Adam Pappas

Areas of Specialty:

• Franchise Recruiting
• Executive Recruiting
• Restaurant Recruiting
• Hotel Recruiting

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About Adam:

I enjoy recruiting because I love to offer advice while creating a match that suits both the candidate and the client perfectly. It's important to me that a candidate finds their ideal company.

Adam Pappas joined Goodwin Recruiting in August 2018. Adam has been in the restaurant industry for over 31 years. He has a passion for people, BOH and FOH operations, cooking, and connections.

Adam attended a 2-year culinary school in NYC and trained and worked around the city in many high-profile restaurants, hotels, banquet facilities, and corporate dining establishments. He worked at The Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Plaza, where he ran the private club (The Rockefeller Club). There, he prepared menus and cooked for many famous celebrities. Adam was Vice President of a full-service casual dining concept for several years. He created menus, opened franchises, standardized FOH/BOH procedures, implemented restaurant training programs, and more.

Adam also worked at The Four Seasons Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida, where he was the Executive Banquet Chef. Adam's career turned to the Corporate Restaurant world in 1997. He was with the Cheesecake Factory as the Executive Kitchen Manager in many NJ locations and finally with Outback Steakhouse (Bloomin' Brands, Inc.) in operations as a Managing Partner for several New Jersey stores, as well.