Panelists & Chefs 2019 Chef Jeremiah Tower Culinary Pioneer Chef Barbara Lynch Chef / Owner – Barbara Lynch Collective Chef Grant Macpherson Chef / Owner – Scotch Myst Resort and Restaurant Consultant Chef Timothy Hollingsworth Exec Chef / Owner – Otium, Final Table on Netflix Chef Ali Bouzari Culinary Scientist / Co-Founder – Pilot R&D / Render Chef Gerard Bertholon Chief Strategy Officer – Cuisine Solutions Chef Claudette Zepeda-Wilkins Exec Chef / Partner – El Jardin Chef Francisco Migoya Head Chef – Modernist Cuisine Chef Drew Deckman Exec Chef / Owner – Deckman’s en el Mogor Chef Jamie Simpson Exec Chef Liaison – The Culinary Vegetable Institute Chef Barton Seaver Founder and Chief Education Officer, Barton Seaver- Coastal Culinary Academy Farmer Lee Jones The Chefs Garden Jessica Waite Restaurateur / President of the Berry Good Food Foundation Chef Davin Waite Wrench & Rodent Seabasstropub Fish Monger Tommy Gomes Catalina Offshore Products Andrew Friedman Author: Chefs, Drugs and Rock & Roll / Podcaster: Andrew Talks to Chefs Chef Phillip Frankland Lee Chef / Owner - Scratch Restaurants LLC Chef Rainer Zinngrebe Global Vice President, Culinary Marriott International Luxury Brands Chef Dan Kish Founder Food-Fixe Chef AJ Schaller Executive Chef at CREA Chef Brian Redzikowski Kettner Exchange Chef Brian Malarkey Herb & Wood Chef Keith A. Lord Director & Mastermind of Culinary The Wild Thyme Company Chad Minton Founder of TrueCooks Farmer Paul Greive Pasturebird Chef Marco Maestoso Chef / Owner - Maestoso Chef Bruce Hill Chef / Partner - Zero Zero, Picco, Pizzeria Picco Chef David Skinner Eculent Chef Roy Villacrusis Gaijin Asiatic Cuisine Chef Nyesha J. Arrington Los Angeles Chef Chef Jule Vranian Sweet Jules Gifts Chef Steven Vranian Gianni's Steakhouse Chef Mark Gaier M.C. Perkins Cove Chef Clark Frasier M.C. Perkins Cove Chef Karlo Evaristo Adia Supper Club Chef Jared Ventura Adia Supper Club Chef Jason Niederkorn Sands Hotel and Spa Chef DJ Tangalin Maya Eatery Chef Michael Poompan Ritz Carlton, Denver Chef Hanis Cavin Porchetta Shack Chef Benjamin Udave Executive Chef - Market Lead, Pacific Sysco Los Angeles Chef Erik Aronow Executive Pastry Chef - Puesto Chef Rachelle Boucher The Flavor Agent, Culinary Program Developer, and Appliance Whisperer Jennifer Bushman Route to Market, LLC Charissa Melnik Partner - San Junipero Productions Chris Cumming Senior Sales Manager - Pacifico Aquaculture Julie Kuchepatov Fairtrade USA Seafood Hazel Hernandez-Supple Harvester / Owner - Pacific King Inc Neil Doherty Sr. Director Culinary Development - Sysco Corporation Shevis Shima Senior Vice President, Sales - Santa Monica Seafood Troy Johnson Food Writer - San Diego Magazine