The Facilitators: Patrick Walsh
The Top 10: Howard Schultz, No. 2
The Top 10: Steve Ells, No. 3
The Digital Mavericks: Adam Brotman
The Game Changers: Kat Cole
The Big Time: Jim Schwartz
The Big Time: Jimmy John Liautaud
Founder and CEO, Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches
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The Facilitators: Fabián Gosselin
The Big Time: Tilman Fertitta
The Top 10: Cheryl Bachelder, No. 10
The Entrepreneurs: Nicolas Jammet
The Entrepreneurs: Sam Fox
Nation’s Restaurant News has selected the 50 most powerful people in foodservice for the second year in a row.
See who made the list, beginning with The Game Changers and escalating to the Top 10 people dominating the industry.
The Game Changers: Nick Kokonas
Co-owner, Alinea, Next and The Aviary
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The Wild Cards: Mary Kay Henry
The Wild Cards: J. Craig Jelinek
The Top 10: Don Thompson, No. 5
The Wild Cards: Josh Martin
The Facilitators: James Walsh
The Facilitators: Phil Romano
The Big Time: David Scrivano
The Top 10: Neal Aronson, No. 9
The Big Time: John Miller
The Wild Cards: Martin Berson
The Facilitators: Wassim Arabi
The Entrepreneurs: Richard Melman
Founder and chairman, Lettuce Entertain Your Enterprises
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The Game Changers: Mario Batali
The Digital Mavericks: Patrick Doyle
The Game Changers: Karim Webb
The Facilitators: J. Michael Chu
The Wild Cards: Chris Gheysens
The Top 10: William Delaney, No. 6
The Digital Mavericks: Tim Cook
The Game Changers: Shannon Scott
Executive director, marketing communications, Applebee’s International Inc.
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The Wild Cards: René Redzepi
The Game Changers: Claes Petersson
Vice president of research, development and packaging innovation, Sonic Drive-In
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The Top 10: Sally Smith, No. 8
The Top 10: Greg Creed, No. 1
The Entrepreneurs: Rick and Elise Wetzel
The Digital Mavericks: Nigel Travis
The Entrepreneurs: Russ Bendel
The Big Time: Ron Shaich
CEO, Panera Bread Co.
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The Digital Mavericks: Jeremy Stoppelman
The Digital Mavericks: Wyman Roberts
The Entrepreneurs: Greg Dollarhyde
The Entrepreneurs: Danny Meyer
The Entrepreneurs: Mario Del Pero
The Top 10: Daniel Schwartz, No. 7
The Top 10: Jeffrey C. Smith, No. 4
Chairman, Darden Restaurants Inc.;
Managing member, CEO and chief investment officer, Starboard Value L.P.
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The Big Time: Sandra Cochran
