Michael Christiansen
Vice President R&D/Culinary @ Cortina | Leader in Trends
- Role
- Corporate Executive Chef at Cortina
- Location
- Port Murray, NJ, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Michael Christiansen
With over 19 years in corporate culinary research and development and 25 years in the food industry, I currently serve as Vice President of R&D/Culinary at Cortina. My role emphasizes trend leadership, product development, and collaboration with cross-functional teams, such as marketing, sales, and procurement, to create consumer-focused, value-added products. My experience spans concept-to-shelf product launches, trend tracking, ingredient sourcing, and active participation in PR and advertising events. I am driven by a commitment to bridging gold-standard culinary concepts with accessible, high-quality products that resonate with consumer needs and preferences.
Experience
Corporate Executive Chef
Sep 2019 — Present · Montvale, NJ, US
I am currently Director of Culinary at Pinnacle foods. I am working on all brands at Pinnacle. the Brands I cover are Birds Eye, Mrs Pauls, Lenders, Hungry Man, Wishbone, Vlassic, open pit, Celeste, and Van de camps. Michael has 13 yrs Experience working as a Reseach Chef. My strong points have been working with cross functional teams playing a key role working with Sales, Marketing, and supply Chain. Since at Pinnacle I have worked on numerous launches, attended sales calls for all major accounts and provided input and support for any PR and advertising events. some of examples of pr event are PHA, Disney, NFRA, website videos, No kid Hungry and many more.During
Education
The Culinary Institute of America
A.O.S, Culinary
1996 — 1998
Skills
- Consumer Products
- Recipes
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Ingredients
- Social Media
- Food Service
- Ingredient Broker Network
- Leader in Trends
- Public Relations
- Food Safety
- Restaurants
- Trends
- Cooking
- Catering
- Quality
- Digital
- Food Processing
- Sauces
- Food Science
- Food
- Culinary Expertise
- Networking
- Strategic Planning
- Culinary Skills
- Food Manufacturing
- Chef
- Leadership
- Retail
- Food Industry
- Haccp
- Menu Development
- Supply Chain
- Public Relations Events
- R&D
- Promotions
- Product Development
- Chef Network
- Frozen Food
- Promotion of Products
- Food & Beverage
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