More than 40 years later and we still love what we do. With our award-winning restaurants to almost 200 sports and entertainment venues, culinary excellence and a foundation for legacies aren’t just perks – they’re part of who we are.
Our diverse portfolio includes more than 200 partnerships with iconic major league and NCAA venues, award-winning destination restaurants, festivals, race tracks, cultural institutions and convention centers, as well as the Super Bowl, U.S. Open, Kentucky Derby and NHL, MLB, NBA, and MLS All-Star Games.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
TD Place seats 24,000 and is home of the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL), Atlético Ottawa of the Canadian Premier League (CPL), and the Ottawa Aces of the Rugby Football League (RFL).
Spokane, Washington
Spokane Center is owned and operated by the Spokane Public Facilities District and contains the Spokane Convention Center, the First Interstate Center for the Arts, and Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena.
Lexington, Kentucky
The Central Bank Center (formerly known as Lexington Center) is an entertainment, convention and sports complex located on an 11-acre site in downtown Lexington, Kentucky. It features a convention center, a shopping mall, a hotel, and Rupp Arena.
Jennifer has over 20 years of experience in the hospitality and food and beverage industries. She earned a degree in hospitality business from Michigan State University and an MBA in project management from Jones International University in Colorado.
Jennifer’s current role as a regional vice president has her overseeing 21 accounts across Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana, Nebraska and Canada. Ranging from colleges to arenas, restaurants, football stadiums, and convention centers, she works with a diverse range of operations and businesses. She has assisted with several large events, including multiple NASCAR races, PGA events, and account openings.
Steve brings over 30 years of experience creating diverse food and beverage programs from initial ideation to delivering incredible guest journeys within the casino, cruise, and hotel industries. His work in iconic hotels such as Chateau Frontenac, Chateau Lake Louise, and Chateau Whistler led him to become a certified executive chef.
Steve joins our team from One Toronto Gaming, having led a diverse food and beverage program across four casinos and build-out for two industry-changing resort properties.
Joshua is the regional executive chef for Levy Canada. In addition to current responsibilities including new business openings and culinary program development, Joshua also represents Levy on Foodbuy’s Culinary Solutions Council in Canada.
Since joining Levy and Compass Group Canada as executive chef at TD Place in 2016, Joshua has led culinary operations for some of Canada’s largest annual sporting events, including the 105th Grey Cup and 2017 NHL Winter Classic. He has also managed all day-to-day culinary operations for a 24,500-seat outdoor stadium and 10,500-seat arena complex housing five different professional sports teams.
Tara joined Compass Group in 2015 and currently oversees all Eurest dining operations in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. She has over 25 years of food and beverage management experience combined with solid sales, marketing, and human resources knowledge.
During her career she has specialized in fine dining, catering and events, quick-service, and retail food service operations. She has worked with many large franchises and brands and continues to oversee a very diverse portfolio of Compass Group business in the prairies. Her responsibilities include menu development, hiring and training the best of the best, marketing and event planning, budgeting, and optimizing guest satisfaction while addressing day-to-day operational requirements as well as promoting safety as her highest priority.