We just added a few videos from our last ICCA Summit in Portland, Maine as a preview showcasing the quality of educational programming for our upcoming ICCA Summit in Nashville from June 26 – 29, 2016. Most ICCA members say, “once you attend the ICCA Summit you will be addicted for life”. We feature the best trend experts in the industry, interesting entrepreneurs and of course introduce you to the best rising star chefs in the country. Watch the videos we just created including Technomic President Darren Tristano’s titled “Trends Driving Tomorrow’s Success” where he talks about the importance of customization and how your menu needs to tell a story. 
Melissa Kelly’s inspiring life story is also captured on video at our event. She shares how she created one of the nation’s first “Farm Restaurants” – her first Primo restaurants is on a farm that supplies most of her ingredients. She opened Primo, a restaurant on a farm in Rockland, Maine 15 years ago and it lead to two more successful restaurants in JW Marriotts in Orlando and Tuscon. At the ICCA Summit you will also learn about very unique ingredients like when we learned about kelp farming from Paul Dobbins, President of Ocean Approved the largest kelp farm in the USA. This video was just posted on our video section of this Website. The entrepreneur featured in our video from the Portland Summit is Linda Bean, heir to LL Bean who decided her time was better spent promoting and preserving the Maine lobster industry. Go to ICCA Videos to see these new videos and other educational programming featured at the annual ICCA Summits. Don’t miss the 14th ICCA Summit in Nashville from June 26 – 29, 2016. For complete details on this year’s event go to 14th ICCA Summit.