Enjoy samples of food featuring creative uses of Not Yo’Daddy's Mexican Hot Sauce, the LaunchChef Culinary Gold Launch Award.

Keynote Speaker: Brandon Chrostowsky, founder of Edwins Leadership and Restaurant Institute.

The LaunchTown Experience™ startup competition is an open competition for all college and university students in Ohio with a new technology-based business, product, or service. The competition is open to students in all majors. Prize money is made possible through a grant from the Burton D. Morgan Foundation.

The 12th annual LaunchTown EXP™ Competition includes three competition categories:

1) LaunchTown SOAR™ competition for high-tech student businesses;

2) LaunchTown LIFTOFF™ for new undergrad student teams; and

3) LaunchTown LaunchChef™ competition for food-based startups.

Arrive on time to see an exhibition of student team products and taste the winning entries of LaunchChef™ food startups