F & B Naturally from The Peninsula Chicago
FOOD & BEVERAGE
KING of hotel meals
BREAKFAST STILL MATTERS TO GUESTS AND THEREFORE IT MUST MATTER TO HOTELIERS , TOO . HERE IS WHAT ’ S HOT , ACCORDING TO LEADERS , ON THE PLATE AND IN THE CUP .
Contributed by JEANETTE HURT
Breakfast is still one of the most important meals for hotel food and beverage operations .
Breakfast remains the most popular meal in a hotel , says Haim Spiegel , director of F & B , Dan Hotels , Tel Aviv Israel . “ It ’ s an opportunity that the hotel would not miss to show its professional brigade and innovation ,” he says .
Breakfast is so important and so popular that many diners are enjoying it longer . “ We ’ ve pushed the serving hours back to around three or five o ’ clock in the afternoon ,” says Will Marquardt , managing director of food and beverage for the Palisociety Dining Group , which is now an extension of the Palisociety Hotel brand . “ We decided to keep the menu really heavy on the breakfast items later in the day , and what we ’ ve found is that it ’ s really popular not just with traveling guests but neighborhood guests . People like to have breakfast when they want to have it , which is fun and why we ’ re here .”
Palisociety is opening a new hotel in California , and the all-day or almost all-day breakfast menu will be a part of it . “ The concept is working well for us , so much so that we will do another hotel with it ,” Marquardt says .
“ We have noticed that people linger longer in the morning , especially leisure guests , and they are looking for the taste of adventure or an indulgence ,” says Jason Bin Xu , executive sous chef for the Peninsula Hotel in Chicago , adding that the ‘ Pen-edict ,’ an eggs Benedict which starts with toasted croissant , topped with a lobster tail , poached eggs and truffled hollandaise with caviar and shaved truffle on top , is quite popular . “ Eggs are the most popular dishes on the breakfast menu . People are accustomed to having eggs for breakfast . They are likely to treat themselves to something unique or something they would not normally have at home , which might include eggs Benedict , a frittata or avocado toast prepared in a unique way .”
66 hotelsmag . com October 2022