International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) is "taking it to the next level" under the leadership of its new CEO, Tanya Steel. Some of the founding members of IACP include Julia Child, Jacques Pepin, Nathalie Dupree and Anne Willan. Steel's impressive resume includes being Editor in Chief of both Epicurious and Gourmet, a best selling cookbook author, the award director for Julia Child Award, adjunct professor at New York University along with many other accolades. Recently, Steel joined Chef Jaime Laurita and me in the Middleby Residential showroom in New York City for a Kitchen Chat to discuss the upcoming conference in Santa Fe. She is dedicated to giving this group of culinary professionals a national voice and has created a platform of Eat, Engage and Empower for IACP.