Blue Mountain Resort, a year-round leisure vacation spot positioned alongside the Kittatinny Ridge within the Pocono Mountain areas
and managed by KSL Resorts, has named William McPartland as meals and beverage director. With over 25 years of various restaurant expertise, McPartland oversees operations, menu improvement and implementation on the resort’s Slopeside Pub & Grill with its informal up to date American delicacies, supervises all catering occasions for the resort’s 50,000 sq. toes of out of doors/indoor assembly area and oversees particular culinary occasions such because the Date Evening Collection and upcoming Wine Fest.
“Invoice’s confirmed abilities in creating modern menus and dynamic culinary experiences, in addition to his administration, mentoring and management prowess proven all through his excellent hospitality profession might be an essential contribution to furthering the success of our meals and beverage programming,” mentioned Blue Mountain’s common supervisor Jim Dailey. “We’re particularly happy that Invoice’s ahead considering, culinary creativity and wine data will tremendously improve the occasions and capabilities that happen in our large, mountainside assembly area.”
McPartland is engaged on refreshing the lunch and dinner menus at Blue Mountain’s open day-after-day, year-round informal eatery Slopeside Pub & Grill – serving an in depth, newly refreshed menu that includes favourite starters, soups, salads, sandwiches, burgers and delectable entrees and desserts – together with vegetarian, vegan and gluten free selections. He’s additionally creating enjoyable, four-course dinners with an accompanying themed efficiency which can be a part of the resort’s new month-to-month Date Evening Collection and served within the Vista Ballroom.
Previous to becoming a member of the workforce at Blue Mountain Resort, McPartland served for 3 years as common supervisor/kitchen supervisor at The Clubhouse Grille in Bethlehem, Penn. His experience in butchering meats and dealing with seafood and his complete farming data had been garnered at RE Farm Café at Windswept Farm State School, Penn., and that have might be a boon to the 2 onsite farm-to-table greenhouses at Blue Mountain. Beforehand a company chef, he did a six-year stint at St. Thomas Restaurant Group in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, and served as government chef for Capital Restaurant Ideas based mostly in Washington, D.C.
McPartland graduated from Pennsylvania State College, College Park, with a Bachelor of Science diploma in lodge, restaurant and institutional administration.