Peter Ryan
Peter Ryan is the
President and Founder of Restaurant Solutions. Peter is an
internationally renowned chef and restaurateur who has cooked,
managed, and consulted at some of the country’s finest restaurants.
He honed his skills at an early age at his mother’s Casa Bianca
Restaurant, operated from the dining room of his Rutland, VT home.
Named a "rising star" by Restaurant Hospitality Magazine in 1986,
Ryan’s culinary talents have garnered him numerous awards including
the Gold Medal at the International Crab Cooking Olympics in
Baltimore, the Golden Gate Award in San Francisco and he was twice
the recipient of the Grand Award in the Taste of Vermont culinary
competition.
His first contract brought him to South Carolina where he has resided since 1991. Over the last 13 years Peter has compiled an extensive portfolio of successful restaurant consulting projects that began with Litchfield by the Sea Resort, and has included
many of the premier Myrtle Beach golf developments, and numerous independent restaurants and resort properties. In most cases these projects have been turn-key restaurant creation contracts including concept, menu, and design services along with management services that have included the hiring and training of kitchen, front of house and management staff as well as orchestrating the opening of each restaurant and even including long term management responsibility.
In May 1998 Ryan hosted and
produced a PBS cooking series featuring Chefs of the Low Country (SC). This
series evolved from the "The Taste of the Tidelands", the most prestigious
culinary competition in South Carolina. The annual event (currently in its 10th year) has garnered national attention and is covered each year by USA Today and Southern Living Magazine. The event is judged by two restaurant industry giants, Walter Conti,
former President of the National Restaurant Association and Chairman of the
Board of the Culinary Institute of America; and Ferdinand Metz, former President of the Culinary Institute of America!
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