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Top 19 Food consulting firms based in Chicago, United States

RevenueBase identified 56 food consulting firms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 612 professional contacts across them, including 298 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers food consulting firms headquartered in Chicago, United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 21, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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The 19 largest food consulting firms based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size
Top 19 of 56 food consulting firms based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to food consulting firms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026201-500175 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Matrix Sciences partners with the agri-food industry to deliver science-based solutions that support confident decision-making across the supply chain from Cultivation to…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
2Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202651-200159 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Technomic Inc, an Informa company, was founded as a management consulting firm in 1966.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
3Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5035 contacts →

Strong evidence

“FoodMinds, a division of Padilla, is an award-winning food and nutrition communications and consulting company boldly transforming the way the world thinks about food, nutrition…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
4Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5026 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Precision-Tuned Foodservice Solutions: Expert support and strategic guidance, precisely when your brand needs it.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
5Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5023 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Developing craveable flavor is at the heart of what we do.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
6Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 20261-1016 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Manufacturing a safe, quality food or beverage product, cost-effectively, every day is hard.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
7Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-5014 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Whole Brain Consulting, your outsourced operations experts.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
8Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202651-20013 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Restaurant consulting and development company.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
9Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 20261-106 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At Rosemary Food Service, we understand the critical role that high-quality food and services play in the success of your house.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
10Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 20261-105 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Our Philosophy The term 'day one' connotes a new beginning, a new strategy, a new solution, a new approach, a fresh start.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
11Strong evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 20261-105 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Foodservice IP works one on one with its food and beverage clients to produce: research-based management consulting service, multiclient studies, proprietary research, and more.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
12Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-505 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Aaron Allen & Associates is a global strategy firm focused exclusively on the foodservice and hospitality industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
13Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026501-1,0003 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Fifty/50 Group, initially established with the goal of buying a small property and opening a restaurant in Chicago’s Wicker Park area, has seen remarkable growth since its…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
14Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 202611-503 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Hospitality experts, restaurant and bar builders, hospitality consulting services.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
15Indirect evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 20261-103 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Innovative culinary consultants providing Kitchen Design, Kitchen Equipment, Concept & Menu Development, and Proprietary Formulas.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
16Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 20261-102 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Stuart Davis Design offers full-service consulting for a wide array of foodservice market segments.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
17Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 20261-102 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Are high food costs a headache for your restaurant group?”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
18Partial evidenceChicago, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“A food-focused strategy and communications consultancy founded by Janet Helm, MS, RDN, an experienced PR strategist, global food analyst and nutrition journalist.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
19Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We help food brands innovate with purpose.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026

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Food consulting firms based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026
48.7%Verified-email coverage
10.9Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
125.0%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
43
11-50
8
51-200
3
201-500
1
501-1,000
1

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Chicago, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Chicago, over 56 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among food consulting firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in Chicago, United States whose own description of what they do matches “food consulting firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names food consulting firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among food consulting firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Chicago are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 298 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 21, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Food consulting firms by metro in the United States

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names food consulting firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many food consulting firms are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 56 food consulting firms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Matrix Sciences, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most food consulting firms?

New York leads with 70 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (56) and Los Angeles (34).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 298 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 56 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 21, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.