William Racin, CEPC, of The Duquesne Club was named 2018 Pastry Chef of the Year at the American Culinary Federation’s National Convention, and Kevin Brennan, CEC, AAC, of the Detroit Athletic Club, received the Dr. L.J. Minor Chef Professionalism Award. The best pastry chef in the nation, according to the American Culinary Federation (ACF), is…
The Detroit Club Set to Re-Open After Four-Year Shutdown
New owners Emre and Lynn Uralli have put “millions” into renovating the historic four-story, 125-year-old building in downtown Detroit and hired Thomas Trainor, previously with the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club, as the new GM. After January 12th’s grand opening the club will keep its main dining room and meeting rooms open to the public. “We’re going to be diverse enough to appeal to the millennials,” Trainor said. “It’s not going to be as traditional [a] club environment as you would think.”
Ted Gillary Named Detroit Executives Association’s “Executive of the Year”
The Executive Manager of the Detroit Athletic Club will be honored at a luncheon on November 30th, in recognition of his leadership during the club’s resurgence and transformation, leading up to the DAC’s Clubhouse Centennial in 2015. “Ted has played an instrumental part in the DAC’s ongoing prominence among private clubs in the country,” said the Association’s President.
DAC’s Rob Barr Named Club Athletic Director of the Year
Top honor earned from North American Association of Club Athletic Directors
Developing a Sense of Belonging
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Detroit Athletic Club Earns Platinum Club Distinction
The honors keep coming for the Detroit Athletic Club (DAC). According to The Detroit News, leaders and managers of the nation’s 6,000 private clubs named the DAC a Platinum Club of America, voting it the number-two athletic club in the U.S., just behind the New York Athletic Club. What’s more, the downtown Detroit facility received…
Lighting Up the Night
Because of the many ways he’s helped to create, and sustain, after-hours excitement at Detroit Athletic Club, Craig Cutler has earned recognition as the industry’s “Rising Star.”