navigating Alpha-gal Syndrome, the tick-borne condition that has transformed her professional and…

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May 17, 2022

136: What Allergy? An Action Plan For Living with Life-Threatening Al…

Living with one or multiple life-threatening allergies is not an easy thing to do, whether it is someone you care for or yourself. You have to read labels. A lot of labels, all the time, and over and over. You have to ask a lot of questions of others...

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May 12, 2022

135: Bridging the Gap - From Food Allergy Diagnosis to Real Life

When a person gets diagnosed with a food allergy they often leave the office with not much more information than that diagnosis. Navigating life after the doctor’s office feels overwhelming. That is where Kristin Osborne, founder of The Prioritized...

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May 10, 2022

134: May is Food Allergy & Celiac Disease Awareness Month

Let's talk about food allergies and celiac disease. May is the month dedicated to learning about them even though we should be doing it all year long. In this episode Tracy talks about what food allergies and celiac disease are, things to consider...

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May 3, 2022

133: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: How does it Relate to Event Ca…

How does equity, diversity, and inclusion relate to event catering? Tune into Eating at a Meeting LIVE on Wednesday when Tracy chats with Zoe (pronounced ZOH) Moore, an independent equity, diversity, and inclusion consultant in the hospitality, events...

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April 26, 2022

132: Lowering Barriers to Create Community through Food

In this episode of Eating at a Meeting, I have the pleasure of welcoming Len Senater, founder of The Dep in Toronto and co-founder of Newcomer Kitchen. Len’s journey is nothing short of inspiring—he’s hosted thousands of pop-up food events, bringing together an extraordinary mix of amateur and prof…

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April 19, 2022

131: Getting to the Heart of the Matter

In this special 2-part episode to kick off American Heart Month and Black History Month, Tracy is chatting with Valda Ford, a Registered Nurse and Public Health expert and Chef Author Jennifer Hill Booker. In the first 30 minutes, Tracy and Valda are...

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April 12, 2022

130: Creating Plant-based Affairs to Remember

Rich Wilner, a native New Yorker, is the General Manager of AFFAIRS to REMEMBER, the Atlanta-based #catering and #eventproduction company with strong passions for delicious food, unforgettable events, sustainable practices, and community involvement....

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