Industry Support Webinars
To help navigate the challenges of COVID-19 the James Beard Foundation is hosting webinars to help provide resources for the hospitality industry and to better stay connected throughout difficult times.
Webinar Schedule
Tuesday, May 19: Global Considerations for Re-Opening Restaurants
As more and more states push small businesses to re-open, restaurant owners in the United States are having to make tough decisions about how and when to open their doors to customers. In this session, we’ll explore the challenges and opportunities facing chefs across the globe as they look toward re-opening. Moderated by Mitchell Davis, chief strategy officer of the James Beard Foundation, this discussion with Unilever Food Solutions chefs Joanne Limoanco and Gili Haim, Thitid "Chef Ton" Tassanakajohn of Bangkok's Le Du (number 20 on Asia’s 50 Best in 2019) and James Beard Award winner Sarah Grueneberg of Chicago's Monteverde will tackle health and safety considerations, the economics of re-opening, and best practices and resources for owners and operators.
Register here.
Thursday, May 21: Safety First—13 Guidelines to Shape Restaurant Re-Openings
Recognizing that restaurant owners and operators are struggling with the myriad rules, regulations, and guidelines around how to re-open their businesses, the Aspen Institute, World Central Kitchen, Off Their Plate, and the James Beard Foundation partnered to create the Safety First: Serving Food and Protecting People During Covid-19 guide. Join the lead author of the report, James Beard Award–winning journalist and Aspen Institute fellow, Corby Kummer , Smart Catch Leader Danielle Leoni, Tracy Chang, Chef/Owner of PAGU, Founding Chef Partner, Off Their Plate, Anna Bornstein of World Central Kitchen for a discussion moderated by Katherine Miller, vice president of Impact at the James Beard Foundation on why the guide was important, how it was compiled, ways the guide can be used to inform re-opening strategies around the country. A free copy of the Safety First guide is available here.
Information and Advocacy Toolkit
Have a suggestion for a webinar topic? Email impact@jamesbeard.org
For more information on what the James Beard Foundation is doing to support the hospitality industry during the COVID-19 crisis, click here.
We have also developed resources to support chef advocacy in response to the closures related to the COVID-19 outbreak. State and federal funding is necessary to support the many restaurants across the country that have been forced to close and their employees, and it will be needed to support reopening when the time comes.
With the support and feedback from chefs and culinary organizations across the country, the James Beard Foundation has created this advocacy toolkit to help the restaurant community advocate for the relief necessary for these small businesses to survive.
Past Open for Good Webinar Recordings
Food Producers in the Pandemic (May 14, 2020)
Ask the Experts about PPP (May 12, 2020)
Spirited Conversation—African/American: Making America's Table (May 1, 2020)
Restaurants to Relief Kitchens (April 30, 2020)
Food, Farms, and COVID-19: A Conversation with Rep. Chellie Pingree and Chef Abra Berens (April 29, 2020)
Off Premise, Online (April 28, 2020)
Updated Food Safety and Sanitation Guidelines (April 27, 2020)
Spirited Conversation—Red, White, and Quarantined (April 24, 2020)
HR Roadmap and Employee Welfare during COVID-19 (April 23, 2020)
Building a Path to Reopening (April 22, 2020)
The State of Food Journalism (April 21, 2020)
Culinary Cannabis (April 20, 2020)
Spirited Conversation: Tasting Rooms to Retail Shops (April 17, 2020)
Exploring the State of the Seafood Industry (April 16, 2020)
Motivation in Times of Crisis (April 15, 2020)
Cash Management and SBA Loans (April 14, 2020)
So You Want to Write a Cookbook? (April 13, 2020)
TikTok and Content Cooking for Chefs (April 9, 2020)
The Facts on SNAP and Food Access (April 8, 2020)
Understanding the CARES Act (April 7, 2020)
Retail Leases and Tenant Rights (April 6, 2020)
Spirited Conversation: At-Home Mixology (April 3, 2020)
Demystifying Government Relief (April 2, 2020)
Social Media during COVID-19 (April 1, 2020)
Intro to Sobriety Resources (March 31, 2020)
Insurance: The Facts for Restaurants (March 30, 2020)
Food industry responses to COVID-19. (March 17, 2020)
