David Ruggerio

James Beard award winner David Ruggerio, is a well-known celebrity chef and restaurant owner in New York City. Ruggerio honed his culinary skills in France at several of the country's leading restaurants, among them the Hotel Negresco with Jacques Maximin; Moulin de Mougins with Roger Verge; and Les Pres d'Eugenie with Michel Guerard. He was honored in 1995 by noted vintner Robert Mondavi as a Rising Star Chef, in the first year of this national awards program.

His experience also includes executive chef and equity partner of Pierre Cardin of Maxims. With Cardin, David was instrumental in the expansion of Maxim as a brand in restaurants and hotels. David also was the executive chef of the famed Le Caravelle, and executive chef and owner of La Chantilly. All three restaurants received national accolades. David has written two acclaimed cookbooks and has had two national PBS series and his own series on TV Food Network called “Ruggerio To Go”.

David has created a hospitality and hotel development company named TDR Equity Inc. TDR Equity Inc. is a New York Company that develops some of the most diverse and successful restaurants. TDR Hospitality is also developing some of the highest end, cutting edge luxury hotels.

TDR Hospitality provides higher levels of guest satisfaction, guest retention, employee satisfaction, and, ultimately, financial rewards for our owners and investors. We accomplish this by delivering superior levels of service excellence for every luxury hotel, residence and restaurant we manage. The wellspring for our service success is a highly disciplined, employee-driven participative process that is guided by statistically significant quality measurements.

Further, TDR creates unique concepts in hotel and resort accommodations and service. These innovative ideas are s