"Food Round-Table: Nuts & Bolts of Starting Your Restaurant" with Wayne Sloan is a new opportunity to learn about some of the challenges associated with beginning your own restaurant. This is steered towards those who are starting their own restaurant and would like more guidance. This session covers a number of topics such as (but not limited to): the business aspect behind selling food, various pricing options, building a mindset for extraordinary service, food quality, food laws, and food safety.

Wayne Sloan has worked in the food management industry for over 20 years and has successfully climbed the ladder from crew chief & assistant manager all the way up to regional manager.  In 1999, Wayne combined his knowledge of the food industry with knowledge gained from a business insurance specialist and began working with business owners to help protect their personal & business assets with via various insurance products and techniques.  He was later selected by the Small Business Administration (SBA) to become a business mentor and insurance advisor to small and medium sized companies. He is an expert in areas such as: cost management, managing food distribution, portion control, sales forecasting, HR skills, managerial training programs, and business networking.