- We're actively involved in food industry organizations

We're actively involved.

We take an active role in food industry organizations and have worked with major culinary schools including the Culinary Institute of America and Kendall College. Groups we support include:

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Strategic alliances.

We have friends in all the right places. Over the years we've built strong relationships with specialists in many areas. We often partner with these industry leaders to provide expertise and services that go far beyond what most agencies are able to offer.

Charlie Baggs

President/Executive Chef, Charlie Baggs, Inc.
Charlie Baggs, Inc. is a valuable strategic alliance partner for culinary support. CBI supports the Agency in product and flavor development, innovation brainstorming, / gold-standard recipe development and testing, trade show support, key account presentations, research and other culinary related programming. Chef Baggs provides hands-on culinary support for many of the leading brands in the foodservice industry.

Conor Cunneen

Major brand marketer, Author, Keynote Speaker
Conor is an internationally recognized humorist, author and motivational speaker who has entertained, educated and informed audiences on marketing, strategy and leadership. / Conor has senior level experience running companies on the global level and is responsible for providing insights on the Agency's international marketing initiatives.

Tom O'Brien

Principal, O'Brien Culinary Communications
O'Brien Culinary Communications specializes in food industry services including public relations, event management, strategic marketing plan development, copywriting and recipe concept development. / Tom is currently a contributing writer to Restaurant Business magazine and is an Adjunct Instructor at Kendall College in Chicago, where he teaches a course in Foodservice Public Relations.

Claudia Sutherland

President, When the Mood is Food
Claudia is a nationally recognized culinary expert, television spokesperson, event planner and designer. / This premier culinary consulting organization offers multiple services including insights on consumer foods, foodservice and manufacturing. When the Mood is Food provides the Agency with strategic and trend-driven information that helps build our clients' businesses.

Gene Topper

Principal, Strategic Research Partners
SRP is a full service company that develops research customized to the specific needs of clients. Gene has over 25 years of experience in the marketing research industry, / including all forms of qualitative and quantitative methods from new product development through communications strategy development and tracking.