Greenwich Country Club, a premier country club in the Greenwich, Conn., area, brings together a rich, 129-year history with a family and community culture. In 2019, Keith Armstrong returned to Greenwich Country Club as the General Manager after a successful […]
Adam Chase serves as the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) Director at Commonwealth Wine School. He is also president and founder of Grape Experience Wine & Spirit School, leading programs in the San Francisco Bay Area, Nevada and Boston. […]
Elisha Cicerone is the General Manager and Chief Operating Officer of Charlotte City Club in North Carolina. Previous club experience includes Assistant General Manager and Food & Beverage Director at Chevy Chase Club in Maryland, Food and Beverage Director at Miramont Country Club in […]
Lance S. Cook, WCMC, CEC, CCA, CFBE, FMP, CFSM, is a 1996 graduate of The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in Hyde Park, N.Y. During his intense training at this classical French culinary college, he received numerous honors. He has […]
Scott Craig is a World Association of Chefs’ Societies (WACS) International Certified Master Chef (CMC) and a 2012 International Culinary Olympic gold medalist. He is currently Executive Chef of Cullasaja Club in Highlands, N.C. From 2018 until May 2022, he […]
In her more than 30 years’ experience working in restaurant kitchens, Melinda Dorn noticed that, while food trends came and went in a flash, less-desirable aspects of the business never seemed to change—even when everyone wished they would. The side […]
Andrew Haapala, Executive Sous Chef of The Country Club of Virginia (Richmond, Va.), has over 20 years’ experience cooking and managing kitchens in great clubs in the Mid-Atlantic, including Baltimore Country Club, Chevy Chase and Myers Park Country Club, working […]
Laura Herman, CEPC, attended The French Pastry School. She has served as Pastry Chef for Westmoreland Country Club from 2010 to 2012, Pastry Chef for Conway Farms Golf Club from 2012 to 2018, and as Executive Pastry Chef for the […]
Perry Kenney, CCM, grew up in New Jersey and graduated from the Culinary Institute of America. He then moved to Florida, where he began his club industry career at Sawgrass Country Club. A creative industry veteran with exceptional leadership skills, […]
Geoffrey Lanez, CEC, Executive Chef of The Patterson Club in Fairfield, Conn., began making a name for himself while in college at Johnson & Wales University by competing on the student level and studying under prominent chefs. At age 29, […]
