Post by Emily Reeves

After the most insane three days at Fancy Foods, I hardly know what day it is. Too many incredible moments.   -Getting to see Roopa Annadatha launch Nomie. A product made by a mom for moms and kids... and girls in finance who don’t get up from their desks to eat lunch (you will catch me eating these). It sneaks veggies into (actually) delicious easy to make packets. It’s one of those products you’re like “why wasn’t this done sooner?” Between Roopa and Maggie Slavonic, NTP, RWP, the category is moms who make things who make sense. -Kelly Valentine being the ultimate girl’s girl hype woman. Slangin’ the next big thing on her radar Keya Wingfield's chips. She never misses. ALSO WE’RE LOOKING FOR HOSPITALITY BROKERS. Msg us. -Someone let Joseph R. Rotondo get a microphone and the only question is how he didn’t get one sooner. -Amrit Richmond modeling our (nowhere close to as aesthetic as the winning tote of the show from Brook37 The Atelier but incredibly functional and very punny) coolers to take all the foie gras, (shout out Joey Spanjers) and cheese samples home. -You don’t realize how deeply you need a vegetable until you get to a Maazah event -Unexpectedly running into online CPG friends in real life is SO FUN Alyssa Fernandez -You never know who you’re going to sit next to at dinner. Sam and I couldn’t have been luckier to have met Nadia Cho. A dinner that cost me $40 because after trying her sauce I immediately preordered it at the table. It’s inane. I guess three-star Michelin chefs know what they’re doing when it comes to flavor or something… -ChatGPT maps to organize the 2 zillion events Honorable mentions but not photographed. FiberBlisss. Iykyk. Apples’ Health step counter. Getting a booth 1000% worth it for the chairs alone.