Inaugural food expo to highlight smaller, local producers
people,” he says. “We’re a small company and we want to stay small and high quality. We don’t want to sell ourselves out to the point that we’re not producing (a product) we want to stand behind. So there’s a limit to what we can produce. And we’d love to expand to Las Vegas.” LEARN, DISCUSS, TOUR
In addition to the chance to glimpse and try trends-in-themaking and meet the people who produce their food, attendees will be treated to a series of lectures by celebrities and food experts. Former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman will kick things off Thursday with a discussion on the history of food in Las Vegas, and Robin Leach will discuss his experience building The Food Network on Friday morning. Other speakers will discuss sustainable seafood practices, women in the food industry and trends in produce.
Also available is a daylong tour of some important Las Vegas food spots. For an additional fee, a chartered bus will take the group to tour the specialty company Desert Meats, local food distributor Get Fresh, Three Square food bank and Tenaya Creek Brewery.
More details on the tour and all other events are available at VegasFoodExpo.com. Contact Al Mancini at amancini@reviewjournal.com. Follow @AlManciniVegas on Twitter.