Archives – By Category

Awards

• Congratulations to this year's James Beard Foundation Award Winners - May 6, 2010
• S.Pellegrino's World's Best Restaurants 2010 - April 26, 2010
• IACP Cookbook Awards - April 26, 2010
• James Beard Foundation Awards 2010 Nominees - March 24, 2010
• Ontario Hostelry Institute's 2010 'Top 30 Under 30' Awards - November 27, 2009

Candidates

• "How to play a winning Card at the Interview" - September 14, 2010
• Your Exit Strategy - May 13, 2010

Chefs

• Foodstock draws 30,000 people to protest Mega-Quarry - November 22, 2011
• "The Ten Commandments of a Chef" by Daniel Boulud - May 30, 2011
• Behind the scenes at the French Laundry - September 14, 2010
• Harvard Business Review - Life's Work: Mario Batali (hbr.org) - May 14, 2010
• Casting Call for Top Chef Canada!!! - May 10, 2010
• First-ever Canadian Chef Survey reveals top menu trends for 2010 [CNW] - March 8, 2010
• Updating Restaurant Etiquette for a Modern Age [starchefs.com] - March 1, 2010
• McDonald's Has a Chef? [Time] - February 17, 2010
• Eleven Madison Park Chef Tapped to Represent USA at Bocuse d'Or [NBCNY] - February 8, 2010
• Michael Smith on his Iron Chef appearance vs Bobby Flay - February 3, 2010
• "Rob Feenie's Great Big Comeback At The 2009 Gold Medal Plates" - October 27, 2009
• DB, Wolfgang Puck, Mario Batali, Guy Savoy, Santi Santamaria and Tetsuya Wakuda to open in Singapore - October 26, 2009
• David Chang on 'No Reservations' - September 30, 2009
• New York Magazine lists "The Twenty Biggest Chef Empires" - September 24, 2009
• Canadian Chefs are upset about being left out of soon to be released book on the world's 100 most promising Chefs!!! - July 31, 2009

Events

• THE PICNIC AT THE BRICK WORKS ON SUNDAY OCTOBER 4TH - September 29, 2009
• Niagara Wine Festival - September 18th to 27th - September 9, 2009
• Savour Stratford Perth County Culinary Festival - September 26th & 27th - September 9, 2009
• SOUTH BEACH WINE & FOOD FESTIVAL - February 25th to 28th, 2010 - September 9, 2009
• NEW YORK CITY FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL - October 8th to 10th, 2009 - September 8, 2009

Food Network

• Casting Call for Top Chef Canada!!! - May 10, 2010

Hospitality Management

• Updating Restaurant Etiquette for a Modern Age [starchefs.com] - March 1, 2010
• Customer Service 101 - Here's a great list of 100 Do's and Dont's for Restaurant Servers (Part 2) - November 10, 2009
• Customer Service 101 - Here's a great list of 100 Do's and Dont's for Restaurant Servers (Part 1) - November 10, 2009

Hotels

• After a Rough Night, Hotel Investors Are Waking Up - December 6, 2010
• Revamped hotels are prepped for an industry recovery (theglobeandmail.com) - November 4, 2010
• Boutique hotel vs. chain reliability (theglobeandmail.com) - November 4, 2010
• Geolo Acquires Los Angeles Landmark - JDV to Manage - October 6, 2010
• Bob Boyle, Benchmark Regional VP, Dies - September 21, 2010
• Avington Financial launching a hotel buyout fund called Avingstone - has the luxury hotel market reached a bottom? - October 27, 2009
• 'PKF Forecasts More Guests in 2010 (With a Catch)' - Hotel News Resource - October 23, 2009

Human Resources

• Receive A Job Counter-Offer? Don't Take It - July 12, 2011
• Google's 8-Point Plan to Help Managers Improve - NYTimes.com - March 16, 2011
• Talent Retention - February 25, 2011
• The Counter Offer - Dangers and Food for Thought - January 14, 2011
• Ten must-ask job interview questions - January 4, 2011
• Meet the Millennials - Hospitality Hiring and the Under-30 Set - December 21, 2010
• Six Keys to Being Excellent at Anything - Tony Schwartz - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review - October 5, 2010
• "...small moves, smartly made, can set big things in motion" - September 15, 2010
• "How to play a winning Card at the Interview" - September 14, 2010
• Harvard Business Review - Life's Work: Mario Batali (hbr.org) - May 14, 2010
• Your Exit Strategy - May 13, 2010
• Filling in the Job Gap (globeandmail.com) - May 7, 2010
• Updating Restaurant Etiquette for a Modern Age [starchefs.com] - March 1, 2010
• Should You Be An Entrepreneur? Take This Test [HBR Blog] - February 22, 2010
• "Meetings and interviews, with me, anyway" - February 2, 2010
• New perspectives on sourcing 'Active' and 'Passive' candidates - August 20, 2009
• Here's why you should continue to develop your Candidate Pipeline... - July 14, 2009
• "Career Fair Confidential: Making the most of your opportunities" - July 10, 2009
• Interviewing – Everything you’ve wanted to know (but were afraid to ask!) - June 3, 2009

Industry Trends

• Foodstock draws 30,000 people to protest Mega-Quarry - November 22, 2011
• Restaurants are projecting price increases as inflation rises and costs go up [Bloomberg.com] - May 10, 2011
• Talent Retention - February 25, 2011
• The Counter Offer - Dangers and Food for Thought - January 14, 2011
• Meet the Millennials - Hospitality Hiring and the Under-30 Set - December 21, 2010
• After a Rough Night, Hotel Investors Are Waking Up - December 6, 2010
• Trends + Buzzwords for Restaurants & Hotels in 2011 - November 10, 2010
• Revamped hotels are prepped for an industry recovery (theglobeandmail.com) - November 4, 2010
• Boutique hotel vs. chain reliability (theglobeandmail.com) - November 4, 2010
• Geolo Acquires Los Angeles Landmark - JDV to Manage - October 6, 2010
• "...small moves, smartly made, can set big things in motion" - September 15, 2010
• Behind the scenes at the French Laundry - September 14, 2010
• Harvard Business Review - Life's Work: Mario Batali (hbr.org) - May 14, 2010
• Restaurants See Slow Recovery From the Recession (nytimes.com) - April 19, 2010
• R&I's Top 100 Independent Restaurants: The New Normal - April 1, 2010
• James Beard Foundation Awards 2010 Nominees - March 24, 2010
• First-ever Canadian Chef Survey reveals top menu trends for 2010 [CNW] - March 8, 2010
• Lecours Wolfson is proud to be part of Terroir 2010 - March 1, 2010
• McDonald's Has a Chef? [Time] - February 17, 2010
• Mind games on the menu: The psychological tricks restaurants use to part us from our money (The Independent) - February 3, 2010
• Baum + Whiteman has released their annual food and dining trends for 2010 - see excerpt below... - November 9, 2009
• 'PKF Forecasts More Guests in 2010 (With a Catch)' - Hotel News Resource - October 23, 2009
• Top Philadelphia Restauranteurs use Silent Shoppers - Stephen Starr says that "Any owner who doesn't [use a service] is crazy." - September 11, 2009
• New perspectives on sourcing 'Active' and 'Passive' candidates - August 20, 2009
• Tim Hortons in NYC - July 15, 2009
• Here's why you should continue to develop your Candidate Pipeline... - July 14, 2009
• "Career Fair Confidential: Making the most of your opportunities" - July 10, 2009
• Gordon Ramsay's restaurant empire reports a 90% decrease in annual profits - July 3, 2009
• R&I's Top 100 Independent Restaurants - July 2, 2009
• The days of 'rate integrity' seem to be over at Four Seasons Hotels - "Pillow Fights at the Four Seasons " - June 29, 2009
• "Crystal-ball Gazing: Top trends in the hospitality industry" - June 22, 2009
• "A Future With Fewer Reservations" - June 22, 2009
• First Rule For Personal Chefs: Zip Those Lips - January 7, 2006
• The many faces of a high-profile chef - October 28, 2002

Interviews

• Ten must-ask job interview questions - January 4, 2011
• "How to play a winning Card at the Interview" - September 14, 2010
• Desperate times lead to desperate untruths (theglobeandmail.com) - June 16, 2010
• Harvard Business Review - Life's Work: Mario Batali (hbr.org) - May 14, 2010
• Your Exit Strategy - May 13, 2010
• David Chang on 'No Reservations' - September 30, 2009
• Norm Wolfson's Tips on How To Get A Job - June 3, 2009
• Interviewing – Everything you’ve wanted to know (but were afraid to ask!) - June 3, 2009

Lecours Wolfson

• Meet the Millennials - Hospitality Hiring and the Under-30 Set - December 21, 2010
• Desperate times lead to desperate untruths (theglobeandmail.com) - June 16, 2010
• "Career Fair Confidential: Making the most of your opportunities" - July 10, 2009
• "Crystal-ball Gazing: Top trends in the hospitality industry" - June 22, 2009
• Norm Wolfson's Tips on How To Get A Job - June 3, 2009
• Interviewing – Everything you’ve wanted to know (but were afraid to ask!) - June 3, 2009
• First Rule For Personal Chefs: Zip Those Lips - January 7, 2006
• The many faces of a high-profile chef - October 28, 2002
• Leo Lecours - Obituary - June 16, 2002
• A Fine Balance - Effects of September 11 - March 12, 2002
• Recruiter cooks up a winner - April 19, 1997

News

• Foodstock draws 30,000 people to protest Mega-Quarry - November 22, 2011
• Chefs, Farmers Unite for Foodstock - September 16, 2011
• After a Rough Night, Hotel Investors Are Waking Up - December 6, 2010
• George Weston Ltd. Buys Ace Bakery (foodserviceworld.com) - November 4, 2010
• Revamped hotels are prepped for an industry recovery (theglobeandmail.com) - November 4, 2010
• Behind the scenes at the French Laundry - September 14, 2010
• Desperate times lead to desperate untruths (theglobeandmail.com) - June 16, 2010
• Food Network Expands with the Cooking Channel (nytimes.com) - April 21, 2010
• Restaurants See Slow Recovery From the Recession (nytimes.com) - April 19, 2010
• R&I's Top 100 Independent Restaurants: The New Normal - April 1, 2010
• Ontario Hostelry Institute announces 2010 Top 30 Under 30 Winners - March 25, 2010
• James Beard Foundation Awards 2010 Nominees - March 24, 2010
• The Restaurant Auteur [NYMAG] - March 16, 2010
• First-ever Canadian Chef Survey reveals top menu trends for 2010 [CNW] - March 8, 2010
• Lecours Wolfson is proud to be part of Terroir 2010 - March 1, 2010
• McDonald's Has a Chef? [Time] - February 17, 2010
• America's Best New Restaurants [Forbes] - February 12, 2010
• Eleven Madison Park Chef Tapped to Represent USA at Bocuse d'Or [NBCNY] - February 8, 2010
• Jamie Oliver Wins 2010 TED Prize [PSFK] - December 22, 2009
• The Recommendation Index [NRN] - December 10, 2009
• Rolling Stone Magazine is getting into the restaurant business and will be opening in LA in Summer of 2010 - December 10, 2009
• 'What Obama dinner party would be complete without some arugula from the White House garden?' (NYT) - November 25, 2009
• Canada’s 10 Best New Restaurants (according to enRoute) - October 28, 2009
• "Rob Feenie's Great Big Comeback At The 2009 Gold Medal Plates" - October 27, 2009
• Avington Financial launching a hotel buyout fund called Avingstone - has the luxury hotel market reached a bottom? - October 27, 2009
• DB, Wolfgang Puck, Mario Batali, Guy Savoy, Santi Santamaria and Tetsuya Wakuda to open in Singapore - October 26, 2009
• DB rumoured to close DB Brasserie in Las Vegas and plans to open (next year) DB Bistro Moderne in Singapore... - October 23, 2009
• Release of NYC Zagat 2010 and NYC Michelin 2010 Guides - October 7, 2009
• Kor Hotel Group Is Now Viceroy Hotel Group (Hospitality Design Magazine) - October 7, 2009
• Check out Michelin's 'Bib Gourmand' (Good Value) Restaurant picks in NYC - September 29, 2009
• New York Magazine lists "The Twenty Biggest Chef Empires" - September 24, 2009
• The 50 best things to eat in the world, and where to eat them - September 16, 2009
• Gold Medal Plates... - September 16, 2009
• Charlie Trotter thinks the worst is over and plans to open in NYC - September 15, 2009
• Top Philadelphia Restauranteurs use Silent Shoppers - Stephen Starr says that "Any owner who doesn't [use a service] is crazy." - September 11, 2009
• “Where should I take my 92-year-old grandmother for brunch in Midtown, keeping in mind that I’m a vegan and she’s not?” Frank Bruni, who recently retired as NYT's restaurant critic, answers all those questions we've always wanted to ask. - August 30, 2009
• Canadian Chefs are upset about being left out of soon to be released book on the world's 100 most promising Chefs!!! - July 31, 2009
• Tim Hortons in NYC - July 15, 2009
• Here's why you should continue to develop your Candidate Pipeline... - July 14, 2009
• Gordon Ramsay's restaurant empire reports a 90% decrease in annual profits - July 3, 2009
• Alan Richman's take on "the 25 best pizzas in America" in the June 2009 issue of GQ. - July 2, 2009
• The days of 'rate integrity' seem to be over at Four Seasons Hotels - "Pillow Fights at the Four Seasons " - June 29, 2009
• Leo Lecours - Obituary - June 16, 2002
• A Fine Balance - Effects of September 11 - March 12, 2002
• Recruiter cooks up a winner - April 19, 1997

Pizza

• Alan Richman's take on "the 25 best pizzas in America" in the June 2009 issue of GQ. - July 2, 2009

Restaurant Critics

• Canada’s 10 Best New Restaurants (according to enRoute) - October 28, 2009
• Release of NYC Zagat 2010 and NYC Michelin 2010 Guides - October 7, 2009
• Esquire Magazine's Best New Restaurants of 2009 - October 6, 2009
• The 50 best things to eat in the world, and where to eat them - September 16, 2009
• Alan Richman's take on "the 25 best pizzas in America" in the June 2009 issue of GQ. - July 2, 2009

Tips

• Receive A Job Counter-Offer? Don't Take It - July 12, 2011
• Your Exit Strategy - May 13, 2010
• Filling in the Job Gap (globeandmail.com) - May 7, 2010
• "You Said What?!" - July 29, 2009
• Norm Wolfson's Tips on How To Get A Job - June 3, 2009
• Interviewing – Everything you’ve wanted to know (but were afraid to ask!) - June 3, 2009

Uncategorized

• LinkedIn: "The Great Cocktail Party in the Sky" + "Top 8 Myths" - September 14, 2011
• Tokyo Passes Paris - January 11, 2011
• Lou Adler on the Job Description - November 5, 2010
• The Pitfalls of Hiring Slow (ere.net) - September 22, 2010
• "How to play a winning Card at the Interview" - September 14, 2010

What It Takes

• "...small moves, smartly made, can set big things in motion" - September 15, 2010
• Behind the scenes at the French Laundry - September 14, 2010