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Making Waves in the Industry with Handcrafted Micro-Batch Hot Sauce

In this episode, we spoke with Jeff Davis, Owner of Island Son Canada, about how he creates top micro-batch hot sauces with top-quality ingredients. Jeff’s family is originally from Barbados, and that cuisine culture has been a major impact on Jeff’s life. He chose to create Island Son Canada by doing what he loves: producing…

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Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Packaging bringing Freshness and Shelf Life

In this episode, our guest speaker Larry Bell, Founder and CEO of Fresh Food Solutions, discusses how their technology is helping in the sustainability of the food management space. We also talked about how the cornerstone of his technology truly aspires to create a far more sustainable food supply chain throughout the whole spectrum of…

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How ‘Upcycled Food’ can pave the way for Industry Food-Waste reduction?

In this episode, Kerry Tam, President of Kwok Cheung Noodles, shares how he is experimenting and giving consumers with nutritious and tasty noodles. Kerry saw a critical vacuum in the food industry as part of his personal quest to assist address global hunger challenges and bring about general positive change in the world, both of…

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Creating Local Canadian Sourced Hot Sauces with Balance!

In this episode, Chris Raczkowski speaks with Haico Krijgsman, Owner/Operator of Haico’s Hot Sauce, about how he is helping consumers in navigating the Canadian-made Hot Sauce. Haico talked briefly about his background and how he got started in the hot sauce industry. He also explored the parallels between the spicy sauce and craft beer businesses….

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Autonomous Robotic Restaurants: Transforming the Future of Food Industry

Nipun Sharma, CEO & Co-Founder of SJW Food Robotics, Inc, talks about how robotic restaurant automation can be a game-changer in the food industry. Nipun gave a brief history of his background and how the SJW Robotics Food was created. We also talked about how the entire business model works and how they had a…

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Bringing the Louisiana Tradition of Fresh Roasted Coffee into the Modern Era

Bert Dumas, Owner of Maison Bertrand Food Company,  speaks about the history of fine food that began in 1931, bringing Louisiana traditions and culture to the present period by using aged recipes. Maison Bertrand manufactures high-quality Louisiana cuisine products. Bert also gave insights on his objective of producing a good quality product while also producing…

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Exploring the Future and Sustainability of Protein in Our Diets

In this episode, Pam Leinmiller speaks with Vikas Nair, Co-founder and Business Development Manager of True Choice Foods, Inc, about how they are creating a line of innovative products with nutrition at the forefront. He also discussed the necessity of sustainability in human diets and how larger protein levels might be included. Vikas also highlighted…

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Product Transparency and Accessibility in the Cocktail Industry

In today’s Future Food Cast, our guest speaker Jomaree Pinkard, Co-Founder and CEO of Hella Cocktail Co, speaks with our host Chris Raczkowski about how they started the promotion by redesigning the packaging, how transparency matters from the consumer’s perspective, and how they have been working with the community by building relationships. Jomaree began his…

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Redefining Sustainability with Good Food

In today’s Future Food Cast episode, our guest speaker is Puneeta Chhitwal-Varma, Founder of Maple and Marigold, who shared her ideas on how sustainability begins in the kitchen and how she is combating food waste. Puneeta came to Canada 20 years ago after having worked in India and the Middle East. The company name, Maple…

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Food & Beverage Concept to Commercialization

In today’s episode, Karen Cardona, Founder & CEO of True Leaves Consulting, talks with Chris Raczkowski about how she helps food entrepreneurs in creating and refining recipes from concept to commercialization. Karen has a long and successful history of working with other firms on food R&D for new product development, Quality Assessment, production planning, and…

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