The Culinary Institute of America's six award-winning restaurants offer extraordinary cuisines in a variety of settings. Although securing reservations on a Friday or Saturday can require advance planning, same-day reservations are often readily available for lunch and dinner on weekdays.
Please note: The Wine Spectator Greystone restaurant is located in St. Helena, CA; all other restaurants are located in Hyde Park, NY.
For Reservations:
Hyde Park, NY restaurants:
Call 845-471-6608 or reserve online
Wine Spectator Greystone restaurant (St. Helena, CA): Call 707-967-1010
MAÎTRE D' INSTRUCTOR FOR DINNER
Bruce Lavender '82, C.H.E.,
Lecturing Instructor in Table Service
Bruce Lavender is a lecturing instructor in Table Service at The Culinary Institute of America (CIA). Mr. Lavender is maître d' instructor in the American Bounty Restaurant. The restaurant, which is also a classroom for students in the CIA's culinary arts degree program, features regional cuisines and ingredients indigenous to the Americas. His front-of-the-house class, Advanced Table Service, reviews the principles of fine service and hospitality in a restaurant setting, emphasizing customer service, wine and spirits, restaurant trends, and sales. Advanced Table Service is the final course before the college's Culinary Arts majors earn their associate degrees.
Mr. Lavender has also taught Introductory Table Service in the dining room of St. Andrew's Café on the CIA campus.
A 1982 graduate of The Culinary Institute of America, Mr. Lavender returned to his alma mater after serving as general manager of Bois d'Arc in Red Hook NY. His additional professional experience includes maître d' hotel and sommelier at Le Pavillon in Poughkeepsie, NY and head captain at Plumbush in Cold Spring, NY.
Mr. Lavender is a Certified Hospitality Educator (C.H.E.).
