The keynote speaker at Austin’s 2017 Restaurant Innovation Summit, this October is Richard Blais. The summit is a gathering of industry leaders discussing new technologies in the restaurant world. Blais is the winner of Top Chef All-Stars, a Bravo program. He is involved in several unique restaurant concepts such as, “Juniper & Ivy” and “Crack Shack.” He is releasing a new cookbook this year, and is about to debut a new television show on the FYI network.