TORONTO — The Ontario Hostelry Institute (OHI) introduced the winners of its Corridor of Fame Awards, which acknowledge long-term hospitality leaders. The awards might be offered to inductees on the OHC 2023 opening reception on October 2. This group is the primary to be added to this prestigious group since 2018 and follows Ontario Restaurant Lodge & Motel Affiliation (ORHMA) taking up custodianship for the OHI.
The 2023 OHI Corridor of Fame award winners embody:
- Ann Geddes – The Boulevard Membership, neighborhood advocate
- David Smythe – Gillin Resorts & Lord Elgin Lodge Ottawa, graduate of Loyalist Faculty
- Domenic Santaguida – Vittoria Trattoria, business supporter and hospitality advocator
- Emad Yacoub – Glowbal Restaurant Group, acknowledged as prime restaurateur in B.C.
- Frank Hennessey, CEO of Recipe Limitless Company & Imvescor, MBA from the Rotman College of Administration
- Franco Prevedello – Splendido/Biffi/Pronto/Centro/Terra/Acqua/Nota Bene
- Hans Gerhardt – Previous Sutton Place Lodge, writer of HotelBiz
- James Chiu – founder and CEO of Mandarin Eating places, sturdy supporter of hospitality and neighborhood
- Janak Bhawnani – Easton’s Group of Resorts, studied at Ecole Hoteliere Les Roches
- Joan Monafaredi – govt chef, Park Hyatt Toronto, founder at TWO13 Kosher Meals Design
- Joe Colasanti – Colasanti’s Tropical Gardens, hospitality and neighborhood supporter
- John Hunter – Hunter Facilities Worldwide, hospitality supporter
- Judson Simpson – Home of Commons govt chef, chair of Canadian Culinary Federation
- Kenneth Willcocks – Greatest Western Sword Motor Inn, OHI founding committee member
- Klaus Theyer – chef, educator and culinary writer, Humber Faculty professor
- Michael Beckley – previous Marriott Worldwide/Commonwealth Hospitality, resort chief
- Nancy Munzar Kelly – GM & COO of Shangri-La Resorts & Resorts, graduate from Cornell Hospitality College
- Nick Perpick – previous with Fairfax Holding & Caseys Eating places, president & COO of Prime Eating places
- Paul Neate – previous president of Neate Curler Foodserivce, Enterprise Growth Gordon Meals Service
- Phil Waserman – Courtyard Restaurant, Mamma Grazzi’s, Kitchen and Biagio’s Italian Kitchen (Ottawa)
- Ray Gupta – Chairman & CEO of Sunray Group of Resorts, a number of philanthropic endeavours
- Robert Carter – StratonHunter Group/NPD Group, Canada’s prime authority on foodservice developments
- Roz Blaker-Winegrad – Marriot’s Franchise System, F&B/culinary expertise together with NY Marquis
- Rudolf Fischbacher – Dean, Centre of Hospitality & Culinary Arts, George Brown Faculty, chef, schooling and F&B director
- Satinder Dhillon – InnVest Resorts & Westmount Hospitality Group
- Wally Elich – Sysco Foodservice, Gordon Meals Service
