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Maître d' Instructor for Lunch
Bruce Lavender '82
Lecturing Instructor in Hospitality and Service Management
Bruce Lavender is a lecturing instructor in hospitality and service management at The Culinary Institute of America (CIA). Mr. Lavender is maître d' instructor in St. Andrew's Café, one of five public restaurants on the CIA's main campus in Hyde Park, NY. The restaurant is also a classroom for students in the CIA's culinary arts degree program. Mr. Lavender teaches Introductory Table Service, a course which explores table service principles and skills by providing customer service in a restaurant setting. His students focus upon guest relations, professional communications, service sequence, table skills, beverage management, and dining room preparation.
Mr. Lavender has also taught Advanced Table Service in the dining room of the American Bounty Restaurant on the CIA campus.
A 1982 graduate of The Culinary Institute of America, Mr. Lavender returned to his alma mater in 2001 after serving as general manager of Bois d'Arc in Red Hook NY. His additional professional experience includes maître d' hotel and sommelier at Le Pavillon in Poughkeepsie, NY and head captain at Plumbush in Cold Spring, NY.
