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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
GEORGIA GROWN AND GEORGIA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION
ANNOUNCE 2013 GEORGIA GROWN EXECUTIVE CHEFS
Chef
Dave
Snyder
of
Halyards
and
Tramici
Named
Georgia
Grown
Executive
Chef
2013
ATLANTA, GA - Georgia Department of Agriculture Commissioner Gary W. Black and Georgia
Restaurant Association Executive Director Karen Bremer announced the new Georgia Grown
Executive Chefs for 2013. The four chefs for 2013 are Chef Jennifer Hill Booker of Your Resident
Gourmet, LLC in Atlanta, Chef Linton Hopkins of Restaurant Eugene and Resurgens Hospitality
in Atlanta, Chef Ahmad Nourzad of Affairs to Remember Catering in Atlanta, and Chef David
Snyder of Halyards, Tramici Restaurant, and Halyards Catering in St Simons.
“As demonstrated through the success of last year’s pilot program, Georgia Grown executive
chefs help create a greater awareness about the availability of the quality, local products that can
be found on our state’s expanding culinary scene,” Black said. “This program is one of the many
ways working with the Georgia Restaurant Association helps us promote and foster
relationships between chefs and our farmers across the state.”
“Whether you are an Executive Chef or an everyday consumer, purchasing local food is
beneficial for a number of reasons,” said GRA Executive Director Karen Bremer. “Georgia
Grown food is fresher, more nutritious, saves in transportation cost and environmental impact –
and most importantly, it supports the community financially. By buying local, we can generate
more revenue for our state, which will create more jobs. It’s a win-win situation.”
As the program continues to roll out in 2013, it will create a pathway for consumers to find
Georgia Grown products in their communities in order to support local, seasonal foods when
dining out. It also aims to highlight and involve public school culinary education and school food
nutrition in terms of increased opportunities for Georgia Grown products, training and recipe
development.
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2013 GA Grown Executive Chef class with Governor Deal, Karen Bremer and the
Commissioner of Agriculture.
Chef Dave and Jessica Owens of Halyard Restaurant Group.
About Georgia Grown:
The Department of Agriculture’s Georgia Grown program provides a powerful branding tool as well as education,
marketing and business connections to expand agribusinesses and the agricultural industry throughout the state.
Learn more or join Georgia Grown at www.GeorgiaGrown.com.
About the Georgia Restaurant Association:
The GRA’s mission is to serve as the voice for Georgia’s Restaurants in Advocacy, Education and Awareness. The
GRA is sanctioned by the National Restaurant Association (NRA) to operate Georgia’s only not-for-profit
representing the state’s foodservice industry. From large chains to start-ups, the GRA helps make Georgia a better
place for restaurants to do business and helps make restaurants better for Georgia. For more information, visit
www.garestaurants.org.