Our Team
Marc Halperin
COO / Principal
A classically trained chef who earned his Grand Diplôme d'Études Culinaires at Paris's prestigious Ecole de Cuisine La Varenne, COO Marc Halperin brings considerable gastronomic expertise and more than two decades of restaurant-consulting and teaching experience to the client table.
"We at CCD want to get to the heart of what makes consumers passionate about particular tastes, textures, preparations and presentations," Halperin says. "Working with our 80-plus-member Chefs' Council®, we can identify promising culinary trends early on in their lifecycle. Then, we isolate the elements that can form the basis for exciting new products and help clients bring those products to market quickly."
Prior to co-founding CCD, Halperin's culinary tenure included stints in such celebrated kitchens as those of Taillevent and Maxim's in Paris, Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California, and the Deer Valley Ski Resort in Park City, Utah, where he served as head pastry chef during the resort's inaugural season. Later, he was a chef instructor at Le Cordon Rouge cooking school in Sausalito, California, and at the California Culinary Academy. He is a professional member of the Research Chefs Association and a member of the San Francisco Professional Food Society.
Halperin holds a Bachelor's degree in biology from Reed College in Portland, Oregon, and a Master's in music performance from Boston University.