Pivot Culinary Partners with ASPDA to Kick Off 17th Annual Conference with Meet + Greet Event

SCOTTSDALE, AZ (May 13, 2025) – Pivot Culinary is proud to have partnered with the American Sports and Performance Dietitians Association (ASPDA) in hosting their first pre-conference Meet+Greet event in the association’s 17-year history. More than 450 sports dietitians from professional and collegiate teams nationwide traveled to Scottsdale for the conference with over 200 attending the kick-off event.

Pivot Culinary, a pro sports team performance culinary organization, held the Meet + Greet at its affiliate company, the Herb Box, Shea location which offers over 5,000 square feet of indoor/outdoor space. Together, the companies provided a night of live music, handpassed appetizers, a cocktail-mocktail hour, a full-service buffet-style dinner, and ended the evening with a team-building activity “Food Fight” taco cooking challenge.

The taco challenge brought together teams of dietitians to create the best taco using a select set of ingredients. A judging panel consisting of Pivot Executive Chef Molly Conway, Kaleidoscope Juice owner, Brooke Graves and Suckerpunch Pickles founders, Jack Rubenstein and Cash Young – ranked each team’s taco creation based on taste, presentation and creativity. After four rounds of taco-making, one team was named the winner.

The event served as the official start of the ASPDA’s 17th Annual Conference, held at the DoubleTree Resort by Hilton Hotel Paradise Valley, where Pivot Culinary and its affiliate company Game Day Culinary Solutions were also featured as a sponsor.