Creativity! It's what gets most of us chefs up each morning and it still drives me today.  But my life has become a complex layering of disciplines that go way beyond the line.

 

Add in operational assessments, developing re-imagining or repositioning menus and concepts; designing kitchens, bars, concession stands or full blown restaurants; creating wine, cocktail and beer strategies and then the operational procedures and manuals to launch and manage everything, and on occasion even taking them through start up. That is what my life is like today.

 

The irony is that almost all of this work is done for others, entities like fast food, restaurant and hotel chains and more recently equity groups. Projects can come in segments, collaborations or as an entirety. It really doesn't matter in the long term. It's the satisfaction that comes with completion that keeps me going.  That and the added plus of knowing that my team and I are influencing the future in a positive and dynamic way.

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A few of the restaurant, hotel, management and entertainment companies we have consulted for since 2001.

 

WALT DISNEY WORLD - Orlando

 

CHICK FIL A - Atlanta

 

SONIC INDUSTRIES - Oklahoma City

 

FORK and SCREEN & McGUFFINS - AMC Entertainment - Atlanta, Kansas City

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CONCESSION STANDS of the FUTURE - AMC Entertainment - Atlanta, Kansas City

 

BONFIRE - HMS Host - Logan Airport, Boston

 

WICKER PARK - HMS Host - Chicago O'Hare Airport

 

UMAIZUSHI - HMS Host - Honolulu, Houston and Chicago O'Hare Airports

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HOULIHAN'S RESTAURANTS INC. - Kansas City

 

KOGIKAN - Aramark - Philadelphia

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MOTORETTA - Aramark - Philadelphia

 

CAZUELA - Aramark - Philadelphia

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SAM ADAMS - HMS Host - Logan Airport, Boston

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LIHUE CAR RENTAL - HMS Host, - Honolulu Airport

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MAUI DOG - HMS Host  - Maui Airport

 

BARRIO CAFÉ - HMS Host - Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport  

GREEK SOUVLAKI - HMS Host - Salt Lake City Airport, Utah

 

SALT LAKE PIZZA & PASTA - HMS Host - Salt Lake City Airport

 

CHILI'S - Dallas, Texas

 

VIVACE - HMS Host - Salt Lake City Airport

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PF CHANG'S - Scottsdale, Arizona

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ON THE BORDER - Dallas, Texas

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RUBY TUESDAY's - Maryville, Tennessee

 

STANDEES - Grassmere Partners - Kansas City

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IHOP - Los Angeles

 

BRISTOL & J. GILBERTS (HOULIHAN'S INC.) - Kansas City

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