After successful tenures at both the North Texas Food Bank and HEB/Central Market, Robin launched her culinary and nutrition communications consulting business in 2003. Her unique niche of combining food and nutrition expertise with sales, marketing and public relations experiences have landed her a diverse client base including: Glaceau, Sara Lee, Quaker Oats, Pop Chips, Bausch and Lomb, Tenet Healthcare Corporation, Fisher Pay Kel and the American Institute of Wine and Food.

Professional Awards & Honors

• Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year Award Winner
  (Texas Dietetic Association)
• 2006-07 Outstanding Media Award Winner
  (Dallas Dietetic Association)

Professional Leadership

• Chair - Nutrition Entrepreneurs Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association
• Co-Chairman for the 2008 Texas Dietetic Association Annual Food and Nutrition Conference
• Advisory Committee Member for the Art Institute of Dallas' Culinary Arts Program
• Former President of the Dallas Dietetic Association

Professional Memberships

Robin is an active member of the following organizations:

Personal Glimpse

Robin Plotkin has been in the business of food for 20 years. Since her ice cream dipping days at Frosty's in Peoria, Illinois, she has maintained her passion for food, the culinary arts and nutrition through her career in the food service industry. After obtaining degrees at the University of Missouri-Columbia and Texas Women's University, she began her dietetics career in the kitchen at Zale Lipshy University Hospital on the UT Southwestern campus.

She frequently mentors students and young dietitians as they carve their niche in the nutrition and food world by encouraging them to look over, under and around the box and not just outside of it. You'll also find her frequently quoted in the media as well as stirring things up in the kitchen and classroom as she teaches creative ways to balance eating and living well to students of all ages.

Robin spends her free time cooking and volunteering for such causes as the North Texas Food Bank and Lone Star Lab Rescue. Robin resides in Dallas, Texas with her husband and 2 rescue dogs, Bo and Charlie.