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The Power 20

This year's 20 elite leaders of the restaurant industry

The Power 20

Wolfgang Puck Inc.

 Mar. 14, 2017

It’s ironic that the father of California cuisine is enjoying his biggest headlines in recent memory for a New York City restaurant. But this latest...

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Hillstone Restaurant Group

 Mar. 14, 2017

Ask restaurateurs which modern restaurant company they admire, and many will name Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group. Ask Danny Meyer, and he is...

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L Catterton

Apr. 10, 2018

Perhaps no investor in growth chains has been as active in the restaurant space in recent years as L Catterton.

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John Folse

Mar. 10, 2016

While Paul Prudhomme and Emeril were igniting a passion for Cajun and Creole cooking with TV audiences, John Folse was more quietly spreading the word. His...

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Mina Group

Mar. 14, 2017

At last year’s Restaurant Leadership Conference, Chip Conley, former head of global hospitality for Airbnb, attributed this piece of advice he received to...

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Joe & Paul Bartolotta

Mar. 11, 2016

Rome wasn’t built in a day, and neither was Paul and Joe Bartolotta’s Wisconsin restaurant empire. It started with Ristorante Bartolotta in Wauwatosa,...

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Tavistock Restaurant Collection

Mar. 14, 2017

CEO John Bettin contends Tavistock Restaurant Collection restaurants are recognized by their “true hospitality—different than great service, although we...

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Hide Sakurai

Mar. 13, 2016

Honolulu magazine recently called Hide Sakurai the biggest restaurateur Honolulu’s never heard of. With the opening of Shokudo Japanese Restuarant & Bar in...

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B&B Hospitality Group

Mar. 14, 2017

When Mario Batali opened Babbo in 1998, his plan was not to launch dozens of restaurants. So what drove the growth of the Italian group? A longtime sous chef...

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Anne Quatrano

Mar. 13, 2016

As the mother of the farm-to-table movement in Atlanta, Quatrano helped generate a market for locally sourced ingredients by growing her Star Provisions...

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