Tara is the senior food editor at Food Management News, a sister publication to Restaurant Hospitality News. She loves food folklore, old cookbooks, BBQ, and reporting on up-and-coming food trends and chefs. In addition, she covers sustainable restaurant business practices, avant-garde cooking techniques, and food history. Caution: don’t ask her to report on baking – she strictly sticks to cooking!

Heather Lalley is the Editor of Winsight's Restaurant Business Magazine, covering emerging restaurant concepts and food industry news. She also works with Winsight's sister company, Technomic, to produce reports on emerging restaurants and franchises.

Heather is also the author of "The Chicago Homegrown Cookbook" which features farm-to-table chefs in the great culinary hub of Chicago. She has journalism degree from Northwestern University and is a graduate of the Washburne Culinary Institute in Chicago. If you connect with her, ask her about her love of tater tots!

In 2017, Brooklyn-based Jenna Telesca became Editor in Chief of Nation’s Restaurant News. As part of the appointment, Telesca also was promoted to editorial director of Restaurant Hospitality, Nation’s Restaurant News’ sister publication for independent restaurants. Since then, she has advanced the content strategy for the leading foodservice media channels. She is a long-time veteran at Nation’s Restaurant News, serving up breaking news and analysis in the food industry, as well as reporting on foods service, retail, and agriculture trends. She is a graduate of the University of Chicago and has a master’s degree in writing from CUNY Queens College.

David is a global food and beverage industry consultant and trend watcher. He is the senior principal of Technomic, Inc., where he manages client engagements and development, engagement oversight, and industry relations.

He is a well-known restaurant industry commentator, and has appeared regularly on Bloomberg, CNBC, Fox Business, MSNBC, CBS, NPR, and ABC, among others. Dave is also a featured speaker at high-profile industry events, including the National Restaurant Association Show and BAR Show, the Flavor Experience conference, the Nightclub & Bar and VIBE annual trade show/conference, the International Foodservice Manufacturers Association’s (IFMA) Forecast and Outlook and Introduction to Foodservice Fundamentals seminars, the Beer Summit, Foodservice Equipment & Supplies State of the Industry seminar, and more.

Dave earned a bachelor’s degree in International Studies from American University and a master’s degree in Marketing and International Business from the University of Illinois - Chicago. 

Whether you are in the restaurant industry or not, you know there is a lot involved in running a restaurant. This is where Jaime Oikle comes in. He is the owner of Restaurant Report and RunningRestaurants.com, a consultancy dedicated to helping restaurants profit through interactive seminars, webinars, downloadables, and classes. He even offers helpful resources to manage smart systems that improve efficiency of your restaurant’s operations, training, inventory management, cost analysis, and marketing efforts. 

Anthony is an American author, chef, and TV personality. Here are a few tidbits about Anthony that make him worthy of being followed:

• He’s a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America.
• He’s a veteran chef of notable restaurants such as Brasserie Les Halles.
• He first became known for his book Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, which was published in 2000.
• He’s known for his no-BS approach
• He has hosted Travel Channel’s “No Reservations”, “The Layover”, and most currently hosts “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” on CNN.

Marcela is a celebrity chef, television personality, author, and businesswoman. She began her professional career as a Food Editor for Bon Appétit Magazine. Since then, she has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, People Magazine, Food & Wine Magazine, Los Angeles Magazine, NY Daily News and has appeared on national TV shows such as The TODAY Show, The Talk, The Chew, The View, Access Hollywood Live, The Rachael Ray Show and more.

Marcela was the host of the Food Network’s television series Mexican Made Easy and a co-host of The Kitchen. Marcela is an author to multiple food books, including “Mexican Made Easy,” “Fresh Mexico,” and most recently “Casa Marcela,” which published in late 2017.

Marcela is also an avid social media – posting her finest Mexican-American, fresh, and farm-to-table creations.

Part Ethiopian, part Swede, Marcus serves up the ultimate mash up of cultural dishes. Marcus is the owner and operator of 12 restaurants and a nationally recognized food personality. In his early 20s, Samuelsson became executive chef of Aquavit, and soon after that became the youngest ever to receive a three-star restaurant review from The New York Times. In 2003, he was awarded "Best Chef: New York City” by the James Beard Foundation. Marcus is also the author of multiple cooking books, “Yes, Chef”, “New American Table,” “The Soul of a New Cuisine,” “Marcus Off Duty,” and The Red Rooster Cookbook,” and “Make it Messy: My Perfectly Imperfect Life”.

Zachary is the new Culinary Director at Pomegranate Hospitality, Which is in the work to open 2 new restaurants this spring.  Zachary is the 2017 James Beard winner in the “Rising Star Chef of The Year” and also was named among Forbes’ coveted “30 Under 30” list.  While working to earn his business degree at Tulane University, he met Alon Shaya and soon realized he wanted to become a chef.  After college, he racked up experience, traveled throughout the world and spent almost four years working under Michael Solomonov at Zahav, the celebrated Israeli restaurant based in Philadelphia before joining back with Shaya in New Orleans.  Zachary rose from sous chef to chef de cuisine within one year before moving on to his new role as Culinary Director.