Celebrating DiRōNA’s 25th Anniversary Royal Sonesta Hotel New Orleans, Louisiana October 18-21, 2015 Sunday, October 18 5:00pm – 9:00pm 2:00 – 4:00pm 6:00 – 9:00pm Monday, October 19 8:00 – 9:00am 9:00 – 9:45am 9:45 – 10:00am 10:00 – 10:45am 11:30am 12:15 – 3:00pm Tuesday, October 20 8:00 – 9:00am 9:00 – 9:45am 9:45 – 10:00am 10:00 – 11:30am 11:45am – 1:00pm 6:30 – 10:00pm Wednesday, October 21 8:00 – 9:00am 9:00 – 9:45am 9:45 – 10:15am 10:15am – 11:00pm 5:00 – 6:00pm 6:00 – 9:00pm Royal Sonesta Lobby: Registration Teche Belle Grove: Board Luncheon and Meeting Fleur de Lis & Courtyard: Opening Reception Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse: Breakfast Buffet Fleur de Lis Suite: Welcome and Opening Speeches Break Fleur de Lis: Perspectives on the changing shape of food culture and fine dining in the South.: Corey Dane of Yelp and Liz Williams of Southern Food and Beverage Museum Moderator: Nicole DeBeaufort Buses leave from Conti entrance WWII Museum (off-site): Buffet Lunch, Movie and Tours Transportation: Two 28-passenger buses FREE EVENING Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse: Breakfast Buffet Fleur de Lis Suite: DiRōNA website seminar Break Fleur de Lis Suite: Chef’s Panel: Louisiana’s Changing Culinary Landscape, 10 years post-Katrina Moderator: John Folse Panelists: Brett Anderson, Susan Spicer, Neal Bodenheimer, Justin Duvallier, Michael Gulotta Fleur de Lis/Courtyard: Taste of NOLA Dine-Around: Guests depart from Hotel lobby for selected DiRoNA Awardwinning restaurants (sign up for mystery restaurant at registration table in the Royal Sonesta Lobby) Irving Mayfield’s Playhouse: Breakfast Buffet South Ballroom: Retrospective Panel: 25 years of DiRoNA Break R‘evolution: Master Sommelier Seminar (featuring Riedel) – Molly Wismeier Evangeline A: Reception and Photos of Guests Foyer and Ballroom: Gala Dinner by R’evolution New Orleans’ “Seven Nations” Leah Chase Presentation Hall of Fame Presentation Urbani Truffle Installation Special Lifetime Achievement Award Updated 10/13/2015