It's that time of year again. Each year, we strive to equip restaurant owners with the resources they need for a successful new year. What better way to stay on top of things than to follow this list of restaurant experts – the owners, chefs, and writers who are shaping the industry? 2017 saw a paradigm shift for many restaurants. Diners are still eating out, but their preferences have changed in many ways. Everything from the menu items they are demanding, to the ways they want to place orders, are new to many restaurant professionals. Restaurateurs, in order to stay on top, have been forced to respond – sometimes reactively. Following this list of restaurant experts will help you stay on top of the industry, and enable you to make proactive, positive decisions for your business. For the past two years, we've made lists for the Top 30 Experts and Top 35 Experts to follow, respectively. This year, we're upping the ante to include the 50 Best Restaurant and Food Experts to Follow in 2018. While you'll definitely see some familiar faces, read through the list and see if you can spot who's new this year. I believe their presence on your timeline will be most welcome. Additionally, these restaurant leaders must have been active on Twitter within the past month and have more than 1,000 followers. Their social reach must be great, and they must post excellent restaurant content about kitchen management, industry news, food, and/or restaurant marketing. The following is an alphabetical list, by first name, of the most knowledgeable professionals in the restaurant industry. Open up your Twitter account and be sure to follow these industry professionals for some great day-to-day restaurant insights! Award-Winning Chef, TV Personality, Cookbook Author, and Philanthropist Adam Goldberg
Editor-in-Chief, Drift and Ambrosia Data & Event Content Director, Nation's Restaurant News Food and Restaurant Blogger, Toast Food Writer, James Beard Award Winner CEO of Carson Hospitality Chef, Author, and Television Personality Chef Executive Editor, Modern Restaurant Management The Restaurant Specialist Food Writer, Nation's Restaurant News Chef and Restaurateur Former CEO, Popeyes® Louisiana Kitchen, Inc. Chef, Bach Kitchen Chef, Author, Television Personality, and Owner of Momofoku Milk Bar Host and Creator, The Sporkful Podcast CEO, Union Square Hospitality Group CEO/CO-Founder, That's Biz Advisory Group Senior Principal, Technomic Inc. The Restaurant Expert Food Writer, Boston Globe The Restaurant Coach™ Host, RestaurantUnstoppable Podcast Chef, Gordon Food Service Celebrity Chef, Restaurateur, and Television Personality Chef Editor, Restaurant Business Magazine Senior Vice President, National Restaurant Association Author and Chief Culinary Advisor, Serious Eats Owner, RunningRestaurants.com Celebrity Chef and Restaurateur Restaurant Social Media & Events Consultant Freelance Food and Restaurant Writer Editor-in-Chief, Nation's Restaurant News CEO and Founder, Sullivision.com Executive Editor, Restaurant Business Magazine Restaurateur and Chef Author and James Beard Award–Winning Chef Restaurant Reporter, Wall Street Journal Founder, Profitable Hospitality Executive Editor, Food Business News Managing Editor, Plate Magazine Chef and Restaurateur New York Food Blogger James Beard Award Winning Chef and Restaurateur, Television Personality CEO, Foodable Editor, Restaurant Business Online Senior Editor, Nation's Restaurant News Food & Restaurant Journalist, CNBC Boston Food Blogger Please note that with so many knowledgeable professionals in the restaurant industry, there's no way we could have fit everyone on this list. So let us know who we’re missing! Congratulations to everyone featured here, and good luck to the contenders next year! Who did you think were the most influential restaurant experts? Who would you add to the list? Leave a comment below! This article is compliments of Toast. As always, check out Restaurantsupply.com for all your restaurant needs.Making the List of 2018's Leading Food & Restaurant Experts
To be included on this list, one must be:
The Top 50 Restaurant Influencers
Aarón Sánchez
FOX's MasterChef / Author / Dad / mexiCAN
@AaronSanchez - Website
@alifewortheating on Instagram/Facebook and @lifewortheating on Snapchat.
@LifeWorthEating - Website
Alan Liddle
Data and event content director. At Nation's Restaurant News since 1984. Also, researcher for Supermarket News Top 75. Formerly: daily/weekly news; restaurants.
@AJ_NRN - Website
Allie Tetreault
Content Marketing Manager at Toast, Journalist, Blogger, Acapella alto, Wheaton College Grad. Entertainment Buff.
@aktetreault - Website
Allison Aubrey
NPR Correspondent, PBS NewsHour contributor, mom, aspiring yogi, lavender lover.
@AubreyNPRFood - Website
Andrew Carlson
On a mission to bring back the customer experience to restaurants in America. Restaurant Speaker. Author. CEO of Carlson Hospitality.
@andrew1110 - Website
Anthony Bourdain
Enthusiast
@Bourdain - Website
April Bloomfield
Holds a Michelin star at two restaurants.
@AprilBloomfield - Website
Barbara Castiglia
Executive Editor, Modern Restaurant Management. [email protected].
@bcastiglia44 - Website
Bradley Toft
The Restaurant Guy. Husband, Dad, and a work in progress. Risk Specialist at Newman & Tucker Insurance.
@BradleyToft - Website
Bret Thorn
Follow the adventures of a New York City food writer. Senior F&B editor, NRN & Restaurant Hospitality.
@FoodWriterDiary - Website
Bruce Irving
Founder SPM Marketing: The #1 Digital marketing platform for pizzerias | Speaker | Podcaster | Host of the top rated SPM Podcast : Family First
@Irvingmedia - Website
Cheryl Bachelder
Former Popeyes CEO focused on developing purpose-driven leaders who evidence competence and character in all aspects of their lives. Author of Dare To Serve.
@CABachelder - Website
Chris Hill
Leadership and Branding Restaurant Guy - Entrepreneur - Author + 2X TEDx Speaker. (Chris was also a guest on Toast's podcast, The Garnish! Listen here.)
@bachkitchen - Website
Christina Tosi
Hardbody for life.
@ChristinaTosi - Website
Dan Pashman
Creator/host of The Sporkful podcast at Stitcher and the Cooking Channel web series You're Eating It Wrong and The Snackdown. An eater, not a foodie.
@TheSporkful - www.danielboulud.com
Danny Meyer
CEO Union Square Hospitality Group. Founder Shake Shack. Always Setting the Table.
@dhmeyer - Website
Dave Gonynor
Helping restaurants, bars, and chains attract new customers and drive repeat visits.
@thatsbiz - Website
David Henkes
Global food/beverage industry trendwatcher, consultant, & connoisseur. Senior Principal at Technomic. Named 1 of top restaurant experts to follow in 2017.
@davidhenkes - Website
David Scott Peters
I own a coaching company teaching independent restaurant owners how to use systems to be successful and profitable. We offer coaching, workshops and software.
@RestaurantXpert - Website
Devra First
Boston Globe food writer and restaurant critic. Come for the rabbis, stay for the food.
@devrafirst - Website
Donald Burns
The Restaurant Coach™, industry expert at Foodable and Toast. Former USAF Pararescue. My motto: All business problems are really people problems in disguise.
@donaldburns - Website
Eric Cacciatore
Host, RestaurantUnstoppable Podcast. Successful hospitality professionals telling their stories of success and sharing their mentorship.
@EricCacciatore - Website
Gerry Ludwig
Representing Gordon Food Service through culinary research and development, restaurant trend tracking, food writing and public speaking.
@GFSChefGerry - Website
Gordon Ramsay
Check out an awfully British experience in the heart of London York and Albany this festive season.
@GordonRamsay - Website
Graham Elliot
Chef, Restaurateur, Cookbook Author, TV Personality
@grahamelliot - Website
Heather Lalley
Editor at Restaurant Business Magazine, new restaurant concepts. Medill + Washburne Culinary grad. Previously at Spokesman Review.
@flourgrrrl - Website
Hudson Riehle
National Restaurant Association - SVP, Research & Knowledge Group
@HudsonRiehle - Website
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
Stay-at-Home Dad. Author of The Food Lab. Serious Eats (NYC), Wursthall, and Backhaus (both San Mateo). Husband to Adriana. Feminist.
@kenjilopezalt - Website
Jaime Oikle
Owner, Restaurant Report and RunningRestaurants.com - Helping Restaurants Succeed and Profit
@JaimeOikle - Website
Jamie Oliver
The latest from Jamie Oliver HQ.
@jamieoliver - Website
Jean Lee
Restaurant PR + Social Media + Events | Food + Drink + Travel | NYC Native
@jeaniusNYC - Website
Jenna Broughton
Made in Florida. Former American Idol auditionee. Onetime sweepstakes winner. Freelance writer covering impact of tech & policy on food & agriculture.
@JennaBroughton - Website
Jenna Telesca
Editor-in-Chief of Nation's Restaurant News. News tips? [email protected]
@JennaTelesca - Website
Jim Sullivan
All about restaurant & retail Leadership Strategy at Sullivision.com Author: Multiunit Leadership & The Fundamentals. Speaker, Writer, Omnivore, Dad, Lad, Grad.
@Sullivision - Website
Jonathan Maze
Executive Editor with Restaurant Business Magazine. Egghead. Married up to Haila Maze. Opinions pre-approved by a blue ribbon panel of experts.
@jonathanmaze - Website
Jonathan Waxman
Chef and owner of Barbuto & Jams NYC, Adele's Nashville and Brezza Cucina Atlanta
@chefjwaxman - Website
José Andrés
When they go low, we go high...
@chefjoseandres - Website
Wall Street Journal restaurant reporter, mom of three. LA via Chicago via Denver. Hiking, running, West Coast rap.
@juliejargon - Website
Ken Burgin
Helping restaurants, cafes, clubs & hotels to be more profitable - marketing, management, cost-control, training, staff. Plus the Profitable Hospitality podcast.
@KenBurgin
Keith Nunes
Food, like most things, is best when left to its own simple beauty.
@FoodBizNews - Website
Liz Grossman
Managing Editor of PlateMagazine, co-founder of Between Bites and Instagram curator of nail and food art.
@elizabites - Website
Marcus Guiliano
Food Activist, Professional Speaker, Eco-Lectic Restaurateur, Restaurant Consultant, Health Nut, Ultra-Marathoner, Raw Food Lover, Craft Beer & Wine Snob.
@1ChefonaMission - Website
Michelle Williams
The voice of Coffee And Champagne. I explore and create food and share my faves so you know what to eat next
@coffeeandchamps - Website
Ming Tsai
Chef/Owner-Blue Dragon, Exec Producer/Host-Simply Ming and President-National Advisory Board Family Reach. Food is simple, make it tasty! (Ming was also a guest on Toast's Podcast, The Garnish! Listen here.)
@mingtsai - Website
Paul Barron
CEO, editor in chief, Exec Producer of Foodable, the largest digital network in food. Founder FastCasual, Author of The Chipotle Effect
@paulbarron - www.rickbayless.com
Peter Romeo
Editor at Large for RestaurantBusinessOnline.com and FoodServiceDirector.com. Covering the restaurant industry since 1984
@PeterRomeo - Website
Ron Ruggless
Senior editor at Nation's Restaurant News | Roughly 60% water (results may vary)
@RonRuggless - Website
Sarah Whitten
Journalist at CNBC covering food, restaurants, consumer products, toys and entertainment | cat lady, gif linguist & nerd.
@sarahwhit10 - Website
Tiffany Lopinsky
A Bostonian documenting my eats in the city!
@Boston_FoodiesWebsite
The 50 Best Restaurant Experts and Chefs to Follow in 2018
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