Celebrity Chef Robert Irvine to Speak at FSTEC NexGen

SCOTTSDALE, AZ–(Marketwired – Jul 8, 2013) – FSTEC NexGen today
announced that Robert Irvine, celebrity chef and restaurateur will
deliver an opening keynote focused on the shift of the
restaurant/bar industry to a paperless infrastructure. FSTEC
NexGen, the industry’s only all-inclusive technology education and
networking event, will be held September 22-24 at Talking Stick
Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona. Irvine’s keynote address, presented
by Comcast Business, will take place at 8:00 a.m. on Mon.,
September 23.

“Operators who excel in today’s competitive marketplace
seamlessly marry culinary, service and technology. Much like a
doctor, Robert Irvine assesses restaurants with his take-charge
attitude to improve efficiencies across an organization,” said Rob
Grimes, FSTEC’s Chairman and CEO. “We are excited for him to
kick-off FSTEC to share his vision for the industry and get an
insider’s view on how to leverage technology to better serve
guests.”

With more than 25 years in the culinary profession, Chef Irvine
has cooked his way through Europe, the Far East, the Caribbean and
the Americas, in hotels and on the high seas. As the host of one of
the Food Network’s highest-rated shows,
Restaurant: Impossible, Irvine saves struggling
restaurants across America by assessing and overhauling their
weakest spots. Irvine was previously the host of Food Network’s
Dinner: Impossibleand
Worst Cooks in Americaand continues to own and operate two
restaurants in South Carolina, Robert Irvine’s Eat and Robert
Irvine’s Nosh. Irvine is also the author of two cookbooks,
Mission: Cook!and
Impossible to Easy.

Admission to Irvine’s keynote is open to those with an

FSTEC Conference Pass and the FSTEC + FDMS Combo Pass, which
includes access to

49 educational sessions, 16 networking functions, and the
technology Innovation Showcase spanning two days. Senior level
technology professionals from the top 300 multi-unit foodservice
operators representing all segments of the industry will converge
upon Scottsdale with their colleagues from human resources, finance
and marketing to get a 360 degree view of the latest technology
while interacting and exchanging ideas with peers and industry
leaders.

Registration is open for FSTEC online and early bird rates
expire on July 15
^th. For more information, please contact 800-277-2017,
e-mail
attend@fstec.comor visit

http://www.fstec.com. Exhibitor, sponsorship and partnership
information is also available online.

About FSTEC



The Foodservice Technology Conference & Showcase (FSTEC)was
co-founded in 1996 through a partnership between Robert Grimes and
Nation’s Restaurant Newsand quickly became the largest
show of its kind. In 2011, Grimes acquired full ownership. FSTEC
NexGen, the industry’s only all-inclusive technology education and
networking event, will be held September 22-24 at Talking Stick
Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona. The 2013 show introduces the
co-located

Foodservice Digital Marketing Summit (FDMS), being held in
partnership with DigitalCoCo, on September 24
^thand will provide foodservice marketing to influencers
and decision makers as a one-stop opportunity to learn about the
latest in online marketing. FSTEC NexGen is the only cross-segment
technology event that focuses on an exchange of ideas and best
practices in a relaxed setting that delivers top-notch, relevant
technology-focused education, networking, and a vendor technology
showcase.

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