Media Contact: Fred
Tibbitts, Jr.
20 November 2010
FRED TIBBITTS & ASSOCIATES NINETEENTH ANNUAL
“An Autumn Evening in New York with Very Special Friends”
The Union League Club, New York City, 16 November 2010
New York City – The Nineteenth Annual FTA “An Autumn
Evening in New York with Very Special Friends” at The Union League Club proved
to be another memorable event for the one hundred-twenty guests, who included
the FTA 2010 honorees, hotel and restaurant senior executives, vice presidents,
managing directors, industry VIP’s, industry press and sponsors.
The reception was trade show style, showcasing the products and services
of many of the sponsors. Executive
Chef Arturo Paz and Chef Patrick Ach of Phillips Foods prepared and served their
famous Phillips Mini-Crab Cakes, while Strassburger Meats prepared and served
their Strassburger Fillet as well as “Suzy Sirloin” Lamb, Cheese & Parsley
Premium Sausage and “Suzy Sirloin” Ground Veal Meatballs.
All guests were formally announced.
During the four-course gala dinner Fred Tibbitts, Jr.,
president & chief executive of Fred Tibbitts & Associates, Inc., welcomed the
guests and urged them “To do more for those less fortunate.”
Tibbitts then called for the ecumenical prayers by some of the most
renowned clergy in America. Rett
Zabriskie, Domine, The Holland Society of New York said the Reformed Grace,
which was one of wit and substance; Reverend Curate Jacob Smith of the
Calvary/St. George’s Episcopal Church asked that we count our blessings;
while Reverend Alexandra Honigsberg of the Old Catholic Church in America
asked for peace and unity; Tenzin Robert Thurman, president of Tibet House and
Jey Tsong, Khappa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia
University, said the Tibetan Buddhist Grace and also chanted a special
invocation with deep abiding serenity in Tibetan; and Rabbi Emerita,
Congregation Shir Tikvah, Minneapolis spoke the Jewish Grace by educating the
guests on the Hebrew word “l’chayim”, meaning “To life”…and how the many wines
being enjoyed spoke to good health and to life.
The eleven Loyalty Toasts by several of the dinner’s VIP’s,
including Alice Elliot, CEO, The Elliot Group; Jerry Leeman, CEO, Perk Dynamics,
Inc.; Joe McInerney, President & CEO, American Hotel & Lodging Association;
Richard Xu, Editor-in-Chief, New Western Cuisine Magazine; Kenneth Hill,
President, Kenneth Hill & Associates; Scott Rohm, Senior Vice President,
Operations, The West Paces Hotel Group; Bill
Samenfink, Immediate Past President, ICHRIE; George Korchowsky, Captain, United
States Navy Reserve Retired; Walton Van Winkle III, Past President, The Holland
Society of New York and Hugh Williamson-Noble, Prudential Douglas Elliman.
The toasts came to a rousing completion when America’s poet laureate,
John Blake, raised his glass for the historic, “Knickerbocker Toast”.
Elliot, Leeman, McInerney, Xu and Hill surprised Tibbitts
with a Lifetime Achievement Award, presented to Tibbitts by Leeman at the
podium. The Award, “In Recognition
of Your Outstanding Dedication and Advancement in the Hospitality Industry” is
to be accompanied by a scholarship to benefit worthy students at the discretion
of Tibbitts. The fund will be
administered without charge by C-Cap, a resource hub designed to assist those
wishing to contribute to the Tibbitts scholarship.
Tibbitts then presented Thurman of Tibet House with a check
from the dinner proceeds for $500, which will benefit the humanitarian work of
Khenpo Lama Pema Wangdak, Director of the Vikramasila Foundation for his work
with Tibetan refugee youths in Nepal and India.
The 2010 FTA Hospitality Awards for Excellence and
scholarships in the names of the Recipients were next presented as follows:
2010 FTA Hospitality Award for Literary Excellence
Award presented by Bill Samenfink
Immediate Past President, I-CHRIE
(International Council on Hotel, Restaurant
& Institutional Education)
Scholarship presented by Jennifer O’Neill,
Advancement Officer, The Culinary Institute
of America
New Western Cuisine Magazine
Accepted by Richard Xu
Editor-in-Chief
2010 FTA Hospitality Award for Excellence as an IT Innovator
Award presented by Jerry Leeman
CEO, Perk Dynamics, Inc.
Scholarship presented by Robert Nelson
Chair, School of Hotel, Restaurant &
Institutional Management,
University of Delaware
Visa, Inc.
Accepted by Desmond Docherty
Senior Business Leader, Cross Product
Services
2010 FTA Hospitality Award for Excellence as an Operator – North America
Award presented by Joe McInerney
President & CEO, American Hotel & Restaurant
Association
Scholarship presented by Bill Samenfink
Immediate Past President, I-CHRIE
Paul Daly, Vice President of Food & Beverage
Hyatt Hotels North America
2010 FTA Hospitality Award for Excellence as an Operator – Asia Pacific
Announced as having been presented at the
Asia Pacific
2010 FTA Fall Awards Dinner at Hong Kong on
7 October
Scholarship to The Chinese University of
Hong Kong
Martin Rinck
President – Asia Pacific
Hilton Worldwide
2010 FTA Hospitality Award for Lifetime Excellence
Award presented by Joe McInerney
Scholarship presented by Ed Korry
Department Chairman, College of Culinary
Arts
Johnson & Wales University to benefit the
Charlotte Campus
Horst Schulze
Chairman & CEO, The West Paces Hotel Group
2010 FTA Hospitality Award for Excellence as a Humanitarian
Announced as having been presented at the
Asia Pacific
2010 FTA Fall Awards Dinner at Hong Kong on
7 October
Scholarships for both Recipients to the At-Sunrice
GlobalChef Academy
Otto Weibel
Director of Kitchens, Swissotel The Stamford
& Fairmont Singapore
and
Rudolf Muller
Executive Chef, Hong Kong Disneyland
The menu was superbly crafted by Executive Chef Jacques
Thiebeutt; the wines were artfully paired by famed New York wine educator,
Harriet Lembeck, CWE, CSS who addressed the guests at length prior to dessert,
detailing her logic for pairing each wine with each dinner course.
Fred
Tibbitts & Associates is the leading global wine, spirits and related services
consulting agency for National Account chain hotels, restaurants and event
management, based at Menands, New York and Bangkok, Thailand.
In addition to global hospitality consulting, Tibbitts is a writer for
two of the top, bi-lingual industry magazines based in Beijing for the China
Mainland market._______________________________________
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