Chicago

How many restaurant and hospitality speakers have coverage in Chicago in 2026?

The count for Chicago is 7 profiles with active coverage.

Each one is indexed by the territory it covers and the specialty it works, with no commission on the fee. The result spans 1 territory with real coordinates and 34 coverage pins on the globe. 1 of those profiles carries a verified tier and none has been claimed by its owner, which is the difference between a listing and a commitment. Coverage concentrates in Restaurant Costs & Finance (3), Expansion & Franchising for Restaurants (3), Business Models for Restaurants (3), Data, Analytics & Business Intelligence (2). Names you will find first: Nick Fosberg (position 2), Mark Kelnhofer (position 3), Rick Ormsby (position 4), Ian Beacraft (position 5). Practical order for 2026: filter by territory first, then read two or three profiles in full. Contact is direct.

Which specialties are covered in Chicago?

8 specialties have declared coverage here.

Restaurant Costs & Finance: 3 profiles. Expansion & Franchising for Restaurants: 3 profiles. Business Models for Restaurants: 3 profiles. Data, Analytics & Business Intelligence: 2 profiles. AI Strategy & Digital Transformation: 2 profiles. AI Ethics, Regulation & Future of Work: 2 profiles. Generative AI & Productivity: 2 profiles. Menu Engineering for Restaurant Growth: 2 profiles. Each specialty is a page of its own with its own ranking, so a broad search can be narrowed without losing the territory. Depth matters more than the headline count: two names in a specialty is a different risk from one. The data comes from the database. If a profile changes address, the old one redirects to the current one.

Which nearby cities have coverage from Chicago?

6 nearby markets in the same country add 43 profiles.

Los Angeles (9), San Francisco (9), New York City (8), Estado California (6), Miami (6), Austin (5). The flight is usually the line that moves: someone who already works Chicago or a market next door costs less to bring in. Coverage is declared by each professional, not inferred from an address, so it reflects where they actually work. Declared coverage is not availability. A profile with 2 or more declared territories appears on every one of them, never only on the first. The globe marks one shield per city with the number of distinct professionals behind it. The same professional can appear under several specialties if they have declared them.

An unclaimed profile does not guarantee complete data: its owner verifies it when they claim it.

Which independent speaker ranks highest in Chicago?

Nick Fosberg holds position 2 for Chicago.

Credentials: Consultor de marketing para bares y restaurantes, at Bar Restaurant Success. That profile declares coverage in 1 territory across 1 country and works 2 specialties. Right behind, Mark Kelnhofer. Consultor de costos de menú, at Return On Ingredients. A profile is not a card inside a catalogue: it is a page with its own address, its own data and its own contact channel. What the order does not measure: stage fit, language register, or whether the topic matches your audience. Only the profiles say that. Territory drives the calendar. When a profile is withdrawn, its address stops pretending the page still exists. One territory can hold several specialties, and every combination has a page of its own.

What is the restaurant and hospitality sector worth in 2026, and why does it matter when booking?

Mordor Intelligence, 2025 reports foodservice at USD 4.34 trillion in 2025.

Read against those numbers, a talk in Chicago is not a decorative slot in the agenda. Admission is not automatic: a profile needs a public source that backs the track record, and that keeps growth slow on purpose. Figures age: each one carries its institution and its year so you can check it before quoting it on a stage. That number changes daily. These counts change as soon as someone declares or withdraws coverage; they are not a frozen snapshot. The ranking is recomputed on each request, so a profile created today shows up today. The count on this page comes from the same query that feeds the globe, so both always agree. No profile here has been claimed by its owner yet. The globe draws 34 coverage pins across 1 territory.