S3E22: Chef Dan Follese on being the roving R&D Chef

Chef Dan Follese is your modern-day traveling fixer, but not in the Mob sort of way. He's a consulting R&D Chef who has a knack for speaking to the marketing and brand managers as well as the operators, developers, and chefs in a team. Instead of introducing line extensions, he helps brands refresh their offerings and expand their customer base by showing them how to repurpose and showcase their existing ingredients in the food trends of today. Chef Dan is a member of the Research Chefs Association, but we're connected through the interesting articles that he posts on . See how Chef Follese can help you repurpose current products into new opportunities without doing NPD. This podcast is brought to you by Icon Foods. Get information about natural sweetening systems at Help us grow the podcast - go to for details.