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The Power 20

This year's 20 elite leaders of the restaurant industry

The Power 20

The Power 20: Emerging Leaders

 Dec. 16, 2019

For this year’s Power 20 list, RB sought to recognize the next wave of great restaurant leaders. We gathered nominations from current executives and did some groundwork of our own to identify these 20 standouts, whose careers are on the rise thanks to their accomplishments across many areas of the business.

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Power 20

Dec. 16, 2019
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Nick Graff

Dec. 13, 2018

It’s rare for a new menu item to reverse the fortunes of a restaurant brand in the way that zucchini noodles did for Noodles & Co. last summer.

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Jose Garces

Mar. 11, 2016

Jose Garces fell in love with Philadelphia when he came to work for restaurateur Stephen Starr after stints in Spain and New York. “I felt immediately that...

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Ethan Stowell Restaurants

Mar. 14, 2017

Often compared to fellow Seattle MCO Tom Douglas, Ethan and Angela Stowell—who Douglas told Restaurant Business last year he’s got his eye on—have...

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John Rivers

Mar. 13, 2016

Central Florida barbecue fans did not know Texas-style brisket when John Rivers opened 4 Rivers Smokehouse in 2009, the restaurateur says. “We debunked...

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Starr Restaurants

Mar. 14, 2017

Stephen Starr likens running restaurants to producing theater, where everything from the staff-and-guest rapport to the background music and lighting must be...

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Linton Hopkins

Mar. 14, 2016

After spending his CIA externship cooking in New Orleans, Hopkins knew he wanted to open a restaurant in Atlanta that would become woven into the fabric of...

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Power 20 2014: Leaders

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jul. 17, 2017

Change agents facing the greatest challenges in the restaurant industry today.

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Michael Symon

Mar. 14, 2016

Best known for his fame on The Food Network, the chef and restaurateur developed his career long before the television spotlight and James Beard award,...

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