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The Turover Straus Group cultivates a unique environment where marketing, food technology and culinary expertise interacts throughout the development process to yield breakthrough food innovations. We leverage our real-world experience at food companies, agencies, restaurants and consulting firms, applying it to daily innovation disciplines for dozens of food categories in a given year.

Name: Alan Turover

Discipline: Food Science

Specialty:Strategic and International Technology Management

History: VP Product Development - Kraft Foods; VP, Research & Development - Dole Foods; Nestle

Patents: Rapid Drying Techniques, Microwave Processing, Mushroom Processing

Name: Bob Hendrickson

Discipline: Creative Culinary

Training: Culinary institute of America, Hyde Park, NY; Marriott's Management Training

Experience: Fine Dining Resorts & Clubs; Banquets & Catering; Healthcare & B&I

Certifications: American Culinary Institute

Name: Tim Straus

Discipline: Marketing Strategy

Specialty: Food Innovation

History: Advertising

Speaker: IDDBA, NGA, AMI, Prepared Foods New Products Conference, Stagnito’s Obesity Summit

News: Food Technology, Muscle & Fitness, Meat Marketing, Meat Processing

Name: Ray Stopczynski

Discipline: Creative Culinary

Training: Apprenticeship with Chef Marcel Bonetti

Experience: Hemingway's Blue Water Cafe; Rye Bread & Apple Cor

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