Prepared Foods discusses clean label shelf life preservation strategies and ingredient options with Zal Taleyarkhan, Director of Innovation and Corporate Research Chef at Charlie Baggs Culinary Innovations, Chicago.
Charlie Baggs Culinary Innovations opens new Chicago R&D center, website
February 10, 2022
Charlie Baggs Culinary Innovations (CBCI) has relocated within Chicago and officially opened its new purpose-built kitchen and lab. Located on Goose Island, just minutes outside downtown Chicago, the new CBCI headquarters is designed and equipped specifically for food and beverage product development.
A chef's perspective on formulating with grain ingredients
October 21, 2019
Prepared Foods talks with Charlie Baggs, President and Executive Chef at Charlie Baggs Culinary Innovations (CBCI), a Chicago firm with culinary, food science and market analysis services.
A corporate chef's perspectives on trends in sauces and spreads
January 10, 2019
Prepared Foods talks sauce and spread flavor and ingredient trends with Juliet Greene, assistant vice president of culinary strategy and a senior corporate chef with Charlie Baggs Culinary Innovations (CBCI), Chicago.
Healthy craveability is the new “Holy Grail” for innovation
November 5, 2018
While past discussions about craveability generally revolved around the fundamental influences of great taste, umami has rapidly established itself as an impactful way to create delicious, savory innovations.
An executive chef's perspective on pickling and fermentation
September 12, 2016
Prepared Foods talks pickling, fermentation trends with Charlie Baggs, chief executive chef and founder of Charlie Baggs Culinary Innovations, a Chicago consulting firm.