More than 200 chefs, restaurant owners and staff from around the country met in Houston this week for a policy conference to discuss how they could play a role in advocating for food security, sustainability and support for restaurant workers.
Ping Ho of Detroit and owner of Marrow, center, and others participate in a discussion titled conservation and sustainability during the Chef Action Summit hosted by James Beard Foundation at the University of Houston Hilton, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, in Houston.More than 200 chefs, restaurant owners and staff from around the country met in Houston this week, but it wasn't to talk about food or sample the local restaurant scene.
"There's real leadership in this town around great food and food system change, so it felt like a nice synergy," said Anne McBride, the foundation's vice president of programs. Participants also heard from Chris Williams, owner of Lucille's in the Museum District. While Houston has, Williams told the Houston Chronicle he wanted the conference to generate policies to fight food insecurity that go beyond what he called Band-Aids, such as distributing food.
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