Clients - Past & Present
Recent Speaking Events
March 2023
Ned Barker is interviewed about hotel breakfast buffets, recounts the history of the Holiday Inn Express breakfast, "Express Start", and more...
September 24, 2019
Palm Springs Hospitality Association
Sponsored by PS Hospitality Association, at the Palm Springs Hilton Hotel: 3-hour interactive workshop, “Enhancing Foodservice Profit & Sustainability by Reducing Food Waste”.
May 2019
Oregon Metro / Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
(DEQ) / WWF
“How to Reduce Food Waste” workshops,
Portland & Bend OR
October 2 - 4, 2018
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) – Latin America -Caribbean Region
F&B Workshops for IHG Latin America-Caribbean Executives, Sao Palo, Brazil
November 17, 2020
Riverside County
The best hotel restaurants model free-standing concepts, and succeed when they stop trying to be everything to everyone. Being great at one thing is the key to success.
August 13 & September 17, 2019
American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) / World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
AH&LA Food Waste Reduction Convenings, Miami & Denver, Speaker / Presenter representing WWF.
March 7, 2019
Culinary Institute of America (CIA)
Presentation at CIA’s “Worlds of Flavor” International Conference & Festival, CIA at Copia (Napa Valley): “Dishing Up SOP’s for a Gen Y/Z Workforce, with a Side of Food Waste Prevention”.
August 18, 2018
Oregon Metro
Oregon Metro Webinar, “Food Waste Prevention: Getting Started”
Ned on CNN
