Eating at a Meeting
Tracy Stuckrath, CFPM, CMM, CSEP, CHC
Eating at a Meeting explores a variety of topics on food and beverage (F&B) and how they impact individual experience and inclusion, sustainability, culture, community, health and wellness, laws and more.
The mission of Eating at a Meeting is to share authentic stories that illustrate the financial, social, emotional, and mental impact food and beverage have on individuals, organizations, and the earth. I see it being threefold:
● Help individuals and organizations understand how F&B
impacts employee, customer and guest experience, the
planet and the bottom line.
● Help those growing, producing, preparing, and serving
F&B understand the duty of care they hold in food safety
and inclusion as well as the opportunity they have to
create experiences that are safe and inclusive.
● Support those with dietary needs by gathering their
insight on eating at a meeting with dietary needs,
helping them better advocate for themselves and
educating them on the processes found on the other
side of the kitchen door.
The mission of Eating at a Meeting is to share authentic stories that illustrate the financial, social, emotional, and mental impact food and beverage have on individuals, organizations, and the earth. I see it being threefold:
● Help individuals and organizations understand how F&B
impacts employee, customer and guest experience, the
planet and the bottom line.
● Help those growing, producing, preparing, and serving
F&B understand the duty of care they hold in food safety
and inclusion as well as the opportunity they have to
create experiences that are safe and inclusive.
● Support those with dietary needs by gathering their
insight on eating at a meeting with dietary needs,
helping them better advocate for themselves and
educating them on the processes found on the other
side of the kitchen door.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Sep 3, 2020 • 44min
3: What Equal Access for Food Allergic & Celiac Guests Means
What does equal access look like for those with disabilities, including those with medically-necessary dietary needs (food allergies, celiac disease, cancer) mean for meeting planners and food service providers? Mary Vargas talks about culture misconceptions about having a disabiliity...a major life impairment. She wants everyone to know they have a right to equal access. How to create a safe, inclusive and "like" food and beverage experience? It does mean someone sits a room with nothing to eat while everyone else eats. Mary Vargas is an attorney who does nationwide impact litigation on behalf of individuals with disabilities including those with food allergies, celiac disease, and non-celiac gluten sensitivity. She is a founding partner at Stein & Vargas, LLP. www.steinvargas.com www.facebook.com/steinvargasllp/ https://www.allergicliving.com/2020/02/26/student-with-celiac-sues-university-over-gluten-filled-meals/?fbclid=IwAR0lpKWo-veIzNG7iC0-i69AHxguUxHxo03lEOdOYEeXDwcCGoXDNO5qWlo
Sep 1, 2020 • 58min
2: Food Safety - What do Meeting Planners Need to Know?
At the "onset" of COVID-19 shut-down, Tracy chatted with Ben Chapman, food safety specialist, extension specialist and professor at North Carolina State University on what and how meeting organizers should be concerned about as it relates to food safety in general and with the coronavirus. From cleaning and sanitizing, seating, service methods (everyone touching the tongs), standard operating procedures, time and temperature control, food sourcing, health inspection scores and more, Ben spends almost 55 minutes sharing his insights on how to be and provide a safe food and beverage experience. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-chapman-22539058/ https://cals.ncsu.edu/agricultural-and-human-sciences/people/bjchapma/ https://www.barfblog.com/ https://www.barfblog.com/infosheets/
Aug 27, 2020 • 36min
1: Food Allergy: A Real World Perspective on What they are and what its like to live with them
If you don't have a food allergy, you might feel imposed upon for a meal, an hour, a day a few days, preparing a meal for your guest, employee or family member. Those with food allergies don't get weekends. Don't get nights off. Food allergies don't go on vacation. "This is life." And so it makes living day to day very different having to manage the condition. Erin Malawer, Executive Director of AllergyStrong, CEO of Allergy Health, and founder of the blog Allergy Shmallergy talks about how she does it all the time, no matter where her family is, no matter where they go and how she is helping other individuals and families like hers, as well as the medical community, understand how their patients live with the diagnosis. Website - www.allergystrong.com
Aug 27, 2020 • 12min
Welcome to Eating at a Meeting
Tracy Stuckrath launches the Eating at a Meeting podcast, explaining how she got here and what she will focusing on with the interviews and information provided in each show. Through authentic stories that illustrate the financial, social, emotional, and mental impact food and beverage have on individuals, organizations, and the earth, Eating at a Meeting will explore a variety of topics on food and beverage (F&B) and how they impact individual experience and inclusion, sustainability, culture, community, health and wellness, laws and more.
