KFC, Dishoom, The Big Table, Corbin & King and Popeyes are among the big-name operators speaking at MCA’s 2021 Restaurant Conference on 3 November.
Taking place at the London Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square, in two weeks’ time the annual sell-out conference returns for its first live event since 2019, and will see sector leaders coming together to network, share vision and strategy, and digest the current dynamics of the sector through a day of keynote speeches, insight presentation, panel discussions and Q&As.
Individual speaker sessions on the day include KFC’s UK & Ireland MD Paula Mackenzie; Five Guys CEO John Eckbert; Corbin & King CEO Jeremy King; Minister Paul Scully MP and former Waitrose MD and founder of WorkL Lord Mark Price (see below for the full list of speakers).
There will be panel sessions covering everything from the struggles with recruitment, the challenge of sustainability and the opportunities for investment, to the booming omnichannel trend. While Lumina, CGA, AlixPartners and Prestige Purchasing will deliver key insight session on the landscape of the restaurant sector, trading, M&A, and supply chain disruption.
To view the full agenda and to book your tickets to this not-to-be-missed event, please click here.
Full list of speakers:
Paula Mackenzie, MD, KFC’s UK & Ireland
John Eckbert, CEO, Five Guys,
Jeremy King, co-founder CEO, Corbin & King
Paul Scully MP, business and hospitality minister
Lord Mark Price, former Waitrose MD and founder of WorkL
Brian Trollip, MD, Dishoom
Kate Nicholls, CEO, UKHospitality
Ganan Kanagathurai, UK CEO, Itsu
Robin Rowland, partner, TriSpan
Matt Ainger, property director, The Big Table Group
Thom Elliott, co-founder, Pizza Pilgrims
Natasha Waterfield, COO, New World Trading Company
Katie Prowse, senior insight manager, Lumina Intelligence
Jo Fleet, director, Hawksmoor at Home
Keith Bird, CEO, Marugame Udon Europe
Graeme Smith, MD – hospitality and leisure, AlixPartners
Nicola Piece, director of commercial planning and ESG, Burger King UK
Tom Byng, chief development officer, Popeyes UK
Keith Bird, CEO, Marugame Udon Europe
Darrel Connell, partner, Imbiba
Steve Packer, director of supply chain and IT, Pizza Hut Restaurants
Karl Chessell, director for hospitality operators and food, EMEA at CGA
Mel Marriott, MD, Darwin & Wallace
Vishal Talreja, property director, Itsu
Mark Chapman, CEO, Zero Carbon Forum
Ali Aneizi, founder, Tamweel Capital
David Read, chairman, Prestige Purchasing
Matt Ring, director of national accounts, Deliveroo
Gregg Hull, global head of hospitality and leisure, Attensi
Nick Liddle, commercial director, Vita Mojo
