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The Power 20

This year's 20 elite leaders of the restaurant industry

The Power 20

Tom Morales

 Mar. 10, 2016

The Nashville-born chef hasn’t followed the traditional path of a local restaurateur. After departing the city for 15 years, he came back with plans of...

The Power 20

HMSHost

 Mar. 14, 2017

When Technomic last published its roundup of top MCOs in 2011, HMSHost was not on the list. But the concessionaire—and airport dining, in general—has...

The Power 20

Oak Hill Capital Partners

Apr. 10, 2018

The investment firm returned to the restaurant industry in 2017 with its acquisition of Checkers & Rally’s for $525 million from another private-equity firm, Sentinel Capital.

The Power 20

Jennifer Jasinski

Mar. 11, 2016

After traveling coast to coast under the tutelage of Wolfgang Puck, Jennifer Jasinski planted herself in Denver, a market where she thought she could make a...

The Power 20

The Bartolotta Restaurants

Mar. 14, 2017

The Bartolotta brothers made last year’s Power 20 list of local leaders for the popular network of restaurants they’ve built in their home state. Since,...

The Power 20

Rob Apple & Tom Walton

Mar. 11, 2016

Tiny Bentonville, population a shade under 40,000, isn’t exactly a restaurant desert. Plenty of chain eateries dot the landscape—a landscape shaped...

The Power 20

Frontera Restaurants

Mar. 14, 2017

Rick Bayless’ Frontera Restaurants is one of the smaller MCOs in this year’s Power 20—nine concepts comprising 14 locations, mostly in Bayless’ home...

The Power 20

Phil Romano

Mar. 13, 2016

The Fuddruckers and Macaroni Grill creator and longtime restaurateur made the list not for the reasons some may think. His current venture, 15-acre Trinity...

The Power 20

Disruptive Restaurant Group

Mar. 14, 2017

In May, SBE, the hotelier behind restaurants Katsuya and The Bazaar, spun off its food and beverage arm under the name Disruptive Restaurant Group to grow...

The Power 20

Sean Brock

Mar. 14, 2016

The thirty-something restaurateur’s Husk and Minero have outgrown their Charleston, S.C. digs, now branching out with locations in Nashville, Tenn., and...

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