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title: "100th National Restaurant Association Show to Feature 1,000-Pound Cheesecake"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/b06989b5-d981-4853-82f5-4d146113d6e5
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/100th-national-restaurant-association-show-to-feature-1000-pound-cheesecake-2709999
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
published: 2019-05-17T22:17:35.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:32:03.912Z
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# 100th National Restaurant Association Show to Feature 1,000-Pound Cheesecake

**TL;DR:** The National Restaurant Association is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a 1,000-pound cheesecake at the 2019 NRA Show. The show will feature educational programs, including the "Future of Dining" and a "SuperSession" on innovative restaurant technology.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2019-05-17. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/100th-national-restaurant-association-show-to-feature-1000-pound-cheesecake-2709999).*

## Story

According to an article by Nation’s Restaurant News, the National Restaurant Association (NRA) is gearing up to treat all 65,000 of this year’s NRA Show guests to a piece of a 1,000-pound cheesecake. This sweet treat isn’t a staple of the annual event—the massive dessert by Chicago-based Eli’s Cheesecake Co. will be ringing in the Show’s 100th anniversary.

The 2019 NRA Show will be held at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois, with the cheesecake cutting commencing at 2:30 p.m in the Grand Concourse. It will be cut by NRA president Mary Pat Heftman, who will be celebrating her 29th anniversary with the show, and CEO Dawn Sweeney, who announced her retirement this week.

Sunday’s main educational program entitled the “Future of Dining” will feature discussion with CEOs from restaurants and grocery stores and will be led by Sweeney. A Monday “SuperSession” will feature discussions on innovative restaurant technology.

“The energy of this industry is like no other,” said Heftman according to the article. “While the operators may be competing for share of stomach, they are great friends and they are great sharers of information, tools and techniques. They want the hospitality industry to be at its very best.”

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- anniversary celebration (topic)
- restaurant technology (topic)
- National Restaurant Association (company)
- industry event (topic)
- nra show (topic)
- McCormick Place (location)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/100th-national-restaurant-association-show-to-feature-1000-pound-cheesecake-2709999). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/b06989b5-d981-4853-82f5-4d146113d6e5).