HERMANN REINER
was born and educated in Austria. After his apprenticeship, he started his early career in Duesseldorf, Germany with Hilton International, with whom he had a 23-year Food and Beverage career.
With Hilton International, he received the now famous CDI Training in Kitchen, Food and Beverage and Business Management. Hermann was Executive Chef and later the Director of Operations for Windows on the World and the other 12 restaurants in the former World Trade Center in New York City. He is the co-author of the Wine and Food Book of Windows on the World.
His continuing career brought him to the Shanghai Hilton as Food and Beverage Director, and as Area Director for Food and Beverage for Berlin, Dresden and Weimar, in the new German States.
As Corporate Food and Beverage Director at both Medallion Hotels, a newly formed company and Hampshire Hotels, he guided the renovation and repositioning of all Food and Beverage outlets for six properties in two years. And then he had a similar position and responsibility for Hampshire Hotels in New York City.
Hermann Reiner loves his adopted city, New York, a good game of tennis, wines and dining out. He is fluent in English and German.
APPRENTICESHIPS
Rathauskeller Vienna, Austria
Gruener Baum Bad Gastein, Austria
MS Hanseatic German Atlantic Line
Duesseldorf Hilton, Germany
MANAGEMENT
Caracas Hilton, Venezuela
London Hilton at Park Lane, London
Tehran Hilton, Iran
Vienna Hilton, Austria
The World Trade Center - Windows on the World
- New York, NY - United States of America
Shanghai Hilton, People’s Republic of China
Berlin - Dresden and Weimar Hilton, Germany
Medallions Hotels in Louisville, Dallas, Houston
Austin, Oklahoma City, Midland
Hampshire Hotels New York, NY - Eight Properties
World Fair - EXPO 2000 Hannover, Germany
- operated 2 high volume restaurants and
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7 snack bars and vending operations
Executive Search International - New York Office
PRESENT AND PAST MEMBERSHIPS
Member of The International Food and Beverage Forum
Executive Director of the Food and Beverage
Association of America. Inc
Board Member the Chef's de Cuisine Association of America, Inc.
Member of the Global Hotelier Society
Member of the US - Austrian Chamber of Commerce
Member of the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce
