L’Auberge Del Mar, A Destination Hotel, has named Collin Leaver as chef de cuisine. He will collaborate with the resort’s executive chef, Nathan Lingle, on menu development, combining his certified pizzaiolo and Italian influences with fresh ingredients to create new and contemporary menus. www.LAubergeDelMar.com www.DestinationHotels.com. “Collin is a highly accomplished culinarian with a diverse industry […]
Category: Personalities
Country star John Michael Montgomery to play Seminole Casino Coconut Creek
Award-winning country music artist John Michael Montgomery will perform in The Pavilion at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek on Aug. 17, at 8 p.m. Montgomery began singing with his brother Eddie, who later became half of the Montgomery Gentry duo. After beginning his major-label solo career in 1992, the Kentucky native has had more than 30 […]
Sydney Semedo new executive chef at West Palm Beach Marriott’s Bistro Ten Zero One
The West Palm Beach Marriott has named as its new executive chef. Semedo will oversee the Marriott’s signature restaurant, Bistro Ten Zero One, along with the hotel’s in-house banquet and catering services. Semedo, originally from Cape Verde Island in West Africa, comes to Bistro after working as executive chef for Newark Liberty International Airport Marriott. “My […]
Loews Hotels at Universal Orlando names executive team for new Aventura Hotel
Loews Hotels at Universal Orlando has named the executive leadership team for Universal’s Aventura Hotel, set to open in August. Rising 17 floors with 600 rooms, the hotel is the sixth on-site hotel at Universal Orlando Resort and offers views of each of Universal Orlando three theme parks, advanced in-room technology, the destination’s first rooftop […]
Big Time Restaurant Group Executive Chef Summa co-hosting film on female chefs
With females representing only seven percent of executive chefs and restaurant owners in the U.S., Big Time Restaurant Group Executive Chef/Partner Lisabet Summa is teaming up with filmmaker Joanna James, to promote women in Florida’s hospitality industry. The duo on June 25 will host a screening of “A Fine Line,” which chronicles the experiences […]
Chef Lee Morris sets the culinary bar high at 1000 North in Jupiter, Fla.
As he sat at a corner table inside 1000 North, Lee Morris, the Jupiter restaurant’s executive chef, couldn’t help but smile. Morris saw that the four-month old restaurant was quickly filling up on this weekday evening; and he saw Jupiter Lighthouse standing guard over the Jupiter Inlet waterway that borders 1000 North. “When I first […]
Taste of Recovery coming to Delray Beach on June 2
The second annual Taste of Recovery (tasteofrecovery.com) is fast approaching. The event, hosted by Louie Bossi, Executive Chef/Partner at Big Time Restaurant Group’s Louie Bossi’s Ristorante, Bar & Pizzeria, is scheduled for June 2 from 6-9 p.m. at the Old School Square Pavilion,51 North Swinton Avenue, in Delray Beach. Guests will receive bites from a […]
Hope golf exhibit thanks Bob for the memories
Here’s a good way to spend some of the Memorial Day holiday. What’s Since 2011, fans and museum-goers across the United States have had an opportunity to experience the traveling exhibition, “Bob Hope: An American Treasure.” Beginning May 26, the popular exhibition will make its way back to the place where Hope’s journey to success […]
Hilton New Orleans Riverside adds to its executive team
Hilton New Orleans Riverside has named Randy Piebes as new director of food and beverage and Sarah Wexler as the new director of events and catering for the 1,622-room property. Piebes and Wexler join the hotel’s new Executive Chef Mark Quitney in leading food and beverage services and building on the success of the hotel’s meetings and events […]
Speers new VP of operations at Salamander Hotels & Resorts
Salamander Hotels & Resorts, the luxury hotel company founded by Sheila Johnson, has appointed John Speers as its new vice president of operations. Prior to joining Salamander, Speers was senior vice president at Capital Properties where he oversaw a collection of luxury properties including the Chatham Bars Inn in Chatham, MA, and the Inn at Perry Cabin in St. Michael’s, MD. Speers also served as […]