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In partnership with OpenTable and Square, Industry Night will take place in 25 cities, with all shows hosted by local chefs.
Before the release of Anthony Bourdain’s upcoming film tony, A24 has set up a series of free previews for hospitality and food service professionals. In partnership with OpenTable and Square, the offerings are created for servers, dishwashers, chefs, specialists and more.
Dubbed “Industry Night,” pre-shows will take place on August 3 in 25 cities, from Austin to Phoenix to Philadelphia, with each show hosted by a local chef. Employees from across the OpenTable and Square restaurant network will be invited, as well as front- and back-office workers from other local restaurants.
Tonywhich will receive a limited release on August 7 before heading nationwide on August 21, and focuses on 19-year-old Bourdain, played by Retainers The film stars Dominic Sessa, while spending the summer in Provincetown and stumbles into the kitchen of a local restaurant run by a mysterious chef (Antonio Banderas) and filled with an equally chaotic and close-knit kitchen staff.
Chef Hosts and Industry Night Locations Tony Offers include:
*Atlanta — Federico Castellucci / President/CEO Castellucci Hospitality Group
*Austin — Travel Bristol Joseph/Emmer & Ray Hospitality Group
*Boston – Blue Ray / Pearl & Low Hospitality (Comfort Kitchen, Ama at The Atlas & Foxglove Terrace)
*CHICAGO — Donny Madea, owner of One Restaurant/Hospitality Group
* Dallas – Chad Hauser / Momentum Cafe
*Denver — Erin Boehmer / Frasca Hospitality Group
* HOUSTON – Felipe Riccio and Austin Witter/Good Night Hospitality
* Las Vegas – Brian Howard / Sparrow + Wolf
*Miami – Michael Schwartz / Real Hospitality Group
* Nashville – Arnold Myint / Chef, Restaurateur, Author of Family Thai
* New Orleans – Cyrine Mbaye / Dakar Nola
*Orlando – John Tesar / Knife and Spoon
*Phoenix – LT Smith/Shelty
*Portland – Gabriel Rucker / Le Pigeon and Canard
* Raleigh – Ashley Christensen, Paul’s Restaurant, Death and Taxes
*San Francisco — Stuart Brioza, Atomic Workshop
* Seattle — Rachel Young, Relay Restaurant Group
*street. Louis-Gerard Kraft/Specialty Foods Group
*San Diego – Tara Monsod, Anima and Lou Cook
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