Ai Fiori

Hospitality Career Paths

• Present
• Motivation starts with culture. I focus on building trust, celebrating successes, and giving team members ownership...

  

  Paul Almeida

  DC Region General Manager

  Altamarea Group

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• In pastry, often times you will not know how the product turns out until all the work is done. You must have patience...

  

  Rachel Pancho

  Executive Pastry Chef

  Ai Fiori

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• Creating something new and opening up all the five senses simultaneously – with the smell, taste, touch, visual...

  

  Mohamed Wahiba

  Chef / Pizzaiolo

  Altamarea Group

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• Take the good qualities/philosophies of previous bosses with you, add them to your management toolbox. Be sure to...

  

  Lauren DeSteno

  Corporate Executive Chef

  Altamarea Group

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• 2022
• I love teaching. I am very thankful for the many mentors I have met throughout my career and the great wisdom I was...

  

  Devorah Allen

  Former General Manager

  Apicii Hospitality

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• 2018
• My teammates and their commitment to excellence inspire me to work hard and put my best foot forward each day. I am...

  

  David Schneider

  Vice President, NY Operations

  Toptable

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• 2016
• I refer to my team as an orchestra, the violinist, the piano, the drums, the trumpet, the saxophone, and the...

  

  Sol Han

  Chef de Cuisine

  Santi

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• 2015
• Celebrate success and memorialize it whenever possible! If not, what’s all the hard work for?

  

  Samantha Weiss

  Co-Owner

  Ayu Bakehouse

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