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 We Live

Life at the edge.

We’re not your average food and beverage consultants.

What happens when you combine the experience of operators and entrepreneurs with the creativity of innovators?

You get a different kind of culinary consultant, where ideas aren’t just exciting, they are actionable. We take ideas beyond paper, to develop, scale, and realize them together. We know the industry and its challenges, and that success comes from a strong team of diverse skills aligned towards your goals. 

Our family.

Our Team

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    Betty Kaufman

    STRATEGY DIRECTOR

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    Charlie Thudium

    R&D Chef

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    Elmer Mikery

    FACILITIES COORDINATOR

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    Eric Fernandez

    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR CULINARY

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    Erica Holland-Toll

    CULINARY DIRECTOR

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    Graham Humphreys

    PRESIDENT

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    Homaira Naimi

    HEAD OF OPERATIONS

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    Jane Hurh

    STRATEGY LEAD

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    Leigh Loper

    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR CULINARY

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    Leslie Brian

    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR STRATEGY

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    Lilia Rohmann

    PROJECT MANAGER

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    Marie Levisay

    STRATEGIST

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    Meena Rezaei

    Senior Project Manager

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    Michael Parlapiano

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

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    Sean Thomas

    SENIOR R&D CHEF

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    Susan Bean

    SENIOR R&D CHEF

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    Theo Friedman

    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT

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    Will Thanapisitikul

    LEAD R&D CHEF

Original innovation.

Our Origin Story

In 2002, having already launched several successful restaurants, Founder and CEO Aaron Noveshen, had the idea to leverage his deep knowledge of the food & beverage industry in service of fellow restaurant owners and operators. With a stack of business cards and determined entrepreneurialism, Aaron grew The Culinary Edge into the USA’s leading culinary innovation agency.

Today, you’ll find classically trained chefs working alongside designers, brand planners, operational experts, and food anthropologists. As food and beverage consultants, we’ve worked with over 25% of the top 200 F&B brands and have developed upwards of 30 new businesses, including our own. 

From its humble origins to the present day, TCE lives up to Aaron’s initial ambition: to fuse culinary excellence, operational expertise, and human-centered design in the hopes of a more delicious and prosperous future.