Driving Culinary Excellence Through the Culinary Forum in 2025 and Beyond
February 19, 2026 | Uncategorized
Growth and Impact in 2025
In 2025, the Culinary Forum strengthened its role as a driver of collaboration and operational excellence across Guest Services. The program operates as a two-part platform by engaging monthly conference calls supported by a growing resource-rich digital hub.
Monthly conference calls continued to see steady growth in attendance, reinforcing their value to chefs in the field. Each session delivers actionable insight through unit spotlights, food safety updates, cost management strategies, Healthy Balance initiatives, limited-time offers, sales-driving promotions, and guest chef presentations. The objective is clear: provide practical tools that enhance performance, spark innovation, and drive revenue.
Engagement on the Culinary Forum website also expanded. Chefs actively contribute recipes, food cost strategies, promotion results, menus, and catering highlights, creating a shared knowledge base across properties. The migration of food safety resources from the former intranet, along with expanded chef and food cost tools, has strengthened operational support. New plant-based content and enhancements to the catering gallery further broaden available resources.
Strategic Expansion and Healthy Balance in 2026
Looking ahead, the Culinary Forum will build on this momentum. Conference calls will continue expanding their reach, while the platform integrates more closely with GSI’s Food Safety Program, Building and Sustaining a Strong Food Safety Culture, creating a centralized destination for innovation and compliance.
Healthy Balance initiatives will evolve into structured monthly promotions focused on nutritious foods and informed menu choices. Reinforcing the philosophy that Food Is Power, campaigns will highlight lean proteins, cruciferous vegetables, beans, mushrooms, berries, and root vegetables. Business units will receive supporting materials including signage, logos, and educational handouts to strengthen messaging and encourage healthier guest decisions.
Together, these initiatives position the Forum as a strategic resource and a catalyst for continued culinary advancement in 2026.