Chain Leader Names Winners of the 2006 Execution Awards.CHICAGO -- Chain Leader magazine announces the winners of its three 2006 Chain Leader Execution Awards, which recognize excellence in execution in the chain-restaurant industry at different career stages: Legend, Chain Leadership and Protege pro·té·gé n. One whose welfare, training, or career is promoted by an influential person. [French, from past participle of protéger, to protect, from Old French, from Latin . The winners accepted their awards at a ceremony during Chain Leader LIVE, a conference for restaurant executives Nov. 1-3 at the Westin Michigan Ave., Chicago. The 2006 Chain Leader Execution awards: The Legend award recognizes the industry leader who has most inspired other leaders and legends throughout their careers. Legend: Richard Melman, Founder and Chairman, Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises (LEYE) is an empire of approximately 70 restaurants founded by Rich Melman and Jerry A. Orzoff in Chicago, IL in 1971. History Melman began his career in a family-owned restaurant and worked as a teen in fast-food restaurants. In 1971, he and his partner, Jerry Orzoff, opened R.J. Grunts, a hip burger joint in Chicago, the first of many restaurants they would create together. Today Chicago-based Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises owns more than 70 restaurants nationwide. The Chain Leadership award recognizes the individual who currently has the greatest influence on his or her company and the industry through company leadership, financial results and industry participation. Chain Leadership: Jon Luther, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Dunkin' Brands Dunkin' Brands runs several chains of fast-food restaurants. History On December 12, 2005, Pernod Ricard, who had just taken control of Allied Domecq, announced plans to sell the Dunkin' Brands group. Inc. A 35-year veteran of the restaurant industry, Luther joined Dunkin' Brands in 2003 and led the company through its 2006 acquisition by Bain Capital Bain Capital LLC is a Boston, Massachusetts-based private equity firm founded in 1984 by Mitt Romney, the former Governor of Massachusetts, and two other partners from the consulting firm Bain & Company: T. Coleman Andrews III and Eric Kriss. Partners, The Carlyle Group  The of this article or section may be compromised by "weasel words".You can help Wikipedia by removing weasel words. The Carlyle Group is a Washington, D.C. and Thomas H. Lee Partners  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . Thomas H. . Prior to Dunkin' Brands, Luther was president of Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits and held positions at CA One Services, Benchmark Services, Marriott Corporation and ARA Ara or Arrah (both: ŭ`rə), city (1991 pop. 157,082), Bihar state, NE India, on the Son Canal. A major road and rail junction, it is the administrative center for a district that produces grain, sugarcane, and oilseed. Services. The Protege award recognizes an up-and-comer under 40 years old who has shown measurable achievement, strong leadership and great promise. Protege: John Metz, Chef and Co-Owner, Hi Life Kitchen & Cocktails, Aqua Blue Restaurant & Bar, Marlow's Tavern, Sterling Spoon Catering Metz and his business partner, Thomas DiGiorgio, also own Greazy Spoon Consulting. Metz serves as an equity partner of pan-Asian growth company Doc Chey's Restaurants. He is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America and trained in some of the finest restaurants in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Metz is not only involved in his own ventures but is also heavily involved in the restaurant community. "Chain Leader's Execution Awards celebrate leaders making a real difference in the industry," said Mary Boltz Chapman, Chain Leader editor-in-chief. "The awards are unique because other restaurant-company leaders play a part in selecting the winners." Executives from across the chain-restaurant industry participated in both the nominating and voting process for these awards. Industry leaders who have appeared on the cover of Chain Leader magazine nominated the Legend and elected the Chain Leadership award winners. The 16,000+ readers of Chain Leader magazine were asked to nominate chain leaders for the Protege award, which was then selected by the magazine's editorial team. Honorees are featured in the November 2006 issue of Chain Leader. About Chain Leader Chain Leader magazine delivers strategic insight and business analysis to headquarter-level executives of chain-restaurant companies. It is a monthly publication of Reed Business Information Reed Business Information is a large business publisher in the United States, United Kingdom, continental Europe, Australia and Asia. It is a division of Reed Elsevier. In 2005, Reed Business Information started the Quill Awards, a literary award broadcast on NBC. (www.reedbusiness.com), a leading provider of critical information and marketing solutions to business professionals and a member of Reed Elsevier Group plc, a world-leading publisher and information provider. For more information about Chain Leader LIVE, or to register for the event, visit www.chainleader.com/awards-events/live. For more information about Chain Leader or the Chain Leader Execution Awards, visit www.chainleader.com or call 630-288-8250. |
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