Michael Kann

Global Culinary Strategy & Development Lead, Google | Cambridge, MA

Michael Kann is global culinary strategy and development lead for the Google Food Program, engaging in developing strategic organizational elements that bring the Food at Google’s culinary point of view to life and supporting a culture of food innovation, sustainability, quality, and productivity aligned with the Global Food Team’s objectives. With over four decades as a culinarian, Michael has a breadth of culinary experience spanning from vegetarian cooking in the 80’s to high end restaurants and hotels in the 90’s, moving on as a chef instructor, and then launching into the 21st century in airline catering, collegiate foodservice, and corporate dining. The guiding light through all of this has been “Flavor Rules”. After getting his associate degree in culinary arts at the New England Culinary Institute (1990), Michael went on to complete a Bachelor’s of Liberal Arts at Harvard University (2005), then completed his MBA at Boston College, Carroll School of Management (2018). (Cambridge, MA)