Annual Conference
Conference Session
2020-10-29
"Sensory of Taste - Why We Taste the Way We Taste"Key Areas: Nutrition
Session: Session A - Thursday, October 29th, 2020: 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
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Speaker(s): Josh Diekman - Corporate Executive Chef, Land O'Lakes
Objectives: The Land O'Lakes culinary center training is an exciting experience to engage participants to learn about flavors and to get a full appreciation on how we taste and eat food. Participants will nurture their knowledge of flavors/aromas and gain understanding of how to use this in practical applications beneficial to their program. The course goal is to send participants away with new innovative ideas, taking regional and national trends into consideration.
Description: This program will explore the human nature of taste & texture. Why does salt make things taste better? Why do people like certain foods while others don't? How do aromas affect your taste? What is umami anyway? Through sensory experiments, we will explore these questions and more.
Speaker Bio(s):
Josh Diekman - Land O'Lakes
Speaker Bio:
Josh Diekman, Certified Executive Chef through the American Culinary Association
Josh has worked as an executive chef, food & beverage director, business development manager national account manager and consultant and is now the Executive Chef for Land O Lakes. Chef Diekman has a unique view on flavors and is adapting his knowledge of food and beverage into the K-12 industry.
Certifications:
Certified Executive Chef, CEC, American Culinary Federation
Certified Culinary Administrator, CCA, American Culinary Federation
Josh has worked as an executive chef, food & beverage director, business development manager national account manager and consultant and is now the Executive Chef for Land O Lakes. Chef Diekman has a unique view on flavors and is adapting his knowledge of food and beverage into the K-12 industry.
Certifications:
Certified Executive Chef, CEC, American Culinary Federation
Certified Culinary Administrator, CCA, American Culinary Federation
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