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Entrepreneur, Communicator, Educator, Restaurateur & Concept Creator Carl A. Bruggemeier has over thirty-five years of management experience primarily in the Hospitality Industry. With an Undergraduate Degree in Economics and a Masters Degree in Finance combined with European culinary training, Mr. Bruggemeier has very unique qualifications. In the course of his career he has managed several high profile restaurants including Tavern on the Green (New York), Potomac (Washington, D.C.), Commander’s Palace and Mr. B’s Bistro (New Orleans), The Phoenix (Cincinnati), Brennan’s (Houston), The Ocean Reef Club (Key Largo) and Norman’s at the Ritz-Carlton, Grande Lakes (Orlando ). For the last several years, Mr. Bruggemeier has concentrated his efforts on bringing an Independent Restaurateur’s approach to the Hotel Industry for Ownership Groups and Operating Companies. During the 1990’s Mr. Bruggemeier was the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of “Ciao Cucina Corporation”, a multi-unit publicly traded (NASDAQ) restaurant company which he founded. As a developer and industry consultant he has completed over $250 Million of total restaurant and retail design, construction and development. Conceiving and building new Hospitality and Retail Concepts is one of the hallmarks of Mr. Bruggemeier’s career. Over 80 new and exciting restaurants and retail stores have been brought to life during the thirty-five years of his career. From a human resource perspective, Mr. Bruggemeier has had a leadership role in training or developing over 20,000 management and staff employees. Fortune 500 companies, colleges and universities and industry and trade associations routinely ask Mr. Bruggemeier to speak to their groups on a variety of topics including effective communication, leadership, motivation, sales and marketing, re-concepting the entire business, and human resource development. Mr. Bruggemeier’s media and on-air credits include “The Great Chefs Series” (PBS), “Panorama” (FOX), “The Today Show” (NBC), and “Carl Bruggemeier’s Food For Thought” (syndicated by Multimedia Entertainment). Mr. Bruggemeier is the recipient of numerous industry awards including the Hall of Fame Fine Dining Award, The Ivy Award, and the “Esquire Best New Restaurant in America Award”. Carl Bruggemeier is highly respected as an authority on business management, process management, concept development, leadership training, and design and lifestyle adaptation; he is routinely asked to provide his expertise to Real Estate Developers, Hotel Management Companies, Real Estate Investment Trusts and Retail Store Operators. Mr. Bruggemeier is also the President and Founder of The CZH Hospitality Group, LLC. The Group is a full-service provider of concepting, re-concepting, design and development assistance to the Hospitality and Retail Industries. CZH also focuses on highly targeted projects for its clients in the areas of: product development, leadership and staff training, targeted marketing, menu engineering and financial analysis. The Group is sought after by companies of all types for its wealth of expertise in the area of Lifestyle Adaptation based on intra-demographic change.  |
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