Join this celebration to kick off the 2023 annual meeting! In addition to the keynote speaker, AOCS President Silvana Martini and AOCS President-elect Grant Mitchell will recognize Society Award winners.
Keynote presentation
How the Intersection of Science and Culinary Can Disrupt Food Categories
Chef Sébastien Canonne, M.O.F
Technology is bringing new, better, and sustainable foods. Celebrated food industry veteran, chef Sebastien Canonne, M.O.F will share his story, the parallel lives of culinary arts and science, and how greater collaboration between scientists and chefs can improve innovation. Join him to reimagine a culinarian food technology pathway to design Better For You Food and help Save The Planet.
Chef Sébastien is the recipient of some of highest awards and distinctions including the prestigious title of MOF; Meilleur Ouvrier de France, coach of the United States 2002 pastry world champion team, named 40 under 40 by Crain's Chicago business magazine, recipient of the Chair of the Académie Culinaire de France and of the American Culinary Federation Life Achievement Award, being inducted into the Chefs Hall of Fame by Dessert Professional magazine and the Chef Hall of Fame by the Chicago Culinary Museum. Chef Canonne has also been knighted by the French government in the Order of the French Legion of Honor, the Order of the Academic Palm, and in the World Order of the Académie Culinaire De France.
