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Arrival and check-in
Location: The Guild Properties (Guild East 6th at The Arnold, The Indie, and The Corazon)
Attendees arrive and check in to the Guild Hotel (or other accomodations)
5-7 PM
Welcome Reception
Location: Barzon at Takoba (1411 E 7th St, Austin, TX 78702)
Light apps provided, cash bar.
Agenda
Time zone: CST / Central Time
Sessions and speakers are subject to changes
Wed Sept 22nd
9:00am
Filo
Welcome
10 min
Welcome and Orientation
9:10am
Filo
Keynote
25 min
Opening
Welcome to the Summit
State of the shared kitchen industry in 2021
Ashley Colpaart - The Food Corridor
9:35am
Filo
Rapid-fire Talk
What to look for in a shared kitchen member
Zac Rheinberger - The Central Kitchen Cleveland
9:40am
Filo
Rapid-fire Talk
Consumer packaged goods
Cullen Gilchristt - Union Kitchen
The importance of building local food manufacturing
9:45am
Filo
Rapid-fire Talk
We Power Food
Sue Ellesworth
Piedmont Food Processing Center
How female founders are changing food
10:10am
Filo
Service Showcase
45 min
From the ground up
Experts talk about designing and building a shared use kitchen or digital food hall
Sylvan Juarez - Cedar Street Creative
Ralph Goldbeck - Kitchens to Go
Eben Altmann - B-More Kitchens
11:05am
Filo
Panel A
45 min
From dream to opening the kitchen door
Lessons learned from those that have done it
Kris Ohleth - Garden State Kitchen
Tom Murro - Chef Space
Bailey Foster - The Real Good Kitchen
11:05am
Filo
Panel B
45 min
Coming out of COVID
How kitchens are serving underserved communities in new ways
Cindy Borgwordt - Lincoln University Culinary Incubator
Joi Chevalier - Cooks Nook
Bill Seretta - Fork Food Lab
Nancy Williams - No More Empty Pots
12pm
Topia
Networking
60 min
NETWORKING LUNCH
1:00pm
Filo
Workshop A
40 min
Market your kitchen
Attracting farmers market vendors and others
Catt Fields White - Farmers Market Pros & Vendor 101
1pm
Filo
Workshop B
40 min
Onboarding members
How to build an onboarding process that works
Zac Rheinberger - The Central Kitchen Cleveland
Eric Hallman - Piedmont Food Processing Center
1:55pm
Filo
Fireside Chat
30 min
Fireside chat with Tyler Shin of Revolving Kitchen
Tyler Shin - Revolving Kitchen
Commissary kitchen and virtual food hall
2:25pm
Filo
Closing
10 min
Closing remarks and what to expect tomorrow
Ashley Colpaart - The Food Corridor
2:35pm
Topia
Networking
NETWORKING AFTERNOON COFFEE
Thu Sept 23rd
9:00am
Filo
10 min
Welcome & Announcements
9:10am
Filo
Fireside chat
30 min
Why you are the Future of Food
Mark Josephson - Castiron
Ashley Colpaart - The Food Corridor
How empowering food businesses with the right tools will form the future.
9:40am
Filo
Rapid-fire Talk
7 min
Building a shared use kitchen?
Sylvan Juarez - Cedar Street Creative
The top 5 questions to ask
9:47am
Filo
Rapid-fire Talk
7 min
Leveraging peer mentoring and industry coaches and a co-packing operation to support CPG companies
Jen Faigel - Commonwealth Kitchen
9:54am
Filo
Rapid-fire Talk
7 min
Between ServSafe and PCIQ training
Eric Hallman - Piedmont Food Processing Center
Shared kitchens focus in on food safety
10:05am
Filo
Service Showcase
40 min
Technology to the rescue!
Locks, access, and temperature control for a smarter kitchen
Barclay Friesen - RemoteLock
Cyrus Claffey - ButterflyMX
Joel Paprocki - Capital Kitchens
11:00am
Topia
Lunch & Learn
60 min
Lunch & Learn
Get all your kitchen liability and insurance questions answered
Chris Van Leeuwen - Veracity Insurance Solutions
12:00pm
Topia
Mentoring
85 min
Mentor Madness!
Your chance for some 1:1 time with our experts!
*This session requires a pre-summit registration for attendees. Limited spots available.
11:00am
Topia
Networking
150 min
NETWORKING LUNCH
1:30pm
Filo
Kitchen Tour
5 min
Kitchen 1
1:35pm
Filo
Kitchen Tour
5 min
Kitchen 2
1:40pm
Filo
Panel
45 min
Foodhalls
A trend whose time has come?
John Rife - East End Market
Naomi Maisel - La Cocina
Tyler Shin - Revolving Kitchen
2:30pm
Filo
Workshop
60 min
Readiness Rubric
Is your organization ready? Mapping strategy, capacity, partnerships, funding & more
Kathy Nyquist
Andrea Carbine
Sheree Goertzen
New Venture Advisors team
3:50pm
Filo
Fireside Chat
30 min
Fireside chat with David Crabill of Forrager
David Crabill - Forrager
Ashley Colpaart - The Food Corridor
The state of national cottage foods laws: what's next?
4:20pm
Filo
Closing
10 min
Closing remarks and what to expect tomorrow
Ashley Colpaart - The Food Corridor
4:30pm
Topia
Networking
NETWORKING AFTERNOON COFFEE
Fri Sept 24th
9:00am
Filo
10 min
Welcome & Announcements
9:10am
Filo
Demo
20 min
What's new with The Food Corridor?
Meet the TFC Gnomes
9:30am
Filo
Kitchen Tour
5 min
Kitchen 3
9:35am
Filo
Kitchen Tour
5 min
Kitchen 4
9:40am
Filo
Panel
45 min
Let's get down to business
Adam Kody - ACEnet Food Ventures Center
Eric Hallman - Piedmont Food Processing Center
Jen Faigel - CommonWealth Kitchen
Shared kitchens talk scaling up food processing, copacking, and meat production
10:35am
Filo
Service Showcase
40 min
Community powered?
Alternatives for delivery, virtual brands, ghost kitchens, and food trucks
Jon Sewell -Loco Coops
Nabeel Alamgir - Lunchbox.io
Dan Garblick - Roaming Hunger
11:45am
Topia
Networking
75 min
NETWORKING LUNCH
1:00pm
Filo
Workshop A
60 min
Deep Dive Workshop
Kitchen foundations: raising funds and starting your business
Ben Sloan - Tiny Drumsticks
1:00pm
Filo
Workshop B
60 min
Deep Dive Workshop
Building Food Incubation programs
Djenaba Johnson-Jones - Hudson Kitchen
2:05pm
Filo
Fireside Chat
30 min
Fireside Chat with Andrew Varnum & Kobla Asamoah
Andrew Varnum - Union Kitchen
Kobla Asamoah - Camius Ventures
Ashley Colpaart - The Food Corridor
The community economic impact of food & launching an accelerator for Black-owned food & beverage businesses.
3:00pm
Topia
Networking
NETWORKING AFTERNOON COFFEE
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