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Category: Education & Discovery

  • Nov 21, 2017

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    Business of Food, Education & Discovery, Foodtech

    Can Bayn’s Alt-Sugar Tech Beat Out Big Sugar?

    The Swedish company tackles the entire process of sugar reformulation, not just the ingredients.

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  • Nov 16, 2017

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    Education & Discovery, Podcasts

    Podcast: Christopher Kimball Says Recipes Aren’t Dead

    Last month, celebrity chef, Tyler Florence, proclaimed on-stage at our Smart Kitchen Summit that “recipes are dead.” Well, Christopher Kimball of Milk Street took issue with that, and on podcast discussion he says Florence is “dead wrong.” Kimball believes that recipes are still necessary to teach people technique and that printed cookbooks, despite Florence saying…

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  • Oct 16, 2017

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    Education & Discovery, Reviews

    Scripps Network Targets Hungry Millennials with Multiplatform Genius Kitchen

    Scripps Networks shows off its curation chops with the launch of its new multiplatform channel, Genius Kitchen. This venture is a collection of personality-driven cooking shows, with a touch of viewer interaction thrown in for good measure. Wrapped around a weekly pop-culture take on food news, hosted by the bubbly duo of Akilah Hughes and Mike Lockyer,…

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  • Sep 15, 2017

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    Connected Kitchen, Education & Discovery, Foodtech, Interfaces

    If Cooking Utensils Were Game Controllers, Would Millennials Cook More?

    We have a cooking crisis on our hands. At least that’s if you believe those who suggest Millennials are not mastering basic physical world skills – like cooking – as they wile away the hours staring at screens. While surveys, including our own, have shown that Millennials are in fact cooking, there’s no doubt they…

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  • Sep 11, 2017

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    Connected Kitchen, Education & Discovery, Internet of Food, Next-Gen Cooking, Robotics, AI & Data

    Visual Search Holds Great Promise for the Future of Food

    The fruits of advances in visual search technology offer great promise for the future of food in a wide range of applications. Applying such technologies as computer vision, machine learning, artificial intelligence and the ability to delve deeply into tags and other metadata, innovators can build applications that can assist in identifying food properties. These…

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  • May 31, 2017

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    Connected Kitchen, Delivery & Commerce, Education & Discovery, Foodtech, Next-Gen Cooking, Robotics, AI & Data, Smart Kitchen Summit

    Calling All Startups: Apply To Pitch & Demo At 2017 Smart Kitchen Summit

    One of the best parts of attending the Smart Kitchen Summit is getting a front row seat to brand new technology and innovative products that are coming down the pipeline. The event’s startup showcase is now in its third year and invites all startups in the food tech and smart kitchen space to apply for…

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  • May 3, 2017

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    Education & Discovery

    Scripps Networks Buys Online Food Content Startup Spoon University

    Scripps Network acquires online food content platform Spoon University for an undisclosed sum to push further into the digital media space.

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  • Mar 17, 2017

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    Education & Discovery, Future of Drink

    Online Wine Clubs Shaking Up Industry

    How do you pick a wine?  If you’re like most, you might go by the look of the label or the wine ranking listed on the descriptor card.  But neither one really gives you any idea of whether you, personally, will like that wine. Now there’s a cure for that. Over the past 5 years there…

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  • Feb 20, 2017

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    Around The Web, Education & Discovery, Startups

    A Bittersweet Ending And New Beginning For KitchenBowl’s Waliany

    Last fall when I reached out to KitchenBowl founder Ryan Waliany about speaking at the Smart Kitchen Summit, he told me he was in the process of acquisition talks for his company, and because of the likelihood that he would be in the middle at the deal at the time, he would have to decline.…

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  • Feb 6, 2017

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    Around The Web, Education & Discovery, Future of Grocery, Startups

    Portable Cooling Technology Takes the Gold at Food + City Competition

    In keeping with the theme of supply chain innovation, Evaptainers, a company that offers low-cost, mobile, electricity-free units, took home the top prize at the 2017 Food + City Challenge.  The third annual event highlighting startups and innovation in food technology was held at McCombs School of Business, on the campus of the University of…

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  • Feb 1, 2017

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    Around The Web, Business of Food, Delivery & Commerce, Education & Discovery, Foodtech, Startups

    Food + City’s Third Challenge Competition Aims to Empower Changes in Food Ecosystems

    Food + City is an emerging voice to be reckoned with in the world of food tech. The organizations calls itself a “catalyst for supply chain innovation to improve how we feed cities.”  The process brings together visionary entrepreneurs to showcase their impactful ideas for creative solutions to the myriad issues facing the future of…

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  • Jan 25, 2017

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    Connected Kitchen, Delivery & Commerce, Education & Discovery, Foodtech, Next-Gen Cooking, Robotics, AI & Data, Smart Kitchen Summit

    Smart Kitchen Summit Is Back This October

    The Smart Kitchen Summit is back! We’re extremely excited to announce the third annual SKS will take place on October 10-11, 2017 at Seattle’s historic Benaroya Hall. That’s right, this year SKS will be two full days, featuring all that you’ve come to love about the industry’s must attend event focused on the future of cooking and the kitchen: Amazing Content:…

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