WEC18 SPEAKERS

Christine Couvelier

Culinary Concierge

Christine Couvelier is passionate about food. Christine is a Culinary Executive, an Executive Chef, and a Culinary Trendologist. As a global Culinary Trendologist, Christine uses her ‘culinary crystal ball’ for forecasting upcoming food trends. Christine is the past Executive Chef of President’s Choice, the Director of Culinary & Beverage/Executive Chef at Cara Operations, and the Chair of The Chef School of George Brown College. She worked on Global Innovation for Unilever and was the first Director of Culinary Strategy at Maple Leaf Foods, where she worked on the vision, design & construction of the ThinkFOOD! Centre. Currently Christine continues to educate, teach, and inspire her customers through her consulting company Culinary Concierge. At Culinary Concierge, she provides culinary solutions that assist clients in launching on-trend, on-time great tasting food products and menu items. What’s a Culinary Trendologist? Christine tours the Globe to taste what is coming next, cooking with chefs, attending food shows, visiting greenmarkets and gourmet retailers. She has developed her Trend Watch Report focusing on emerging, developing and existing trends, and she looks in her ‘culinary crystal ball’ at trends vs fads. It's all about Taste! Taste! Taste!

Presenting on the following days:

Sunday, June 3 | 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Meet the Taste Makers

Sunday, June 3 | 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Meet the Taste Makers