2025 TERROIR SPEAKERS
ABI BALINGIT
Baker & Author (USA)
CHRISTINE BEARD
Chef & Culinary Instructor (AB)
NED BELL
Chef, Sustainable Seafood Advocate, Speaker & Educator (BC)
EARL BRIONES
Chef, Food Writer & Filipino Food Advocate (Edmonton)
MANOELLA BUFFARA
Latin America's Best Female Chef 2022 & Award-winning Restaurateur (Brazil)
ELIZABETH CHORNEY-BOOTH
Food & Travel Writer (AB)
AMANDA COHEN
James Beard-nominated Chef & Michelin-starred Restaurateur (USA)
RUPERT GARCIA
Award-winning Filipino-Canadian Chef (Calgary)
TRINE HAHNEMANN
Chef, Food Writer & Danish Food Culture Personality (Denmark)
SHANNON JOSEPH
Chair, Energy for a Secure Future (AB)
JOIE ALVARO KENT
Food Writer, Author & Culinary Advocate (BC)
TRACY LITTLE
Chef, Restaurateur, & Forager (AB)
CALIN MANUEL
Certified Whisky Ambassador & Spirits Educator, Senior Activation & Engagement Manager at Breakthru Beverage (AB)
DENIS MANZER
Wild Forager & Fermentation Enthusiast (Calgary)
AMBER MACMULLIN
Bar Manager, Proof Cocktail Bar (AB)
MEGHAN MONK
Director of Specialists - Prairies Region, Sysco Prairies (AB)
HEATHER PEDHIRNEY
Operations Manager at River Café & Deane House (AB)
PAUL ROGALSKI
Award-winning Chef, Restaurateur, & TV Personality (AB)
SHAWN SOOLE
Award-winning Mixologist, Writer, Consultant, & Hospitality Podcast Host (BC)
RENÉE SUEN
Food & Travel Writer, Mid-USA & Mid-Canada Chair for The World’s 50 Best (ON)
KRIS TATEMICHI
Corporate Chef at Garland Canada (ON)
DYLAN WATSON-BRAWN
Gault-Millau Award Winning Chef, Restaurateur, & Farm to Table Advocate (Germany)