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Join Bret Thorn and Holly Petre as they sample food at the National Restaurant Association Show

Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

June 29, 2022

Join two Nation’s Restaurant News writers for a culinary experience like no other as they sample foods from around the country — and the world —, all without leaving Chicago.

Last month at the National Restaurant Association Show, senior food and beverage writer Bret Thorn and digital editor Holly Petre took their series Menu Tracker on the road and tested out the menu items available on the show floor.

In this installment of the monthly series, Thorn and Petre take you on a culinary journey through the show, sampling food from restaurants like Wow Bao, manufacturers like Broaster and foodservice companies like Two Rivers. They sample plant-based products, baos, beef, a fake egg, and much more.

Take this journey with Petre and Thorn and hear Thorn — a longtime foodservice industry insider — air his genuine thoughts on the food at this year’s NRA show.

About the Author

Holly Petre

Holly Petre

Assistant Digital Editor

Holly Petre is a digital editor for Nation’s Restaurant News as well as the host of NRN’s podcast, Extra Serving, and producer for Informa Restaurant and Food Group’s other three podcasts, One On One by Food Management, Off the Shelf with SN and In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn. Holly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture, fibers and Material Studies and Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A native New Yorker, Holly enjoys her place on staff as the resident pop-culture expert and millennial with a sassy attitude and great sense of style.

Holly Petre’s work on Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality often covers marketing and trends, either aimed-at or examined-through the millennial mindset. Holly is responsible for introducing TikTok and Twitch to NRN and RH readers as well as explaining terms like “Karen” to staff and readers alike. She also spends her time on staff trying not to make every headline a pun.

Holly Petre hasn’t spoken at any events or on panels, but she is readily available with a killer shoe wardrobe and several witty quips.

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