“ Everyone at '21' Club enjoys working with Janine Gordon and her team – they "get" our business and deliver consistent results. ”
With experience ranging from fine dining to fast food, JGA understands the differing challenges inherent in building relationships with consumers in this dynamic category.
The Capital Grille owns and operates 44 locations nationwide. The restaurant is known for its dry-aged steaks, award-winning wine list and professional service in an atmosphere of relaxed elegance. Routinely recognized by Wine Spectator magazine, The Capital Grille has received the American Culinary Federation’s “Achievement of Excellence Award.” In June 2010, The Capital Grille was voted a guest favorite on Open Table’s “2010 Best American Cuisine Winners - Top 50 Restaurant List,” with 10 of The Capital Grille locations filling out the List’s coveted 50 spots. The List is derived from more than five million reviews submitted by Open Table diners for more than 11,000 restaurants, in all 50 States.
The Capital Grille offers more than 350 New and Old World wine selections, including a Captain’s List of some of the world’s most highly allocated and sought-after wines. The restaurant also offers a variety of elegant private dining spaces for meetings and group events.
Blimpie (NASDAQ: BMPE), “America’s Sub Shop,” was started in 1964 by three young men from New Jersey who believed that their “salad on a bun” concept would be a hit in Hoboken. The company has since grown to be one of the world’s largest and most successful international franchised fast food operations.
Concern about obesity and unhealthy food choices made by children is both a national issue and a priority for New York City's Department of Education. The SchoolFood program was created to encourage New York City's public school students to take advantage of the new generation of healthy, enhanced school meals.
Dean & Deluca retail stores offer the very best in service, quality and epicurean excellence. Since its founding in New York’s SoHo in 1977, the company’s success has led to multiple retail outlets and coffee bars in New York City, Washington, DC, Charlotte, Kansas City, the Napa Valley and Tokyo.
'21' Club, one of New York City's most iconic restaurants, is a property of Orient-Express (NYSE: OEH, www.orient-express.com). The name behind an elite collection of travel experiences first came into being in 1883 as one of the world’s most exciting and indulgent train journeys. Today, that evocative name also embraces hotels, cruises and other luxury rail adventures in 24 countries, across five continents. The company has offered exceptional luxury travel experiences since 1976, when it first purchased Hotel Cipriani in Venice. Shortly thereafter, it recreated the celebrated Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, linking London, Paris and Venice, along with other European cities. The company presently owns or part-owns and manages 50 businesses, 41 of which are highly acclaimed hotels, each unique in style, from the Mount Nelson in Cape Town and Rio’s Copacabana Palace, to the Grand Hotel Europe in St. Petersburg and Maroma Resort & Spa on Mexico’s Riviera Maya.
Founded in 1984 by Dorothy Cann Hamilton for aspiring professional chefs, the Institute's New York and California campuses offer full-time courses in the culinary arts, pastry arts, cake design and artisanal bread baking. A limited roster of specialized classes is also available to the non-professional cooking enthusiast. In 2010, The French Culinary Institute was named top cooking vocational school in the U.S.
