Join us at the Menus of Change
Leadership Summit
June 4-5, 2025 | Hyde park, ny
Want to highlight your organization’s efforts to reduce food waste at this year’s Menus of Change Leadership Summit?
Submit for a chance to win access to the CIA ProChef Plant-Forward Kitchen Training Program (Levels 1 and 2), a chance to receive free admission to the 2026 Menus of Change Leadership Summit, and admission to the 2026 ReFED Food Waste Solutions Summit!
Organizations are invited to submit their best repurposing solution for a competition culminating at the 2025 Menus of Change Leadership Summit. Awards will be announced at the Summit’s conclusion; participating organizations will be recognized.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
❧ Institute a repurposing strategy (from 1 site to organization-wide)
❧ Track the impact of the strategy for a two week period (before April 30th) using this impact tracking reference guide
❧ Tell us your story - Organizational representatives can fill out this form and include a picture of your solution in action along with supporting documentation, where applicable (submit one idea at a time). Learn more about the competition here.
“Compass Group chefs and Registered Dietitian Nutritionists have seen tremendous value in our participation in Menus of Change each year since the inception. We have been inspired to take action in all of our businesses to create environmentally friendly menu options that promote both personal and planetary well-being in a business savvy way.
It’s a MUST attend conference for teams!”
Menus of Change®: The Business of Healthy, Sustainable, Delicious Food Choices
This ground-breaking initiative from The Culinary Institute of America and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health works to realize a long-term, practical vision integrating optimal nutrition, public health, environmental stewardship and restoration, and social responsibility concerns within the foodservice industry and the culinary profession.
Menus of Change Leadership Summit
Schedule
The 2025 Menus of Change Leadership Summit is a two-day in person program at The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY. The thirteenth edition of this CIA leadership program featured high-impact, interactive, and educational content along with delicious meals and valuable networking on June 4-5, 2025.
presenters
Our 2025 summit will gather business leaders, scientists, chefs, and other food systems experts who will spark conversations about sustainability and personal wellness, and will arm you with strategies to accelerate the changes our industry, and planet, need to survive.
webcast
Watch videos of all General Sessions from the 2024 leadership summit to get a taste of what to expect at this year’s exceptional event, June 4th-5th, 2025.
Plant-Forward Kitchen
The Plant-Forward Kitchen includes an evolving set of resources to advance plant-forward culinary strategies.
Resources
Plant-Forward by the numbers
A CIA-Harvard collaboration, this report aggregates health, environmental, consumer, and business data from just before the outbreak of COVID-19, and has all the data you’ll need to make the business case for building future menu directions in your organization around these imperatives.
2024 Plant-Forward opportunity
This annual report, now in its fourth year, confirms that the macro trend of plant-forward and flexitarian eating are still very much alive and shaping consumer preferences in 2024.
six lessons from the pandemic
Critical lessons from the COVID-19 health crisis that can inspire how we think about the future of food and opportunities for the restaurant and foodservice industry.
Repurpose with a Purpose
Over a 12-week period, ~40 leaders from nine MCURC institutions came together for a research sprint to exchange learnings and develop best practices for reducing food waste through the power of creative repurposing, all while maintaining a plant-forward focus and supporting the Menus of Change Principles.