Demo Theater

Culinary Demonstration & Educational Sessions

Sunday, August 28

11:00 am - 12:00pm - Tips for Marketing Food Products Online
Presented by Tayde Aburto, Co-Founder
Hispanic Chamber of E-Commerce

12:00 pm - 1:00pm - Culinary Demonstration and Tasting
Executive Chef Mark Peel, Owner Campanile, The Tar Pit

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm - Chef LaLa Homemade:
Cooking Demonstration and Food Sampling
Presented by Chef LaLa

2:00pm - 3:00 pm - Culinary Demonstration and Tasting
Presented by Lactalis Foodservice

3:00pm - 4:00pm - Mexican Beef and Mescal Tasting
Presented by MexBest

4:00pm - 5:00pm - Comali Food Sampling & Demonstration
Presented by Chef Denise Melgar de Vergara &
Juan Manuel Gomez Perez, Operations Manager of
Comali Foods of El Salvador

Monday, August 29

9:00am – 10:00am - Boom or BUST (Education Session for Exhibitors)
Panel Moderator: Joe Benites
The Benites Group, Inc

10:30am - 11:30am - 25 Ways the 2010 Census Is Going To Help the Latino Food Industry
Presented by Kirk Whisler of
Latino Print Network

11:30am - 12:30pm - Culinary Demonstration and Tasting
Executive Chef Brian Malarkey, Le Cordon Bleu Alumni, Owner Searsucker, Burlap, Bravo's Top1 Chef finalist

12:30pm - 1:30pm - Chef LaLa Homemade:
Cooking Demonstration and Food Sampling
Presented by Chef LaLa

1:30pm - 2:30pm - Culinary Demonstration and Tasting
based on formulas from Charcuterie, Sausages and Accompaniments by Fritz Sonnenschmidt CMC – Cengage-Learning; From Scratch preparation of Semi-emulsified Sausage (Beer Brat) and Full emulsified Sausage (Swiss Brat)
Certified Master Chef Fritz Sonnenschmidt

2:45pm - 4:00pm - A Conversation with Your Consumers
Presented by Ginger Zumaeta of
Verizon

4:00pm - 5:00pm - Culinary Demonstration and Tasting
Author Marlon Braccia, The Enlightened Cook: Protein Entrees

Tuesday, August 30

11:30am - 12:30pm - 25 Ways the 2010 Census Is Going To Help the Latino Food Industry
Presented by Kirk Whisler of
Latino Print Network