Training Specifics I am privileged to have been employed and trained by knowledgeable individuals. Certain individuals who shared their knowledge with me were particularly enthusiastic about select aspects of food and beverage programs. Through them I not only became conversant with their certain specialty; but their enthusiasm about the specialty was transferred to me as well. Their interest created my thirst for more knowledge about the specialties that I initially learned from them. As a consequence, I continued to pursue more information about these subjects. Those programs and individuals are noted below. Each training specific declares the names of the employers where the training originated. The correct links to click to find a particular employer on this website are noted with all listed training specifics. Subject (Alphabetical) Source Employer Website Link Dining Room Captain Hassan Al Katib Maître ’d   The Shore Club Restaurant French Entertainment Booking Patrick Scott Partner, General Manager Pooh’s Pub Nightclubs Function - Banquet Sales and Production On Premise From 20 – 500 covers All phases Gilbert Barthe President & General Manager & Angelo Pappas Maître ‘d The Mirabeau French Top Ten Function -  Banquet Sales and Production Off Premise From 20 – 2,000 covers All Phases Jerry Ascione Food and Beverage Director Salute The Embassy Suites Italian Hotels Guest Relations and Service Standards Edith Bonn Owner - Operator Café Budapest Hungarian Top Ten Human Resources All Phases Manager and All Staff Entire Human Resources Department The Fontainebleau Hilton North American Hotels Top Ten Margin, Revenue and Costs Stanley Pate Owner – Operator Pate’s Piccadilly Pub and Christopher’s Steakhouses Steakhouses Operations Manfred Grucella Maître ‘d Laffite The Registry Resort French Hotels Top Ten Preparations Bernard Davodet Owner & Chef The Bay View Street Garage North American Product Management All Products All Phases Maria Priola Owner – Operator Maria’s Italian Ristorante Italian Promotions and Special Events All Phases Frank Melgar Senior Partner (Brando’s, Our House Restaurant, Pooh’s Pub, Sweet Virginia) Melgar & Scott Nightclubs North American Reservations Jane Silva Owner – Operator The Galley Restaurant The Cliffside Beach Hotel French Hotels Tableside Preparations Donald Keeble, Maître ’d (His Greenbrier origins put a shine on my skills – details, details, details) The Crystal Parrot The Edgewater Beach Hotel French Hotels Wine Berne Brown Copartner, General Manager (California Wine Wizard By: “The Wine Spectator”) The Chef’s Garden French Top Ten