The Food Professor
Episodes
Rating the Health of the Food Supply Chain, Shelflation, Dana McCauley from the Canadian Food Innovation Network, and Good Food For Good on Trying Stuff
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we start out with the Truckers Convoy and the Alberta blockade and how is this impacting government policy and the food system in Ca...
Supply Pain at the Border, Life on the Grocery Line with Author Adam Kaat, Trying Stuff, featuring Silver Swallow Luxury Kombucha!
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For our 2022 season kick-off episode Sylvain and I talk about predictions for 2022, supply pain on 18 wheels at the border, food trade from Florid...
The Top Food Industry Stories of 2021, plus Trying Stuff featuring JUST Egg
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For our season finale Sylvain and I wrap a the year with a great discussion of the top food industry stores of 2021! From TimBeibs to supply chain p...
Canada's 2022 Food Price Report, Nourish 2022 Food Trend Report, and Trying Stuff with Cracker Barrel Signature Shredded Cheese!
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Well if it sounds a bit different, it certainly looks different on our YouTube site - we’re together, live, in person for the first time every on ou...
Misunderstanding Salmon, Special Guest Cory Mintz and his new book The Next Supper, and a super episode of Trying Stuff with Sprague Soups
25 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the The Food Professor podcast episode 36, I’m Michael LeBlanc, and I’m Sylvain Charlebois! In this episode we talk about the lates...
The Rising Cost of Dairy, the World on Your Plate and Truffle Pig Chocolate
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the The Food Professor podcast episode 36, I’m Michael LeBlanc, and I’m Sylvain Charlebois! In this episode we talk about the backg...
Better Food Inflation data with Melanie Morrison, CEO BetterCart Analytics, and Trying Stuff featuring Fressy Bessie Ice Lollies
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the The Food Professor podcast episode 35, I’m Michael LeBlanc, and I’m Sylvain Charlebois! In this episode our special guest is Me...
Food Sustainability with Cher Mereweather plus Trying Stuff with Zoglo's Incredible
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the The Food Professor podcast episode 34, I’m Michael LeBlanc, and I’m Sylvain Charlebois! In this episode our special guest is Ch...
Fairtrade Canada CEO Julie Francoeur, the global food supply chain and Trying Stuff with Gin & Tonic
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the The Food Professor podcast episode 33 I’m Michael LeBlanc, and I’m Sylvain Charlebois! Back on the mic together, so much going ...
Post-Pandemic Grocery featuring an exclusive interview with Serge Boulanger, SVP Metro
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the The Food Professor podcast episode 32, back from our brief summer hiatus! I’m Michael LeBlanc, and I’m Sylvain Charlebois!We’re...
Canadian Grand Prix New Products Award Spotlight: Vice President and Director, Metro’s Corporate Brands, Marie-France Gibson and Paula Deane
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards bonus episode of The Food Professor!My co-host Sylvain Charlebois and I are thrilled to once aga...
Canadian Grand Prix New Products Award Spotlight: Véronique Blanchet, Product Manager at Groupe Biscuits Leclerc Inc
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards bonus episode of The Food Professor!My co-host Sylvain Charlebois and I are thrilled to once aga...
Season Finale: Part 2 of Our Interview with Diane J. Brisebois, President & CEO Retail Council of Canada
22 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the last episode of the season! Suited for a big finale, we have part two of our interview with the President and CEO of Retail Council of ...
Canadian Grand Prix New Products Award Spotlight: Jenny Longo, Senior Director Private Brands, Culinary Innovation, and Central Kitchen at Longo's
15 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards bonus episode of The Food Professor!My co-host Sylvain Charlebois and I are thrilled to once aga...
Talking Sugar, Pork + Population Stats and Part 1 of our interview with Diane J. Brisebois President & CEO, Retail Council of Canada
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Food Professor podcast, we dive into the latest news - hot off the grill!Maple Leaf Foods is set to buy a selection of Canadian pig f...
Canadian Grand Prix New Products Award Spotlight: Stacie Sopinka, VP Own Brands at Sobeys
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards bonus episode of The Food Professor!My co-host Sylvain Charlebois and I are thrilled to once aga...
At the Tipping Point: Canadian Restaurants, Cannabis Edibles & Part Two of FHCP CEO Michael Graydon Interview
24 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In part two of our interview with Michael Graydon, we talk about the code of conduct. The CEO of Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada offers his...
Drought on the Prairies, Lab Turkey, Regenerative Agriculture and Part 1 of our Interview with Michael Graydon, CEO at Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada
10 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Food Professor podcast, my co-host Dr. Sylvain Charlebois and I unpack the sweet and sour of the latest news that’s shaping t...
Canadian Grand Prix New Products Award Spotlight: Avijit Bose, Director of Marketing at Reynolds Consumer Products Canada Ltd.
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards bonus episode of The Food Professor!My co-host Sylvain Charlebois and I are thrilled to once aga...
The COVID-Era Grocery Landscape: From Self-Checkouts to Food Autonomy
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With a post-pandemic future on the horizon, it’s time to look back on how the pandemic has been a disruptor in some of our most stubborn consumer sp...
Canadian Grand Prix New Products Award Spotlight: Tatiana Bossy, Co-Founder of Maison Le Grand
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards bonus episode of The Food Professor! My co-host Sylvain Charlebois and I are thrilled to once a...
Canadian Grand Prix New Products Award Spotlight: Kirk Homenick, President of Hardbite Chips
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards bonus episode of The Food Professor!My co-host Sylvain Charlebois and I are thrilled to once aga...
1st Anniversary episode talking Canadians relationship with Beef, #buttergate v3.0, fair trade and our new Youtube channel!
13 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the The Food Professor podcast episode 26, our first anniversary episode! I’m Michael LeBlanc, and I’m Sylvain Charlebois!The Food Pr...
Canadian Grand Prix New Products Awards Spotlight: Ahmad Yehya, CEO Nabati Foods
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards bonus episode of The Food Professor! My co-host Sylvain Charlebois and I are thrilled to once a...
Remarkable Grocery Retail with best-selling author Steve Dennis
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the The Food Professor podcast episode 25 I’m Michael LeBlanc, and I’m Sylvain Charlebois!The Food Professor is presented by omNovo...
Understanding the Quebec food industry with Sylvie Cloutier, Présidente-directrice générale chez CTAQ
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the The Food Professor podcast episode 24!The Food Professor is presented by omNovos the digital customer engagement solution for grocery...
Calgary Co-op CEO Ken Keelor's winning strategy
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the The Food Professor podcast episode 23! The Food Professor is presented by omNovos the digital customer engagement solution for groce...
The Secret Ingredient behind the success of Portland's Voodoo Doughnuts
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to a special Restaurants Canada bonus episode of The Food Professor podcast!The Food Professor is presented by omNovos the digital customer ...
Top Chef /Restaurateur Carl Heinrich talks COVID dining trends, coming out the other side, tips included
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the The Food Professor podcast episode 22 I’m Michael LeBlanc, and I’m Sylvain Charlebois!The Food Professor is presented by omNovo...
Restaurant critic Alexandra Gill dishes on her tradecraft and the future of the industry
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to a special Restaurants Canada bonus episode of The Food Professor podcast! The Food Professor is presented by omNovos the digital custome...
Exploring Canada's retail dairy market with Mark Taylor, President & CEO Lactalis Canada
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the The Food Professor podcast episode 21, I’m Michael LeBlanc along with Sylvain Charlebois!The Food Professor is presented by omNov...
We expose "Buttergate", plus Restaurants Canada President & CEO Todd Barclay on how the industry survives to serve again
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the The Food Professor podcast episode 20, I’m Michael LeBlanc, and I’m Sylvain Charlebois!The Food Professor is presented by omNov...
How will the Biden Administration impact Canada?
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the The Food Professor podcast episode 18, I’m Michael LeBlanc, and I’m Sylvain Charlebois!The Food Professor is presented by omNov...
Starting 2021 where it all begins - on the farm - with the new face of farming, Cherilyn Jolly-Nagel
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the The Food Professor podcast episode 17, I’m Michael LeBlanc, and I’m Sylvain Charlebois! The Food Professor is brought to you by...
Top 10 Food Stories of 2020!
24 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the The Food Professor podcast episode, I’m Michael LeBlanc, and I’m Sylvain Charlebois!In this final episode of 2020, Sylvain and I ...
Behind the scenes of Canada's Food Price Report 2021 with special guest Simon Somogyi, Arrell Chair in the Business of Food at The University of Guelph
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the The Food Professor podcast episode, I’m Michael LeBlanc, and I’m Sylvain Charlebois!On this episode we welcome a very special gue...
Jo-Ann McArthur, President of Nourish Food Marketing discusses her 2021 Food Trend Report plus we explore domestic food manufacturing and the resiliant food supply chain
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Let's talk about the food supply now that we're in the second wave - some good news with more beer like Stella and Corona being made in London, and ke...
Peter van Stolk, CEO at FoodX Technologies and Spud.com talks grocery eCommerce growth and selling Canadian technology to the word, exploring a Biden White House plus the Clearwater-Mi’kmaq First Nations deal
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the The Food Professor podcast episode 13, the Baker’s Dozen episode! I’m Michael LeBlanc, and I’m Sylvain Charlebois!Online shoppi...
Julie Denton, Chief People Officer at Recipe Unlimited and BOD at Restaurants Canada is our guest as we chat Supply Management in dairy and the zen of buying local
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The Food Professor podcast episode 12, I’m Michael LeBlanc, and I’m Sylvain Charlebois!Let's Moo-ve on, the Agri-Foods Lab at Dalhousie...
Tareq Hadhad, CEO and Founder of Peace by Chocolate is our special guest, plus pandemic gardening research, Chile food fraud, and remembering Percy Schmeiser
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the The Food Professor podcast episode 11, I’m Michael LeBlanc, and I’m Sylvain Charlebois!Tilling the rich media soil: 1 in 5 Canadian...
Senator Rob Black talks about life in the Chamber of Sober Second Thought and agriculture policy, plus food security and restaurants in the next wave of the pandemic and the joy of home gardens
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the The Food Professor podcast episode 10, I’m Michael LeBlanc, and I’m Sylvain Charlebois!Keep calm and carry on, wave two crashes int...
Margaret Hudson, President at Burnbrae Farms and 2020 Golden Pencil award recipient is our special guest and we talk eggs, California wildfires impact on the food supply in Canada and the second wave
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the The Food Professor podcast episode 9, I’m Michael LeBlanc, and I’m Sylvain Charlebois!Back to School Professor! How will your wor...
Meet Cheryl Haskett, Albert Borgo and Lisa Mina, three award winning food entrepreneurs from the 27th Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards bonus episode No. 2 of The Food Professor!My co-host Sylvain Charlebois and I were thrilled to s...
Lori Nikkel, President of Second Harvest on food rescue & insecurity in the COVID era, plus breaking news research and bottom feeder politics
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Latest research: thinking about plastics and sustainability and the impacts on consumers of the pandemic: https://www.dal.ca/sites/agri-food/research...
Cara Keating, President PepsiCo Foods Canada is our special guest, the end of tipping, impact on foodservice when we work at home, talkin' 'bout my COVID generation
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the The Food Professor podcast episode 7, I’m Michael LeBlanc, and I’m Sylvain Charlebois!In this episode: Latest research: the impact...
Jessica Wright from Montpak's Family Fontaine the "All Canadian" category winner and visionary chef Marcus Von Albrecht on the Canadian Grand Prix new product awards 2020!
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards bonus episode of The Food Professor!My co-host Sylvain Charlebois and I were thrilled to support...
Solange Ackrill, Vice President Club Coffee brews up insights on the coffee industry plus titan testimony de-brief, Voila unpacked and research on insect protein and more!
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the The Food Professor, episode No. 6 - I’m Michael LeBlanc along with Sylvain Charlebois!Channeling Cher:If I could turn back time: the ...
Exclusive interview with Sarah Joyce, SVP Voila by Sobeys, Canada's newest grocery eCommerce launch
09 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the The Food Professor, episode No. 5 - I’m Michael LeBlanc along with Sylvain Charlebois!Glass half full & CUSMA: who wins in the food...
The hot potatoe of increasing food prices, costs and "gift" of COVID-19 and guest David Marcott from Kantar talks grocery tech trends
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the The Food Professor, episode No. 4 - I’m Michael LeBlanc along with Sylvain Charlebois!Hot potatoe issue: Stats. Can reports some pret...
Exclusive Canadian COVID-19 restaurant research, the complicated issue of Hero Pay, pandemic on the farm
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the The Food Professor, episode No. 3 - I’m Michael LeBlanc and I’m Sylvain Charlebois! Let’s jump right in…Your table is ready! ...
Consumer perspectives on farmgate euthanasia, fixing supply management's shortcomings, increasing cost of food and the Feds support for the Fisheries
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the The Food Professor I’m Michael LeBlanc and I’m joined by Dr. Sylvain Charlebois!Slamming the farm gate behind us: we talk about y...
The Canadian Government gets a B+ on Agriculture COVID-19 support, pandemic processing plants, and the joy of gardening!
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the very first episode of The Food Professor!In this episode Sylvain and I talk about what at first I think to many Canadian seemed good ...
Introducing The Food Professor with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois and host Michael LeBlanc
10 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Join Sylvain Charlebois and co-host Michael LeBlanc from The Voice of Retail podcast as we dive in the recipe for the food, grocery, foodservice and r...