Restaurant Associates Archives

February 03, 2025

Celebrating Black History Month 2025: Jeffrey Carl Cortez

We’re celebrating Black History Month and this year’s theme, “African Americans and Labor,” at Compass Group by honoring leaders like Jeffrey Carl Cortez, Executive Chef […]

October 18, 2022

#NationalSeafoodMonth — A Conversation with Amy Keister, Global Director of Sustainability and Chef Ed Brown, CEO of Restaurant Associates

In honor of #NationalSeafoodMonth this October, Compass Group’s Global Director of Sustainability Amy Keister sat down with Restaurant Associates’ CEO Chef Ed Brown. Chef Ed […]

January 14, 2021

Restaurant Associates Honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award

Restaurant Associates has been honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, recognizing the Best Places to Work in 2021. The Employees’ Choice Award, now in […]

March 19, 2018

Vertical Farming is Changing the Agriculture Industry

The largest agriculture investment in history just went to the vertical farming industry, a trend that does not seem to be slowing down. Compass is […]

November 01, 2016

A Fall Recipe from Sweet Home Café

Restaurant Associates recently opened the Sweet Home Café at the new National Museum of African American History and Culture. Featured inside the new museum, Sweet […]

September 12, 2016

Sweet Home Café to open in the National Museum of African American History and Culture

Celebrity Chef Carla Hall serves as Culinary Ambassador Washington, D.C. (Aug. 30, 2016) – Sweet Home Café, set to open in September with the National […]

April 18, 2016

5 Compass Accounts to Follow Now

This isn’t your friend’s daily dinner meal pic. When Compass culinary teams take to Instagram, you’re not just getting pictures of delicious food, you’re getting […]

December 19, 2015

Restaurant Associates & Compass Group Welcome First “Head Brewer”

Just over one year ago, Restaurant Associates (RA) and the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) came together at CIA’s Hyde Park, New York campus to […]

October 24, 2015

Chef Ed Brown’s Grilled Swordfish with Corn Relish

Fall is already here and winter is fast approaching…fire up your grill before it’s too late! Check out this grilled swordfish recipe from Restaurant Associates’ […]

October 17, 2015

36 Hours in the City

Working at Compass Group’s North American headquarters in Charlotte, it’s sometimes easy to forget that our business doesn’t really exist in our office building, but […]

September 11, 2015

Restaurant Associates’ Chef Ed Brown Serving Aces at the US Open

Serena Williams won’t be the only person eating well at the US Open while going after her fourth grand slam of 2015. This year, spectators […]