Former presidential chef to host ECRMs Presidential Chef Culinary Awards
Efficient Collaborative Retail Marketing (ECRM), a Solon, Ohio-based provider of business innovation and technology, said Samuel Morgante, a former White House military chef to George W. Bush, will host the Presidential Chef Culinary Awards during ECRM’s Foodservice event, to be held April 14-16 in Orlando, Fla. During the awards program, he will sample products from participating suppliers at the show, selecting a winner, which will be announced April 15.
Co-located with ECRM’s Private Label Foods event, the ECRM Foodservice event also will feature two educational opportunities. First, Maureen Azzato, a veteran business journalist who has reported on the foodservice industry for more than 20 years, will moderate a panel discussion featuring major foodservice players that will discuss emerging trends and hot topics that will guide the future of the industry. Second, the traditional University Foodservice Roundtable will have representatives from colleges and universities discussing the challenges, opportunities and innovations unique to university foodservice, ECRM stated.
During ECRM’s Foodservice event, prescheduled meetings will take place in the seller’s meeting space, where food and beverage product offerings may be easily reviewed and tasted, ECRM said. Meeting schedules are available weeks before the event, and ECRM pre-qualifies each meeting to ensure all attendees get face time with the companies that fall into the appropriate category focus.