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.

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10nyfall046 Phillips Seafood Restaurants Chef Patrick Ach presents a plated, famous Phillips Mini-Crab Cake at The Union League Club at the 2010 FTA NYC Fall Awards Dinner reception

10nyfall065 (L-R) Ryan Magnon, Vice President, Quality, The West Paces Hotel Group; Peter Schoch, Vice President, Food & Beverage, The West Paces Hotel Group; Scott Rohm, Senior Vice President, Operations, The West Paces Hotel Group at The Union League Club at the 2010 FTA NYC fall Awards Dinner reception

10nyfall069 Dominique Rousset, North East Area Manager, Les Vins Gerard Bertrand pours Gerard Bertrand Cremant de Limoux 2007 at The Union League Club at the 2010 FTA NYC Fall Awards Dinner reception

10nyfall141 (L-R) Bill James, President, Jpods; Sam Haigh, President, Trybin Corporation; Bruce McIntosh, President, McIntosh Alliance International at The Union League Club at the 2010 FTA NYC Fall Awards Dinner

10nyfall143 (L-R) Jerry Leeman, CEO, Perk Dynamics, Inc.; Ruth McInerney, American Hotel & Lodging Association; Gerry Chase, President & COO, New Castle Hotels & Resorts; Joe McInerney, President & CEO, American Hotel & Lodging Association at The Union League Club at the 2010 FTA NYC Fall Awards Dinner

10nyfall368 (L-R) Fred Tibbitts, Jr., President & CEO, Fred Tibbitts & Associates, Inc., accepts his Lifetime Achievement Award ?In Recognition of Your Outstanding Dedication and Advancement in the Hospitality Industry? from Jerry Leeman, CEO, Perk Dynamics, Inc. at The Union League Club at the 2010 FTA NYC Fall Awards Dinner

10nyfall387 Fred Tibbitts, Jr., President & CEO, Fred Tibbitts & Associates, Inc., speaks on his recognition by his Lifetime Achievement Award and scholarship for worthy hospitality school students. Tibbitts stressed that he accepted the Award on behalf of all those whom he serves and in particular, all those less fortunate at The Union League Club at the 2010 FTA NYC Fall Awards Dinner

10nyfall438 (L-R) Fred Tibbitts, Jr., President & CEO, Fred Tibbitts & Associates, Inc.; being toasted by Kenneth Hill, President, Kenneth Hill & Associates on Tibbitts?s recognition with a Lifetime Achievement Award at The Union League Club at the 2010 FTA NYC Awards Dinner

10nyfall481 (L-R) Fred Tibbitts, Jr., President & CEO, Fred Tibbitts & Associates, Inc. toasts Captain George Korchowsky, Captain, United States Navy Reserve, Retired & U.S. Naval Academy graduate at The Union League Club at the 2010 FTA NYC Fall Awards Dinner

10nyfall516 (L-R) Fred Tibbitts, Jr., President & CEO, Fred Tibbitts & Associates, Inc.; toasts American Poet Laureate, John Blake, after he has recited his acclaimed ?Knickerbocker Toast? at The Union League Club at the 2010 FTA NYC Fall Dinner

10nyfall559 (L-R) Greg Mendoza, General Manager, The Ritz-Carlton New York, Battery Park; Fred Tibbitts, Jr., President & CEO, Fred Tibbitts & Associates, Inc.; Jacqueline Sanders, General Manager, The Ritz-Carlton, Westchester at The Union League Club at the 2010 FTA NYC Fall Awards Dinner

10nyfall563 (L-R) Marc Sachs, President, Marc Sachs Consulting with Fred Tibbitts, Jr., President & CEO, Fred Tibbitts & Associates, Inc. at The Union League Club at the 2010 FTA NYC Fall Awards Dinner

10nyfall569 (L-R) Owen Dorsey, Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer, The West Paces Hotel Group; Horst Schulze, Chairman & CEO, The West Paces Hotel Group; Fred Tibbitts, Jr., President & CEO, Fred Tibbitts & Associates, Inc.; Scott Rohm, Senior Vice President, Operations, The West Paces Hotel Group at The Union League Club at the 2010 FTA NYC Fall Awards Dinner

10nyfall571 (L-R) Guenter Richter, Managing Director, The Setai Fifth Avenue; Fred Tibbitts, Jr., President & CEO, Fred Tibbitts & Associates, Inc.; Jackie Nixon, Director of Human Resources, The Setai Fifth Avenue at The Union League Club at the 2010 FTA NYC Fall Awards Dinner

10nyfall575 (L-R) Paul Daly, Vice President of Food & Beverage, Hyatt Hotels North America; Fred Tibbitts, Jr., President & CEO, Fred Tibbitts & Associates, Inc.; Anthony Arbeeny, Senior Food & Beverage Director, Grand Hyatt New York at The Union League Club at the 2010 FTA NYC Fall Awards Dinner

10nyfall579 (L-R) John Battista, Marketing Promotions Manager, Italian Trade Commission; Fred Tibbitts, Jr., President & CEO, Fred Tibbitts & Associates, Inc.; Michele Capalbo, Intern, Italian Trade Commission at The Union League Club at the 2010 FTA NYC Fall Awards Dinner

10nyfall587 (L-R) Geoffrey Mills, Managing Director, North America, Yotel; Fred Tibbitts, Jr., President & CEO, Fred Tibbitts & Associates, Inc.; Patrick Augustyn, Executive Chef, Marriott Glenpointe Hotels at The Union League Club at the 2010 FTA NYC Fall Awards Dinner

10nyfall590 (L-R) Michael Radeczki, Founding Partner, Michael?s Cookies; Don Cooksey, CEO, Michael?s Cookies; Fred Tibbitts, Jr., President & CEO, Fred Tibbitts & Associates, Inc.; Richard Xu, Editor-in-Chief, New Western Cuisine Magazine at The Union League Club at the 2010 FTA NYC Fall Awards Dinner

10nyfall608 (L-R) Roy Smith, Travel Retail & Leisure, MillerCoors; Fred Tibbitts, Jr., President & CEO, Fred Tibbitts & Associates, Inc.; Bryan Farbisz, National Accounts Manager, Boston Beer; Mark Shuda, Vice President, Food & Beverage, HEI Hotels & Resorts at The Union Club at the 2010 FTA NYC Fall Awards Dinner

10nyfall624 (L-R) Fred Tibbitts, Jr., President & CEO, Fred Tibbitts & Associates, Inc., presents Robert Thurman, President, Tibet House New York with a check for $500.00 USD from the dinner proceeds to benefit the humanitarian work of Khenpo Lama Pema Wangduk for his Tibetan refugee schools in India and Nepal at The Union League Club at the 2010 FTA NYC Fall Awards Dinner

10nyfall670 (L-R) Robert Nelson, Chair, School of Hotel, Restaurant & Institutional Management, University of Delaware; Des Docherty, Senior Business Leader, Cross Product Services, Visa, Inc.; Jerry Leeman, CEO, Perk Dynamics, Inc.; Fred Tibbitts, Jr., President & CEO, Fred Tibbitts & Associates, Inc. on the presentation of the 2010 FTA Hospitality Award for IT Innovation to Visa, Inc. by Leeman and scholarship in the name of Visa, Inc. for a worthy student at the University of Delaware School of Hotel, Restaurant & Institutional Management by Nelson, both accepted with gratitude by Docherty at The Union League Club at the 2010 FTA NYC Fall Awards Dinner

10nyfall693 (L-R) Joe McInerney, President & CEO, American Hotel & Lodging Association; Bill Samenfink, Immediate Past President, I-CHRIE; Paul Daly, Vice President of Food & Beverage, Hyatt Hotels North America; Fred Tibbitts, Jr., President & CEO, Fred Tibbitts & Associates, Inc. on the presentation of the 2010 FTA Hospitality Award for Excellence as an Operator-North America by McInerney and scholarship in Daly?s name for a worthy student at the Department of Hospitality & Tourism Management at Virginia Tech by Samenfink, both accepted with gratitude by Daly at The Union League Club at the 2010 FTA NYC Fall Awards Dinner

10nyfall699 Guests applauding comments from the podium at The Union League Club at the 2010 FTA NYC Fall Awards Dinner

10nyfall704 Horst Schulze, Chairman & CEO, The West Paces Hotel Group speaking after accepting the 2010 FTA Hospitality Award for Lifetime Excellence at The Union League Club at the 2010 FTA NYC Fall Awards Dinner

10nyfall712 (L-R) Joe McInerney, President & CEO, American Hotel & Lodging Association; Horst Schulze, Chairman & CEO, The West Paces Hotel Group; Ed Korry, Department Chairman, College of Culinary Arts, Johnson & Wales University; Fred Tibbitts, Jr., President & CEO, Fred Tibbitts & Associates, Inc. on the presentation of the 2010 FTA Hospitality Award for Lifetime Excellence by McInerney and scholarship in Schulze?s name for a worthy student at the Charlotte Campus of the College of Culinary Arts of Johnson & Wales University by Korry, both accepted with gratitude by Schulze at The Union League Club at the 2010 FTA NYC Fall Awards Dinner

10nyfall723 (L-R) Fred Tibbitts, Jr., President & CEO, Fred Tibbitts & Associates, Inc. with Harriet Lembeck, CEO, Wine & Spirits Program after Lembeck explained from the podium for all the guests how and why she paired each of the dinner wines with each of the courses at The Union League Club at the 2010 FTA NYC Fall Awards Dinner