Susan Edwards profile photo 1 on Tal

Susan Edwards

Food Industry Leader, Ingredient/Food Sales,Research and Development, Restaurant, Culinary and Manufacturing

Fayetteville

14+ years of work experience

VANGUARD CULINARY GROUP LTD
Jun 20251 yr 1 moPresent

Fayetteville, NC

Manage all R&D projects for this family owned food manufacturer. Product mix is ready to heat meals, sauces, proteins and side dishes. Manage technologist and all activities in the test kitchen. Development includes culinary crafted and food science stable foods for current and new retail businesses.
Tip Top Poultry, Inc
Sep 20244 mosDec 2024

Rockmart, Georgia

Consultant via my LLC The Culinologist to the VP of FSQA and Product Development. Identified allergens and classifications of all 500+ formulations and revised to meet production requirements.
Georgia Spice Company
Nov 20211 yr 1 moNov 2022

United States

Proud to have been part of Georgia Spice growth where I continued to practice and enhance the value of detail attention, team work, project management and creative skills application.
Meatless Farm
Jul 20201 yr 4 mosOct 2021

Sealed Air-cryovac food packaging
Jan 200910 yrs 5 mosMay 2019

Customer facing new business development role to fully understand project scope and strategy then creating recipes and food products for different food package styles as potential project solutions. Communicating the ides to customer by pulling together a team of individual contributors within the company and demonstrating the food in a test kitchen environment.

Education

Certified Culinarian, Culinary Arts

Art Institute of Atlanta

20042 yrs2006
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

BS/MS, Food science, nutrition & food technology

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

197910 yrs1989

Join Susan and 10k+ other professionals on

Tal Boss

Tal is the app where bosses meet engineers & builders directly, without middlemen

Download Tal Boss

Susan Edwards on Tal

Headline

Food Industry Leader, Ingredient/Food Sales,Research and Development, Restaurant, Culinary and Manufacturing

About

Specialties: Menu development Management and leadership Food product development and commercialization National restaurant chain accounts Nutrition, food science and culinary educated Savory product formulation Flavoring and batter/breader ingredient usage Sensory evaluation knowledge Consumer focus group knowledge Ingredient and food sales Plant processing/QA experience Food packaging Trained taster Culinary skills Retail product development Consultant

Location

Fayetteville

Work experience

VP Culinary R&D at VANGUARD CULINARY GROUP LTD, Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo, Fayetteville, NC, Manage all R&D projects for this family owned food manufacturer. Product mix is ready to heat meals, sauces, proteins and side dishes. Manage technologist and all activities in the test kitchen. Development includes culinary crafted and food science stable foods for current and new retail businesses.

Technical Consultant at Tip Top Poultry, Inc, Sep 2024 - Dec 2024 · 4 mos, Rockmart, Georgia, Consultant via my LLC The Culinologist to the VP of FSQA and Product Development. Identified allergens and classifications of all 500+ formulations and revised to meet production requirements.

Research, Development & Culinary at Georgia Spice Company, Nov 2021 - Nov 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo, United States, Proud to have been part of Georgia Spice growth where I continued to practice and enhance the value of detail attention, team work, project management and creative skills application.

Director, Product Development North America at Meatless Farm at Meatless Farm, Jul 2020 - Oct 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos

Foodservice Manager-new business development at Sealed Air-cryovac food packaging, Jan 2009 - May 2019 · 10 yrs 5 mos, Customer facing new business development role to fully understand project scope and strategy then creating recipes and food products for different food package styles as potential project solutions. Communicating the ides to customer by pulling together a team of individual contributors within the company and demonstrating the food in a test kitchen environment.

Education

Certified Culinarian, Culinary Arts, Art Institute of Atlanta

BS/MS, Food science, nutrition & food technology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Susan Edwards - VP Culinary R&D in Fayetteville | Tal