Antoinette Bruno,
CEO & Editor-in-Chief of StarChefs.com
Antoinette
Bruno brings more than a decade of experience in the foodservice
industry to StarChefs.com, the first online food magazine which
celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2005. Since taking charge as
CEO of StarChefs in 1999, Antoinette has led the company to new
strength and respect among culinary insiders. She has grown the
company’s site traffic from 750,000 to14.6 million hits/month
or just over 3 million page views, and the content library from
4,000 to 25,000 pages. StarChefs.com achieves enviable search
engine placement for all things culinary and has become the most
influential destination for original culinary content on the web.
Its JobFinder is the premier online employment classifieds for
the hospitality industry.
Antoinette travels extensively
throughout the US and the world to meet leading chefs and taste
their food in order to bring StarChefs’ audience a first-hand
perspective on the top chefs and their ingredient and technique-focused
recipes, as well as industry trends and controversial issues.
She has developed strategic partnerships with America’s
leading culinary organizations, including the James Beard Foundation,
and she has assembled StarChefs’ Board of Advisors which
consists of the country’s most influential chefs, including
Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Daniel Boulud, Norman Van Aken, Todd
English, and Marcus Samuelsson.
Recognizing a need in the
industry for professional recognition, Antoinette created the
Rising Stars Awards. Each year, StarChefs scours four cities across
the country for their top culinary talent. Rising Stars are up-and-coming
chefs and culinary professionals who represent the vanguard of
the contemporary dining scene in America. StarChefs.com recognizes
them for their ability to see beyond the four walls of their own
restaurant and their commitment to fostering a culinary community
by sharing their knowledge with fellow professionals. The StarChefs.com
Rising Stars Revue is now a major yearly event on the radar of
the culinary who’s who across the country.
As an extension of the Rising
Stars Revue, Antoinette conceived of StarChefs Studio –
a kitchen without boundaries. StarChefs Studio provides chefs
with a collaborative environment to share knowledge and experiment
with new techniques. It is a traveling forum where the most innovative
chefs pass their knowledge and techniques onto the rising star
chefs of tomorrow. The StarChefs Studio programming includes chef
techniques demonstrations, “How to Make It” chef panels,
“Meet the Masters” operator panels, “Recruiting
for Better Retention” employer seminars and networking afterparties
for industry professionals. To date, StarChefs Studio events have
taken place at major industry conferences and food festivals around
the country, including the South Beach Wine and Food Festival,
the New England Foodservice Expo, and the Northwest Food Show.
Under Antoinette’s
leadership, StarChefs’ JobFinder has become the destination
of choice in the industry for restaurateurs seeking qualified
staff. She conceptualized Online Interviewing and the Employers
Report Card to address the hiring needs of busy foodservice professionals.
As Editor-in-Chief of StarChefs, Antoinette also publishes a bi-monthly
JobSeeker Newsletter and a monthly Employer Newsletter concerning
current human resources topics in the foodservice industry.
StarChefs.com has been
recognized in the media as a top food website, including USA Today,
Lycos Best of the Web, US News & World Report and Brill’s
Content. Antoinette has been featured for her management and fundraising
accomplishments in such publications as Business Week, Venture
Wire, and the Nation’s Restaurant News. Her most recent
television and radio appearances include San Francisco’s
Morning Show (KRON), Dining Around with Gene Burns (San Francisco,
KGO-AM), Les Kincaid's Lifestyles Las Vegas (KLAV), Chef Talk
Radio with Wendy and Michael Jordan (Las Vegas, KDWN), and The
Mad Chef (Orlando’s ABC affiliate, WFTV).
Antoinette has been a presenter
at numerous foodservice industry conferences, including the International
Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show, The Great American Dessert
Expo, The Foodservice Technology Conference, and the Global Gaming
Expo – F&B at G2E. Antoinette has also organized and
moderated several celebrity chef panels for the Wine & Cuisine
Society at Harvard Business School.
Prior to joining StarChefs.com,
Antoinette worked for over 15 years in the fields of finance,
operations and marketing. She began her career working in the
foodservice industry, spending 10 years in both front of the house
and back of the house positions. Subsequently, Antoinette founded
and managed her own chain of retail stores before moving on to
Wall Street. There, she negotiated purchases and sales of securities
for Salomon Brothers institutional clients in the 1980s and later
structured financial strategies for middle market companies. Other
notable accomplishments include creating and implementing the
first marketing strategy for The Body Shop, a billion dollar global
retailer.
Antoinette attended the
Chefs' Program at the Ritz Escoffier in Paris and worked as an
apprentice for Chef Jean Pierre Callaud. She earned her MBA from
Harvard Business School, and a post-graduate degree from the London
School of Economics. She resides in New York City with her husband
and two children.
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The
Restaurant Guys Radio.com
December 11, 2006
Antoinette Bruno Returns - Does Michelin Matter?
Antoinette Bruno brings more than a decade of experience
in the foodservice industry to StarChefs.com,
the first online food magazine which celebrates its 10th
anniversary in 2005. Since taking charge as CEO of StarChefs
in 1999, Antoinette has led the company to new strength
and respect among culinary insiders. Antoinette travels
extensively throughout the US and the world to meet leading
chefs and taste their food in order to bring StarChefs'
audience a first-hand perspective on the top chefs and their
ingredient and technique-focused recipes, as well as industry
trends and controversial issues. She recently facilitated
a panel discussion on the topic "Does Michelin Matter
(in New York) and she shares her opinions on the topic of
Micheline, Zagats, The New York Times and other restaurant
review publications.
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The
Restaurant Guys Radio.com
July 27, 2006
Antoinette Bruno/Chefs' Congress and Dessert Trends
The Guys welcome back Antoinette Bruno of Star Chefs to
talk about dessert trends (hint: savory is the new sweet)
and the upcoming International Chefs Congress a two-day
culinary symposium where the world's most influential and
innovative chefs will present the latest techniques and
culinary concepts to their chef peers.[more]
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FOX
25 Morning
April 4, 2006
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The
Restaurant Guys Radio.com
Februay 28, 2006
Antoinette Bruno
is the CEO of Starchefs.com, a profitable
website catering to the restaurant and hospitality industry.
Their newsletter, The Dish Rag, is full of great information
and interesting in depth articles & their job-finder
database is an excellent resource. The website annually
presents the "Rising Star Chef" awards
and recognizes four cities for their culinary scene. New
York is always on the list. This year the website is also
recognizing, Boston, Los Angeles and Washington DC. Antoinette
also "dishes" to The Guys about some of her favorite
"off-the-beaten path" New York Restaurants. [more]
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December 11, 2005
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