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City Tech Alumnus and Foundation Board Member to Run New Time Warner Center Restaurant
Celebrity chef Michael Lomonaco, a 1984 graduate of City Tech's award-winning hospitality management program, has been chosen by The Time Warner Center to run a new restaurant in the space left vacant by Jean-Georges Vongerichten's V Steakhouse, which closed in December. The new 225-seat, grill-style restaurant is expected to open this summer, following a multi-million dollar renovation. The decor will be redone by designer Jeffrey Beers.
Following graduation, Lomonaco's career took him to several of the city's top restaurants, including Le Cirque, Maxwell's Plum, the 21 Club and Windows on the World. At Windows, he helped transform this acclaimed establishment into the highest grossing restaurant in America. Earlier, as executive chef at The 21 Club, he achieved similar results.
Following 9/11, Lomonaco joined restaurateur and Windows owner David Emil in creating the Latin-theme restaurant Noche in Manhattan's Theatre District. After Noche, Lomonaco took over the kitchen at popular Guastavino's on Manhattan's East Side.
In 2002, Lomonco was named Visiting Distinguished Professor of Hospitality Management at City Tech, where he conducted master classes in the culinary arts and delivered guest lectures in various courses. He currently serves on the City Tech Foundation board of directors and chairs its Special Events Committee. He also served on a committee that successfully raised more than $2 million from various public and private sources toward the now underway renovation of the College's main teaching kitchen.
Lomonaco is co-author of The 21 Cookbook and Nightly Specials: 125 Recipes for Spontaneous, Creative Cooking at Home, attracted a national following as host of “Michael's Place” on the Food Network and currently co-hosts the Travel Channel's popular food show “Epicurious.” In summer 2001, he used City Tech's main teaching kitchen to tape segments for “Sizzling Summer Chefs,” a Discovery Channel series that he co-hosted. In the aftermath of 9/11, he co-founded the Windows of Hope Family Relief Fund with David Emil and fellow chefs Waldy Malouf and Tom Valenti.
02/23/06
