Culinary Experience
CRÈME DE LA CRÈME A C+RC Staff Report
THE WAIT IS FINALLY OVER. Club + Resort Business and Club + Resort Chef have released the list of Top Ranked Culinary Experiences for 2021. The following pages showcase the list of club and resort properties in order and as judged independently by a panel of club chefs from several of the industry’s most well-respected properties. The rankings reflect the judges’ scoring of submitted entries that included data on annual food-andbeverage revenue, membership size, weekly cover counts, banquet capacity, a la carte and banquet menus, food costs, certifications, front- and back-of-house photos and more. The judges scored each entry independently, assigning points to the various aspects of the data and information submitted. In addition to the profiles of the Top 5 rankings included in this issue, details about the food-and-beverage programs of all the Top Ranked Culinary Experiences will be presented online at clubandresortchef.com, with many of the menus and ideas shared editorially in the year ahead. Ranking
Club Name
Location
Dir. of F&B/ Executive Chef
No. of Members
Annual F&B
F&B Minimum
Average Weekly Covers
Banquet Capacity
No. of Kitchens
Food Cost
Sommelier on Staff
1
Detroit Athletic Club
Detroit, Mich.
Shawn Loving, CMC
5,225
$13.5 M
N
6,034
1300
3
36%
Y
2
The Country Club
Pepper Pike, Ohio
Scott Ryan, CEC, AAC
625
$3 M
N
700
350
2
38%
Y
3
Coral Ridge Country Club
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Udo Mueller, CEC
850
$2.7 M
Y
1,500
200
2
56%
Y
4
Country Club of Detroit
Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.
Brian Beland, CMC
950
$4.35 M
Y
2,000
750
3
40%
Y
5
The Club at Carlton Woods
The Woodlands, Texas
Wesley Tyler, CEC, CCA
710
$3 M
Y
1,500
550
2
45%
Y
6
Forest Lake Club
Columbia, S.C.
Robert Meitzer, CEC, AAC
1,100
$2.8 M
N
3,000
600
5
43%
Y
7
John's Island Club
Vero Beach, Fla.
John Farnsworth
1,394
$10.4 M
Y
7,077
1,200
5
46%
Y
8
Bears Lakes Country Club
West Palm Beach, Fla.
Patrick Fagen, CEC, AAC
597
$1.5 M
Y
900
200
1
48%
Y
9
The Club at Ibis
West Palm Beach, Fla.
Jerome Nicolas
3,400
$7.6 M
Y
1,350
600
7
50%
Y
10
Woodfield Country Club
Boca Raton, Fla.
Bart Messing
1,278
$8 M
Y
5,000
450
6
43%
Y
11
The Club at Mediterra
Naples, Fla.
Joachim Buchner, CMC
900
$4.2 M
N
800
250
3
43%
Y
12
Edgewood Country Club
River Vale, N.J.
Anthony Villanueva
350
$4 M
Y
1,000
450
2
41%
N
13
Medinah Country Club
Medinah, Ill.
Matthew Gilbert
1,000
$6 M
Y
10,000
300
6
40%
Y
14
Southern Hills Country Club
Tulsa, Okla.
Jonathan Moosmiller, CMC
935
$5 M
Y
1,800
400
4
38%
N
15
Palo Alto Hills Golf & Country Club
Palo Alto, Calif.
Brian Healy
593
$4.1 M
Y
1,000
482
3
42%
Y
16
Glen Ridge Country Club
Glen Ridge, N.J.
James Haberstroh
580
$3.5 M
Y
2,500
270
2
43%
Y
17
Army Navy Country Club
Arlington, Va.
Doug Anderson
6,500
$8.5 M
N
4,000
550
6
39%
N
18
Cherokee Country Club
Knoxville, Tenn.
David Pinckney
1,000
$4.5 M
Y
2,000
550
4
45%
Y
19
Baltimore Country Club
Baltimore, Md.
Richard Jallet
3,200
$6.5 M
N
2,000
600
4
39%
Y
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Anthony Capua, CSC
450
$2 M
Y
750
185
2
42%
N
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