During the pandemic it seemed everyone was making their own sourdough staarter and banana bread from scratch.  Or maybe your pandemic food experience was all about deciding between Door Dash or Uber Eats.  As meetings and events come back to life, how can you deliver an exciting experience for your guests? What are the hot food trends for 2023 and beyond?  This session will include over-arching food trends as well as individual food items to include in your menu planning.

Learning objectives include:

• Gain understanding of the current trends in the food service industry.
• Learn how to incorporate food items into your meeting menus to satisfy the most common dietary preferences and restrictions.
• Identify what beverages are trending and what the future holds.
• Learn what decor and design trends are leading the events industry.

Introduction by: 

Marianne Schmidhofer

Director, Meeting and Convention Services

Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau

Presenter:

Melissa Milione, CMP, CPCE

Corporate Director of Events

Hyatt Hotels & Resorts

Melissa supports the colleagues who sell and coordinate catering and conference services for all of Hyatt’s full-service hotels in the Americas. In addition, she is responsible for developing and executing training, delivering innovative technology to support events and developing talent.