We hope you can join us for a high-energy, high-flavor, immersive culinary odyssey and series of strategic dialogues at the intersection of sustainability, health, and the future of American and global menus this spring in the Napa Valley. Flavor hunters welcome!


2024 Summit Tuition


Why Attend?

  • Come away with the inspiration, practical tools, and strategies to help drive your bottom line.

  • Learn how to infuse your menu with on-trend, craveable plant-forward choices.

  • Get hands-on experience led by invited guest chefs in a plant-forward kitchen.

  • Gain insights into winning menu strategies from more than 30 presenters and receive dozens of new globally inspired plant-forward recipes.

  • Tap into both tried-and-true and innovative techniques from global cuisines and cultures that have been plant-forward for centuries.

  • Network with like-minded culinary leaders and suppliers on how to design a future more focused on health, sustainability and deliciousness.


Who Should Attend?

If you are a foodservice professional or chef working for an independent or chain restaurant; college or university dining program or K-12 school food; contract foodservice company; hotel, cruise line, casino, resort, club; supermarket, grocery, convenience store (prepared foods division); corporate dining (B&I); private chef or caterer; or culinary educator at a K-12 schools or not-for-profit college or university, we encourage you to register to attend the Global Plant-Forward Culinary Summit.

If you work for a food or beverage manufacturer, association, and/or a supplier to the foodservice industry, please contact David Hattenbach (david.hattenbach@culinary.edu) for information on how you and your company can participate in the Global Plant-Forward Culinary Summit as general registration is not open to manufacturer/supplier representatives. We have many opportunities for sponsorship, which we would love to discuss with your organization. In order to stage programs like this, we depend on the support of organizations that recognize the value of these activities for the advancement of our industry.

Consultants to the Industry: If you are a consultant to any of the above foodservice sectors, we are pleased to offer a limited number of tickets for the program at a special consultant rate listed above. Please email si@culinary.edu for more information. Otherwise, we will be posting recordings of the general sessions to our website following the summit.

Students: We have a limited number of student registrations available at the discounted student rate listed above. To register as a student, you must be enrolled in a full-time degree program. If you are a student employed on a part-time basis, you must also meet the general registration eligibility requirements. To register under the student rate, select “Student” as your registration type. A student email address is required in order to be approved under this discounted rate.

If you are unsure which category your organization falls into, please email si@culinary.edu for more information.

Members of the media should contact Amanda Secor (Amanda.secor@culinary.edu) for information about media coverage and potential credentials.


Alumni of The Culinary Institute of America receive a special rate of 10% discount on registration in any category. To obtain the discount, include your graduation year and special discount code in the registration system. The code will be included in an alumni e-mail message when registration opens.

Group discounts: We are happy to offer a 10% discount to groups of 5 or more that register at the same time, with one form of payment. Please reach out to si@culinary.edu to submit your group registration request.

Discounts


Your registration may be transferred to a colleague within the same registration category for a $150 administrative transfer fee. 

Transfer Policy


  • Cancellations on or before January 31, 2024: Receive your registration fee refund minus a $225 cancellation fee

  • Cancellations made between February 1, 2024, and March 15, 2024: Receive a 50% refund on your registration fee

  • Cancellations made after March 15, 2024: No refunds or substitutions available

Unfortunately, there are no refunds or substitutions possible within 30 or fewer days (after March 15, 2024) before the start date of the summit.

This is due to the complex nature of workshop registration and meal planning that must take place in advance. We appreciate your cooperation and understanding in this matter.  Cancellation policies are "for any and all reasons."

2024 Cancellation Policy


Breakout session selection will open in March 2024. Information and instructions will be emails to registrants one week before registration opens.

Breakout Session Selection