Make plans to join the Southern Foodways Alliance in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Sunday, October 27 and Monday, October 28, for our 27th Southern Foodways Symposium.
SFA will weave together engaging talks, great food, compelling films, and thought-provoking conversations. They'll tell stories of the people who power our restaurants, asking, who serves the restaurant and whom does the restaurant serve?
Their roster of speakers and chefs includes Kat Kinsman, executive features editor at Food & Wine and Tinfoil Swans podcast host; Dr. Blair LM Kelley, director of UNC’s Center for the Study of the American South and author of Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class; Khushbu Shah, a writer and contributing editor at Food & Wine; and Cheetie Kumar, chef, indie rocker, and restaurateur, just to name a few.
Through film, they'll celebrate our Egerton, Keeper of the Flame, and Lifetime Achievement award winners. And they'll spotlight some of the organizations working across the South and beyond to improve working conditions and to meet critical needs for restaurant workers.
Symposium tickets are on sale now.
For those booking travel, please note that the symposium begins with registration on Sunday, October 27 from 9:30-11 a.m. The symposium will conclude following Monday night’s supper.