Episodes

Oct. 11, 2022

159: The Importance of Shared Meals at Events

On this episode of Eating at a Meeting, Tracy chats with Jennifer Squeglia CMP, principle at RLC Events, Inc. about what silver linings she sees that came from the pandemic throwing the industry in a tailspin. One of those is …

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Oct. 4, 2022

158: Finding Herself on the Personal Side of the Dietary Needs Regist…

Have you ever witnessed someone having an anaphylactic reaction? It is pretty scary. Tune into the next episode of Eating at a Meeting LIVE to learn what my good friend and event planner Heather Herrig, CMP recently experienced to put …

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Sept. 27, 2022

157: Saving Lives, Implementing Change, & Creating a New Standard for…

Meet the young entrepreneur — Zak Marks — who has lived with a severe nut allergy his whole life (24 years) and has created a company and product — Kitt Medical — "to save lives, implement change, and create a …

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Sept. 20, 2022

156: Event Safety: How it Relates to Food & Beverage

With airline medical kits not being fully stocked being in the news lately and it being Medic Alert Awareness Month, I wanted to talk event safety expert Alan Kleinfeld about what hashtag#MeetingProfs need to know. From hashtag#epinephrine to...

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Sept. 13, 2022

155: Food Trends, Emerging Brands & Disruptive Innovation

Do you believe your food and beverage purchases have an impact on the environment? Do you follow a diet or eating pattern (clean, plant-based, mindful, calorie-counting)? Do you seek out “natural” foods to avoid artificial ingredients? Do you...

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Sept. 6, 2022

154: Chatting About Food and Beverage with Eating at a Meeting Members

In this episode Tracy opens up the podcast to Eating at a Meeting followers to come on the show to chat about food and beverage. Nancy Sutta Burns and Lynne Wellish join her. Connect with Tracy: facebook.com/groups/EatingataMeetin om

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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May 19, 2022

137: Alpha Gal Syndrome - the "Meat Allergy"

Tracy talks with Amanda Warren, Director of School Nutrition in Virginia and a dedicated advocate for food allergy awareness. Together, they dive deep into her journey navigating Alpha-gal Syndrome, the tick-borne condition "meat allergy" 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 …

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