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MATERIALS AND HANDOUTS In lieu of a totebag and CD with handouts we’ve created the Art of Catering Food attendee website that contains all the presentation materials, recipes, sponsor resources and more. You can access the site now at catersource.conferencespot.org. Log in at any time during and after the conference to view, download and save presentation materials. Simply use your first initial and your last name, and your registration ID number for the password. Example: John Smith = jsmith
REGISTRATION Welcome to the Art of Catering Food! Monday 7:00am–2:00pm Catersource magazine and the International Caterers Tuesday 7:30am–6:00pm Association are pleased to welcome you to this Wednesday 8:00am–5:30pm intimate culinary event that will connect you with Welcome! At registration on Monday morning you will pick up catering chefs from around the world. For three full your badge and this program that will be your guide to all days, you will be immersed in education covering sessions and activities scheduled for the week. techniques, pricing, new ingredients, recipes, and all the If you did not purchase tickets to the optional A la cARTe: An information you will need to turn your menus into Exclusive Showing event, please check at registration. Tickets may still be available! works of art. If you have any questions during the conference, please don’t This program contains your jam-packed schedule and hesitate to ask at registration – we’re here to help! a wealth of other details -– information about the facilities we will tour, our terrific sponsors and the BREAKFAST optional A la cARTe event. Are you ready? Is your Opens with registration and available until 8:30am each day. stomach empty? Well then, let’s get started! Mornings will be the perfect opportunity to make new connections with your fellow chefs. Enjoy coffee and pastries while sitting at roundtables with targeted topics based on the Join the conversation size and scope of your catering company. Share ideas, learn Contribute, follow along and share your photos with from your peers, and make life-long industry connections. colleagues and friends back home by using the hashtag #AOCF2014 on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. ON-DEMAND WEBCAST LIBRARY Get online access to the full education program from the Art of Catering Food with our On-Demand Webcast Library. You can access each session’s audio, synced with the PowerPoint or video presentation as seen from the screens at the sessions so you’ll hear and see everything just as if you were there! Purchase the audio sessions at the CatersourceStore during the conference for just $49 ($99 after Wednesday, August 6).
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BUS SCHEDULE BEST THING I ATE SELFIE CHALLENGE Buses will take you to and from the Facility Get your cameras ready! We’re challenging you to Tours on Monday. Please note the schedule and snap selfies of yourself nibbling, sipping, dipping pick up/drop off locations below: or devouring some of your favorite AOCF #AOCF2014 creations with colleagues and new friends Monday Facility Tours throughout the week. Then post your best shots to Facebook, Facility tour buses will start and end at the Atlanta Convention Center. Twitter or Instagram and tag them #AOCF2014 for a chance to Buses load: 1:00pm win an iPad mini, and other great prizes! We’ll browse and Tour ends/buses drop off: 6:00pm share your photos throughout the conference, searching Please note: Buses will not be provided to or from the A la cARTe for our favorite shots of you enjoying all the exciting elements #AOCF2014 optional event located at 200 Peachtree as the location is just a short of the conference. walk from the Convention Center. Winners will be selected and announced during the final wrap up on Wednesday. You can win great recognition, an iPad mini, and your photos could be published in Catersource magazine, INTERNATIONAL CATERERS ASSOCIATION on the website and through our social media channels. INSPIRATION ZONE Monday 7:00am–2:00pm Photos must be posted to social media by 2:00pm on Wednesday to be considered. All photos posted to Facebook, Tuesday 7:30am–6:00pm Twitter and Instagram with #AOCF2014 will be eligible. Wednesday 8:00am–5:30pm You’ll have the opportunity to browse the DINING IN ATLANTA marketing materials of caterers from all over the country in the #AOCF2014 closing speaker, Top Chef Kevin Gillespie of ICA Inspiration Zone. Review and pick up new ideas for Gunshow and A la cARTe’s producer, Kendall Collier, owner of brochures, theme menus, presentations and proposals, media A Divine Event, have swoon-worthy recommendations for kits, seasonal collateral, stationary and more! dining in Atlanta. Here is where they think you should go after For motivated caterers, the International Caterers Association is each day’s events: a resource that provides education, encourages peer-to-peer BoccaLupo, Italian American cuisine relationships and inspires creativity while embracing all boccalupoatl.com | 404.577.2332 segments of the catering industry. Membership in the ICA will enhance your professionalism and Home Grown, Southern/soul classic garner respect from your clients. Stop by the Inspiration Zone homegrownga.com | 404.222.0455 and join the ICA today and begin to reap the benefits that the JCT. Kitchen & Bar, Southern farmstead ICA offers your company. Art of Catering Food Event Special: style cuisine Save $50 off the regular $340 membership. jctkitchen.com | 405.355.2252
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the art of catering food 3 monday 4 1:00pm–6:00pm facility tours 8:20am–8:45am 7:00am-8:30am morning schedule Noon–12:30pm 11:10am–11:55am 10:20am–11:00am 9:35am–10:15am monday8:45am–9:30am • #AOCF2014 the art ofcatering food #AOCF2014 monday Convention Center. operations: a personal behind-the-scenes tour of these local catering media and use use and media photos of your favorite foods. Post your photos to social to photos your Post foods. favorite your of photos Irvine, CA Culinary Science Investigations, Los Angeles, CA Ate Selfie Challenge Selfie Ate Buses for facility tours will load and drop off at the 2033 Monroe Drive NE, Atlanta, GA 30324 887 West Marietta Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30318 1380 West Marietta Street, Atlanta, GA 30318 Grab your provided boxed lunch and hop on the bus for Bring your camera or smartphone and start snapping start and smartphone or camera your Bring Purple Onion Catering Company, Vienna, VA Adam Gooch, Executive Chef, Sweet Meet Savory, Savory Meet Sweet Ashley Santo Domingo, Executive Chef, 24 Carrots, Smokin’ Hot Tableside Cambro, Huntington Beach, CA Washington, DC and Catherine Vu, Marketing Manager,Victoria Griffith, CP-FS, Griffith Safety Group, Are You Transporting Food Into the Danger Zone Paul Larson, Executive Chef, Blue Plate, Chicago, IL The Master of the Appetizer Larrian Gillespie, MD, CEO, Techniques for Mind-Blowing Food Pairings Blending the Science and the Art of Flavor. Sandy Hammer, CMO, AllSeated, New York City, NY Pastries Technology Ingredientsand for Perfect Recipes Coffee with Roundtables Networking • monday #AOCF2014 #AOCF2014 . See page 3 for details. for 3 page See . to enter the the enter to • monday Best Thing I Thing Best • monday • monday • monday •
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7:00am-8:30am Networking Roundtables with Coffee and Pastries
8:30am–9:15am Nitty Gritty Down and Dirty Details. Food Costing and Inventory Control Systems Bill Pannhoff, Moderator/Consultant, Catersource Consulting Unit, Spring Lake, NC
tuesday 9:15am–9:45am Wild, Seasonal, From the Sea and From the Farm Matthew Weingarten, Chef/Author/Culinary Director, Setting by Sodexo, New York, NY and National Board Director, Chef's Collaborative
9:45am–10:15am Looking Into the Culinary Crystal Ball Michael Robbins, CMC, Research Chefs Association, Atlanta, GA
10:15am–10:30am Break
10:30am–11:00am Red or Yellow. Using Watermelon for Apps and First Courses Jamie Keating, CEC, Chef/CEO, JK Culinary INC, LaGrange, GA
11:05am–11:35am Scallops. The OTHER Shellfish Todd Annis, Executive Chef, Bold American Events, Atlanta, GA
11:40am–12:15am What the Chef Wants Now – What the Sales Team Wants Now Karen O’Connor, Executive Chef, Daniel et Daniel, Toronto, Ontario, CAN lunch learn
12:15am–1:15pm Corporate Catering Lunch Buffet + Add spark and creativity to your corporate catering menus with these cold lunch ideas created by the chefs of the ICA Culinary Council. Whether it's creative boxed lunches or new ideas for buffet platters, you will leave this tasty lunch not only with a full stomach, but a bunch of great new recipes to add to your company’s corporate catering selections.
Produced by Robin Selden, Executive Chef, Marcia Selden Catering & Events, Stamford, CT; Keith Lord, Director of Operations, The Wild Catering & Event Planning, San Diego, CA; and the ICA Culinary Council
Access the recipes from the Lunch + Learn any time you want on the AOCF attendee website: catersource.conferencespot.org.
Don’t forget to watch for great photo opportunities. Post your photos to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram using #AOCF2014 #AOCF2014 to enter the Best Thing I Ate Selfie Challenge. See page 3 for details.
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1:15pm–1:45pm Embracing the Past to Enhance Today’s Cuisine. The Art of Heritage Cooking Lee Epting, Founder, and Daniel Epting, COO, Epting Events, Athens, GA
1:45pm–2:15pm It's a Small World After All. Ethnic Influenced Breakfast Menus Joanne Purnell, Chef de Cuisine, tuesday Good Gracious! Events, Los Angeles, CA
2:20pm–2:50pm Two Sides of the Same Fish Vagn Nielsen, Corporate Executive Chef, Proof of the Pudding, Atlanta, GA
3:00pm–3:30pm Shades of Green Lon Lane, Owner and Stewart Lane, Catering R & D Chef, Lon Lane’s Inspired Occasions, Kansas City, MO
3:40pm–4:10pm Charcuterie. A Top Trend for Appetizers Tim Lundy, Executive Chef/Owner, Rosewood Market, Highlands, NC
4:15pm–4:45pm Tools of the Trade. The Art of Knife Sharpening Tyler Stone, Chef Tyler Stone, Sacramento, CA
4:45pm–5:30pm Accent Décor Showroom Tour and Happy Hour evening schedule
7:30pm–10:30pm A la cARTe: An Exclusive Showing Join us at 200 Peachtree, downtown Atlanta’s premier historic building, for an exciting optional event. Tickets may still be available for purchase. See page 10 for details.
200 Peachtree is located just south of The Westin on Peachtree Street. Buses are not provided for this event; see the map below for walking directions.
Don’t forget your camera. There will be photo
#AOCF2014 opportunities around every corner!
JOHN PORTMAN BLVD
Main PEACHTREE ST NE Entrance WILLIAMS ST NW
Skyway SPRING ST NW America’s Mart Building 2 Level 4 Skyway Walton Spring DoubleTree Park The Westin, by Hilton Peachtree Plaza
200 Peachtree
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tuesday evening
7:30pm –10:30pm
200 Peachtree
Prepare to be blown away by this infinitely clever GRAFFITI STATION SNEAK PEEK presentation of food as art. These one-of-a-kind presentations Deep down all of us have shared the urge to play with our will challenge traditional buffets by offering an exclusive food. Well, here’s your chance. With plate in hand, showing of new concepts with an artistic slant. Whether choose your sauces to partner with the Ahi Tuna and combined into a collection or showcased individually, these squirt, squiggle and smear your way through the line to the presentations offer exciting new products and ideas for your chef. Jackson Pollock, aka “Jack the Dripper”, would have events. Experience them all and then pick and choose your approved! favorites, a la carte, to fit your tastes. SAUCE PAINTS SMALL PLATE For the cocktail hour, Art in the Park pays tribute to Atlanta's Balsamic Teriyaki Glaze Sesame Seared Ahi Tuna Piedmont Park Art Festival capturing the same lively spirit Ginger Syrup Asian Vegetable Salad Blueberry BBQ Sauce Sesame Ponzu Dressing featuring street vendors, musicians and, of course, great art Sweet Chili Sauce Sweet & Sour Tropical Fruit with a twist. Peanut Sauce Lotus Root Chips After having seen and been seen, guests will leave this lovely Wasabi Oil setting and enter The Gallery for a surreal art experience. Sponsored by This innovative collection of small plate presentations combines food and décor inspired by various genres of art, time periods, movements, and artsy lingo. Like art, some of these presentations are easy to grasp (like Portrait of a Polpette) while others may a bit more heady; such as the Indonesian Rijsttafel (rice table). Combining the tastes of the remarkable Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century in both food and art, each presentation will offer an irresistible treat to be savored one unique bite at a time with or without contemplating its complexities. From Pop Art to Trompe l'oeil, just come and enjoy!
A la cARTe: An Exclusive Showing is an optional event and ticket purchase is required to attend. Tickets may still be available for purchase at registration. Cost is $129.
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8:00am-8:30am Networking Roundtables with Coffee and Pastries
8:30am–9:20am Simple Molecular, Superb Results Tyler Stone, Chef Tyler Stone, Sacramento, CA lunch learn
9:30am–1:00pm+ Food Trend Round Robin Tune in to the latest food trends and learn new recipes and concepts you can add to your repertoire. Walk away with money-making ideas that will keep your company’s menus fresh and trendy while adding dollars to your wednesday bottom line.
Food Trend Stations include:
The Next Asian Cuisine by Ken Barrett, Executive Director, Broadway Gourmet, Boston MA
Vegan and Gluten-free Menus by Eric Wolff, Chef/Owner, TEP Catering, Atlanta, GA
From My Garden to Your Table by Gayle Greenley, Owner, Loaves and Fishes Catering Company, Atlanta, GA
Ethnic-inspired Appetizers by Bonnie Kravitz, Pastry Chef and Hillary Brown, Assistant to Executive/Sous Chef, Daniel et Daniel, Toronto, Ontario, CAN
BBQ On Your Mind...Georgia Style by Ashley Epting, CEO and Janice Witcher, Director of Banquet and Dining Services, Epting Events, Athens, GA
Last chance to post your photos to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram using #AOCF2014 to enter the Best Thing I #AOCF2014 Ate Selfie Challenge. See page 3 for details.
afternoon schedule
1:00pm–1:45pm Dessert Circus for Catering Rachanee Keovorabouth, Executive Chef, Thomas Caterers of Distinction, Indianapolis, IN
1:45pm–2:15pm On Stage. Lights, Camera and You Ken Barrett, Executive Director, Broadway Gourmet, Boston, MA
2:15pm–3:45pm FEATURED SPEAKER. Telling a Story with Food Kevin Gillespie, Top Chef and Owner, Gunshow, Atlanta, GA
*Following this session, Kevin will be signing copies of his book, Fire in My Belly, available in the CatersourceStore!
3:45pm –5:00pm Crafted Menus For Craft Beer Kraig Torres, Chief Hop Head, Hop City Craft Beer and Wine, Atlanta, GA and Greg Shapiro, Chef/Owner, Tastebuds Custom Catering, Naples, FL
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