Food & Beverage

Florida Restaurant Show 2026

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lorida’s premier hospitality event for restaurants, foodservice, and lodging. The Florida Restaurant Show offers three days of sourcing, learning, and connection, featuring hundreds of exhibitors, innovative products, and solutions shaping the future of the industry. Co-located with The Pizza Tomorrow Summit, the event includes a comprehensive education pro…

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27Voices
10Underwriters
4Exhibitors
19On the bill · sessions
33Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at Florida, in alphabetical order.
Alexis Quintal
CEO · Rosarium PR and Marketing Collective
Alison Anne
Leader · Restaurant Revolution
Benjamin Goldman
Private Chef/ Owner · The Burnt Chef Project
Brian Connors
Managing Partner · Connors Davis Hospitality, LLC
Brian Yormack
Managing Director and Owner · BAY Specialized Tax Services
Cameron Long
Co-Founder · Virnika
Colleen Silk
Founder/Creative Producer · The Burnt Chef Project
Daniel Contreras
Chef de Cuisine · Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park
Danny Riggs
Regional Sales Leader · Popmenu
Darren Dennington
Founder / Operator · Service With Style
Fred Stokes
Super Bowl Champion, Speaker, Author, Entrepreneur · LINT Brother, Inc.
Homan Taghdiri
Managing Partner · Invitus Hospitality
Kelsey Barnard Clark
Chef
Kevin Slaughter
CEO · Mailwise Solutions
Logan Whitehouse
Co-Founder and CTO · Virnika
Louis Perrotte
Judge · ACF
Luis Reyes
Culinary Specialist · Sysco West Coast Florida
Lyndsie Berens
Head of Marketing · Revmo
Mike Pitera
Pizza a Modo Mio
Reimund Pitz
Lead Judge · ACF
Rev Ciancio
Restaurant Chief Marketing Officer & Owner · Handcraft Burgers & Brew / Salad House
Rico Lunardi
Owner and Founder · Slice on Broadway

— and 5 more, by name unsung —

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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Catering, Foodservice & Events MagazineMedia Partner
Chefs Feeding KidsOfficial Industry Charity Partner
Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association
Restaurant Events LLC
Restaurant Events LLC.
Today's RestaurantMedia Partner
Today's Restaurant NewsMedia Partner
Total Food ServiceMedia Partner
Walk In TalkOfficial Podcast Partner
Walk-In TalkOfficial Podcast Partner
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The Programme

Selected from 19 sessions on the bill.
  • 10:00 AM

    Art of Autumn Cake Decorating Competition

    Welcome to the ACF Central Florida Chapter's 2025 Culinary Arts Competitions. These are ACF Sanctioned competitions which follow ACF Guidelines and will be judged by ACF Certified …

  • 1:00 PM

    How Do I Get Everyone to Care As Much As I Do?: The Keys to Effective (and Fun!) Leadership

    Ever felt like leadership is just one long ordeal of chasing people down for things? Or have you avoided taking on a leadership position because you just did NOT want to be the one…

  • 1:00 PM

    Scaling With Soul - How to Grow Your Pizza Brand Without Losing the Magic

    Every pizzeria dreams of growth — but scaling without a strategy can lead to lost quality, shaky culture, and a diluted brand. In this seminar, Rico Lunardi, owner of the award-win…

  • 11:00 AM

    Culinary Demo with Chef Daniel Contreras

    Join Chef Daniel Contreras as he prepares Hojaldra Tostada with Duck Black Garlic Adobo and Passion Fruit Salad

  • 11:00 AM

    Getting Down to the L.I.N.T.

    In any business, “image” is very important. We are all concerned about what our food products look like, what the decor of our restaurants look like, how our servers are presented.…

  • 11:00 AM

    Your Restaurant Marketing Questions Answered

    Restaurant marketing is much easier with the right tips, tricks, and tools. How do you get more people to find your restaurant when they search Google for what they crave? How freq…

  • 12:00 PM

    Grow Your Personal Brand Through Public Relations

    Learn how to build a powerful personal brand using proven PR strategies. Alexis shares actionable insights on media pitching, storytelling, and thought leadership to help entrepren…

  • 12:00 PM

    Social Media and How It Can Jumpstart Your Business

  • 12:30 PM

    Kelsey Barnard Clark Culinary Demonstration & Book Signing

    Join Chef Kelsey Barnard Clark as she prepares Korean BBQ Wings with southern style Oi Muchim ChowChow. Kelsey Barnard Clark is a chef, entrepreneur, lifestyle tastemaker, and co-s…

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 33 companies, parsed from the program.

33 companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
0All threespeak · spons · exh
8Sponsoringsponsor only
4Exhibitingexhibitor only
21Companies Speakingspeaker only
02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

56% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite519%
  • Founder / Owner933%
  • Director / Head of14%
  • Manager / Lead14%
  • Engineer · IC14%
  • Other roles1037%

Of 27 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01ACF3V
  2. 02Catering, Foodservice & Events MagazineSp·M
  3. 03Chefs Feeding KidsSp·O
  4. 04Florida Restaurant and Lodging AssociationSp
  5. 05Restaurant Events LLCSp
  6. 06The Burnt Chef Project3V
  7. 07Today's RestaurantSp·M
  8. 08Today's Restaurant NewsSp·M
  9. 09Total Food ServiceSp·M
  10. 10Walk In TalkSp·O
  11. 11Pizza CloudEx
  12. 12SkyTab by Shift4Ex
  13. 13TerraslateEx
  14. 14The Restaurant StoreEx
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
media partner4
40% of 10
official industry charity partner1
10% of 10
official podcast partner2
20% of 10
unspecified3
30% of 10