Join us for our 5th Annual Signature Gathering During IFT, one of the most anticipated gatherings of the year – bringing together leaders across food & beverage for an evening designed to connect beyond the show floor.
The Room Beyond the Show Floor
IFT is where you meet people. This is where you actually connect.
You’ll be in the room with leaders from across the food and beverage industry, including CPG brands, ingredient suppliers, retail and foodservice businesses, and the teams driving R&D, innovation, marketing and commercial growth.
This is a curated room – built for people actively shaping the future of food.
What to Expect
Curated food + beverage
High-impact networking across CPG, ingredients, retail, and foodservice
Sponsor activations and tastings
Females in Food
Swag (of course)
Custom perfume bar inspired by F&B trends and scent storytelling
Meet Our Sponsors
HealthSense® High-Fiber Wheat Flour, a Bay State Milling Innovation is redefining what’s possible in better-for-you formulation.
Made from resistant starch white wheat flour, HealthSense delivers up to 10x the fibre of traditional white flour while maintaining the taste, texture, and performance consumers expect – without additives or major reformulation.
As the only clean-label, non-GMO high-fibre white flour on the market that performs like traditional flour, HealthSense allows brands to create healthier versions of the foods consumers already love.
Throughout the evening, guests will experience menu items featuring HealthSense flour integrated across breads, crostini, pasta applications, and more – showcasing how fibre-forward innovation can elevate both nutrition and experience.
Tastewise is the agentic intelligence system built exclusively for food and beverage.
Powered by the industry’s most comprehensive consumer and market data, Tastewise transforms insight into action – helping brands understand what consumers are ordering, cooking, and eating, and more importantly, why.
Their custom AI agents are designed specifically for F&B workflows, helping brands accelerate innovation, expand distribution, and drive demand with greater speed and confidence.
Today, 80% of the world’s largest food and beverage companies – including PepsiCo, Kraft Heinz, and Nestlé – use Tastewise to support high-stakes innovation and commercial decisions.
At the Soirée, Tastewise will bring its trend intelligence to life through a custom perfume bar experience inspired by flavour, scent storytelling, and emerging consumer trends shaping the future of food.
Product Sponsor
So Good So You – Sparkling Mood
At this year’s Summer Soirée, So Good So You’s Sparkling Mood line anchors our “Unwind & Uplift” mocktail menu—a fully non‑alcoholic cocktail experience informed by live F&B trend insights from Tastewise, and built to showcase how functional, mood‑forward sparkling beverages are reshaping evening occasions.
Choose Your Access
Member Ticket
$60
Non-Member Admission
$130
Not a member yet? Your ticket includes 3 months of access—so you can stay connected beyond the event.
Why Membership Is Included
Females in Food isn’t built on events – it’s built on community.
The real value comes from what happens year-round: relationships, shared insight, and leadership development across the industry.
Your ticket includes 3 months inside the community so you can experience that firsthand – beyond a single night at IFT. After that, you’ll have the option to continue or opt out.
Join Us in Chicago
This is one of our most attended events of the year – and it consistently sells out. If you’re planning to be at IFT, this is the room you don’t want to miss.
July 13, 2026 – 5:30–8:00 PM
