As the event is virtual it means more TUCO members will be able to attend and add to their professional development. The 2021 conference theme is ‘The Road to Recovery’ after Covid and how to build back better.
TUCO chief executive Mike Haslin said: “Coming out of the crisis successfully, is going to require a combination of building a cultural norm of keeping each other safe as well as ourselves and building a people driven strategy that supports an economy that is the fulfilment of our society for everyone.
“As disruption in the catering and hospitality industry continues to cause more change than ever for employers and consumers, many leaders in catering, hospitality and the supply chain are looking for innovative techniques to come up with solutions to help smooth out the impact on their teams and processes.”
TUCO has sourced speakers who look at managing change and support teams through this process. The speaker line-up includes:
- Opening comments from TUCO chair Phil Rees Jones and chief executive Mike Haslin.
- The Technological Road To Recovery: The Access Group with industry experts Garry Collins, Sunny Rutherford and Lorna Wilcox.
- The Business Road to Recovery: Members of the 1st graduating cohort for the LSBU / TUCO Masters Degree will be showcasing their Hospitality Consultancy Report findings.
- Building back nutrition better: Sophie Egan; Menus of Change University Research Collaborative and the 24 Principles of the menus of change with Matt Tebbit; Reading University, Annabel Hurst; Cardiff University and Manish Shah; Kings College London.
This year's theme for the conference social event, as it coincides with the Olympics in Japan, is the "TUCyO Olympics"! It's an online social cook-along and after dinner games.
Ingredients for the 2 course cook-along are being provided by Ajinomoto and TUCO are hoping for some volunteers who would like to represent their countries in the after dinner games event.
The event is free for full TUCO members, visit here for more information.