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title: "Susan Edwards - VP Culinary R&D in Fayetteville | Tal"
description: "Meet Susan Edwards, Food Industry Leader, Ingredient/Food Sales,Research and Development, Restaurant, Culinary and Manufacturing based in Fayetteville."
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# 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

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