F&B LA 2019

Paul Pruitt
Owner/Founder
New School Consulting


Paul is a veteran of elite restaurant operators, having worked in corporate operations with the likes of Chef Jose Andres' THINKfoodGROUP, Stephen Starr's STARR Restaurant Organization, and Chef Laurent Tourondel's BLT Restaurant empire - among others. His experience has led him to open, operate, and own restaurants in markets such as Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Dubai, Hong Kong, New York, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Scottsdale, Singapore, Waikiki, and Washington, DC. Paul's restaurants and bars experience exist as both free-standing operations as well as with premier hotel partners Hilton, MGM, Marriott, Mirage Hotel & Casino, Ritz-Carlton, Sydell Group, and W Hotels. Paul is also currently partners with Chef Roy at Best Friend in Las Vegas and Chef Vartan Abgaryan at Yours Truly in Venice, CA.

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