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Restaurant Industry Veteran Greg Dollarhyde Inspires CIA Bachelor’s Graduates

Hyde Park, NY – Greg Dollarhyde, who has been executive chairman or CEO of eight different restaurant companies during his long career in foodservice leadership, provided advice to the next generation of leaders in the food world. Mr. Dollarhyde gave the keynote address at the bachelor’s degree commencement at the New York campus of The Culinary Institute of America on December 18.

After most recently serving as executive chairman of Zoës Kitchen, Mr. Dollarhyde is the managing member of the Dollarhyde Enterprise Group, a consulting firm supporting young entrepreneurs. Other restaurant brands at which he held leadership positions include TGI Fridays, Pizza Hut, and Baja Fresh.

“You can’t have a positive life with a negative attitude. Embrace change and bend it to your life plan,” Mr. Dollarhyde told 122 new CIA graduates. “When life gives you lemons…trade them in for limes and make margaritas!”

Mr. Dollarhyde was named to the Nation’s Restaurant News “NRN 50 Power List” in 2014 and he received the Elliot Mentor Award from Elliot Associates in 2015.

In a separate ceremony the following day, the CIA bestowed associate degrees upon graduates of the college’s School of Culinary Arts and School of Baking & Pastry Arts.

The entire CIA commencement ceremony, including Mr. Dollarhyde’s address to recipients of bachelor’s degrees in Food Business Management, Culinary Science, and Applied Food Studies, can be seen seen online.


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CIA President Dr. Tim Ryan (right) congratulates Greg Dollarhyde following Mr. Dollarhyde’s address to bachelor’s degree graduates of The Culinary Institute of America on December 18, 2018. (Photo credit: CIA/Phil Mansfield)
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