Aram Karapetian, who has a degree in hospitality, followed 10 years culinary experience as a restaurant chef with another 10 years in hotels as director of catering and convention services with Hyatt Corp, and director of catering and convention services/food and beverage with the Ritz Carlton hotels. He currently is director of sales for Woodland Foods in Waukegan, Ill. He can be reached at akarapetian@woodlandfoods.com.