Derek Conlon
Group Culinary Innovation Manager at Keebak (KeePak), former chef turned strategic innovator working on product development with a focus on health and sustainability for large Irish agri-food brands.
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Dec 8, 2025 • 48min
588: Forecasting the future of flavour innovation
Derek Conlon, chef-turned-innovation lead at Keebak; Stephen Humphreys, hospitality culinary director in London; Audrey Crone, Unilever Food Solutions executive chef; Michael Kilkey, mycoprotein culinary head; Rory Boyce, stadium food executive chef. They explore borderless fusion, hot honey and sweet-spicy trends, mushrooms/fermentation and koji, hybrid proteins and microproteins, seaweed and creative upcycling of byproducts.
