Gramercy Tavern

Hospitality Career Paths

• Present
• When I say, 'What could possibly go right?', it's not my Pollyanna way of saying that things always do go right....

  

  Danny Meyer

  Founder & Executive Chairman

  Union Square Hospitality Group; Shake Shack

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• This industry is great as a job on the side, but it can also be a really rewarding, serious career where you can...

  

  Megan Sullivan

  Vice President of Operations

  Union Square Hospitality Group

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• In hospitality, emotional skills are the most important. You need empathy to understand people, good communication to...

  

  Giorgi Tabukashvili

  Caffe Manager

  Daily Provisions

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• Personal accountability for your actions is one of the biggest signs of maturity and growth. It's easy to blame...

  

  Aretah Ettarh

  Chef de Cuisine

  Gramercy Tavern

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• I’m inspired by the never-ending learning experience that is working at USHG. Such talented and driven leaders have...

  

  Michael Anthony

  Author, Chef Partner

  Gramercy Tavern & Waldorf Astoria New York

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• I continue to be inspired in this industry by its boundless creativity, constant evolution, and unending dedication...

  

  John Ragan

  Master Sommelier, President of Operations

  Union Square Hospitality Group

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• 2023
• I believe nobody's ever truly ready for a new position, a new task. I think you just have to be ready to take on that...

  

  Miro Uskokovic

  Executive Chef/Owner

  Hani's Bakery + Café

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• 2020
• My colleagues at USHG provide me with daily inspiration. I get to work with some of the smartest, most creative, most...

  

  Gretchen Richer

  Learning and Development Manager

  Bergen Logistics

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• 2019
• The minute I stepped onto a dining room floor I was in love. It is one of my happiest places to be. I love the buzz...

  

  Kim DiPalo

  Chief Development Officer

  Drive Change

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• 2018
• Hospitality is about we, not me.

  

  Arjav Ezekiel

  Co-Owner and Beverage Director

  Birdie's

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• 2017
• Explore and stay curious about what's possible in this industry and outside this industry. There's so much to learn,...

  

  Elizabeth Murray

  COO, Co-Founder

  The Marlow Collective, MORE Coalition

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• I started as a Hospitality major at Johnson & Wales University and had friends who were Culinary majors. As I hung...

  

  Lindsey Bittner

  Chocolatier

  Gabriel Kreuther

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• Hospitality is the greatest team sport, and I couldn’t do what I do without my team.

  

  Sabato Sagaria

  Master Sommelier & Co-Founder

  Apres Cru Hospitality

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• 2015
• It's not the cooks who start with the most raw talent, it's the cooks that don't give up and keep going that make it.

  

  Tracy Malechek-Ezekiel

  Co-Owner and Chef

  Birdie's

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• Being passionate and having a cultural fit is definitely more important than a job title. Your job is what you make...

  

  Camilla Marcus

  Chef & Founder

  west~bourne

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• I come to the restaurant every day to be with the people I work with. I have an amazing team of sous chefs, line...

  

  Suzanne Cupps

  Chef-Owner

  Lola's

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• 2014
• Put out the best work you can because you're doing it for yourself, not for me or anyone else: the idea of pride and...

  

  Lena Ciardullo

  Executive Chef

  Union Square Cafe

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• 2012
• Humility is a superpower. In the kitchen, the second you think you’ve figured it all out, the ingredients humble you....

  

  Kyle Knall

  Chef & Co-Owner, Culinary Director

  Cassis & Birch, Stone Bank Farm

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• 2009
• I thrive off of the competitive energy in NYC- It keeps me motivated to perform better than I did yesterday. I also...

  

  Nick Anderer

  Executive Chef & Partner

  Anton’s and Leon's

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• 2008
• I’ve been very intentional thus far in my career. Every move I made was for a specific reason and I was very adamant...

  

  Kevin Garry

  Managing Partner & Owner

  L’Artusi, b’artusi, Via Porta & L’Artusi Supper Club

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• 2003
• It’s a simple mantra that I came up with several years ago and it continues to drive me today! ‘There is under...

  

  Kevin Maxey

  Chef Owner

  Pendolino

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• Investing in people is what gets me skipping to work–inspiring the team to see their own potential, or simply...

  

  Graceanne Jordan

  Founder

  Company You Keep Hospitality

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