TOP 10
No. 1: Steve Easterbrook
MCDONALD'S CORP.
No. 2: Neal Aronson
ROARK CAPITAL GROU
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No. 3: Olivier Goudet
JAB HOLDING CO.
No. 4: Suzanne Greco
SUBWAY
No. 5: Gene Lee
DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC.
No. 6: Lynsi Snyder
IN-N-OUT BURGER
No. 7: J. Patrick Doyle
DOMINO'S PIZZA INC.
No. 8: Amanda Cohen
DIRT CANDY
No. 9: Aziz Hashim
NRD CAPITAL
No. 10: Dara Khosrowshah
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EVOLVERS
Andrew & Peggy Cherng
PANDA RESTAURANT GROUP
John Dillon
DENNY'S CORP.
Sam Fox
FOX RESTAURANT CONCEPTS LLC
Kevin Hochman
KFC US
Lisa Ingram
WHITE CASTLE
Danny Meyer
UNION SQUARE HOSPITALITY GROUP
PLANT FORWARD
Steve Heeley
VEGGIE GRILL
J. Clifford Hudson
SONIC DRIVE-IN
Kimbal Musk
THE KITCHEN
James Park
GARBANZO MEDITERRANEAN FRESH
TECH LEADERS
Noah Glass
OLO
Stacy Peterson
WINGSTOP
Howard Schultz
STARBUCKS
Elizabeth Smith
BLOOMIN' BRANDS INC.
TASTEMAKERS
José Andrés
THINKFOODGROUP
Maneet Chauhan
CHAUHAN ALE AND MASALA HOUSE
Katina & Kyle Connaughton
SINGLETHREAD
Jordan Kahn
VESPERTINE AND DESTROYER
Dale Talde
THREE KINGS RESTAURANT GROUP
Christina Tosi
MILK BAR
ONES TO WATCH
Wan Kim
SMOOTHIE KING
Denny Marie Post
RED ROBIN GOURMET BURGERS INC.
Justin Rosenberg
HONEYGROW
Brett Schulman
CAVA GROUP INC.
Kelli Valade
CHILI'S GRILL & BAR
HEAVYWEIGHTS
Paul Brown
ARBY'S RESTAURANT GROUP
Sandra Cochran
CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE
Greg Creed
YUM! BRANDS INC.
Tilman Fertitta
LANDRY'S INC. AND LANCADIA HOLDINGS
Kurt Kane
THE WENDY'S CO.
Wyman T. Roberts
BRINKER INTERNATIONAL INC.
Daniel Schwartz
RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC.
INFLUENCERS
Gerry Fernandez
MULTICULTURAL FOODSERVICE & HOSPITALITY ALLIANCE
Hattie Hill
WOMEN'S FOODSERVICE FORUM
Tim Ryan
THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA
Dawn Sweeney
NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION
THE COMPETITION
Jeff Bezos
AMAZON
Joseph DePinto
7-ELEVEN
Chris Gheysens
WAWA
Rodney McMullen
KROGER CO.
