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Resy Expands Brand Programming with Reveal of 2020 Events Lineup Featuring Konbi, Asma Khan, Danny Bowien, Renee Erickson, and More of the Restaurant World's Top ChefsNEW YORK, Jan. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Resy, the NYC-based and American Express owned reservations platform that powers many of the world's best restaurants, shares plans to expand its popular events and experiential programming in 2020. The continued push into programming is part of Resy's mission to more intimately connect diners and restaurants, and to provide a thoughtful and human lens into the world of restaurants. "In the early aughts, diners were obsessed with where their food was coming from; now they want to know where the chef is coming from: their point of view, their passions, their personalities. As we enter this next decade of dining, we believe that Resy is uniquely positioned to deliver the kind of dialogue-driven restaurant experiences that diners crave, and that restaurants are eager to create," says Resy CEO Ben Leventhal. "Resy is a brand for people who love to dine out," says Resy CMO Victoria Vaynberg. "Our technology product will always be our core, but our platform is a destination for restaurant discovery, a resource for restaurant intel, a curator of culinary experiences. Resy events are a great example of what makes our brand unique, and the kind of value we will increasingly bring to our users." In 2020, Resy will debut several new-for-2020* events including Konbi at NYC's Golden Diner - a Resy-exclusive pop-up featuring LA's megahit Japanese cafe, named Bon Appetit's Best New Restaurant of 2019 (February); Resy Summer Cinema - a summer dinner and a movie series, featuring picnics by some of the country's top chefs (August); Legacy - a brand new series paying homage to cities' culinary institutions; and more. *Lineup below. Resy also announces today the expansion of its banner programs Off Menu Week and Women Of Food. Throughout 2020, Resy's signature dining program - Off Menu Week - will travel to 9 US cities: LA, Atlanta, Charleston, Austin, Washington, DC, NYC, Chicago, San Francisco, and Houston. For one week in each city, top chefs will go off script and treat diners to never-before-seen dishes, because Resy knows that nothing beats feeling like an insider. The Women Of Food - Resy's platform spotlighting trailblazing women in hospitality - will cover 11 cities in 2020, with events throughout March (International Women's Month) and April. Since launching events in 2017, Resy has collaborated with Dave Chang, Dominique Crenn, Sean Brock, Curtis Stone, Missy Robbins, and countless more to give diners a front-row-seat to top culinary talent. At The Franks' Backyard Chef Series, hosted by Frank Falcinelli and Frank Castronovo, guests have mingled with internationally acclaimed chefs (Enrique Olvera, Iñaki Aizpitarte, Lee Tiernan) as they prepare interpretations of cookout fare; at one of Danny Bowien's Secret Special dinners, guests were treated to a surprise performance by rock band Saves The Day, with Bowien jumping out of the kitchen and into the musical set; in kitchens around the country, the leading ladies of the restaurant world used Resy's Women Of Food platform to speak out against gender inequality in the industry and strengthen the #womenoffood community; Resy hit the road with New York Times bestselling cookbook author Alison Roman to power her 7-city Nothing Fancy cookbook tour at restaurants around the country; and in its inaugural year, Resy's roving Off Menu Week dining program traversed the country, bringing 50,000+ diners in to participating restaurants. RESY 2020 EVENTS LINEUP RESY BANNER PROGRAMS, EXPANDING FOR 2020 OFF MENU WEEK: Resy's signature dining program, presented by American Express WOMEN OF FOOD: Giving voice to trailblazing women in the restaurant world. (10 US cities + London, throughout March + April) NEW FOR 2020
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ABOUT RESY Resy connects the world's best guests with the world's best restaurants at digital scale through its superior reservation management software and consumer-facing restaurant reservation platform. Since its inception in 2014, Resy has revolutionized, elevated and enhanced dining experiences worldwide. Resy has seated over 250M+ diners worldwide, and works exclusively with 4,500+ restaurants. Resy was co-founded by Ben Leventhal, co- founder of Eater.com; Michael Montero, co-founder and former CTO of CrowdTwist; and Gary Vaynerchuk, noted social media expert, entrepreneur and investor. In 2019, Resy was acquired by American Express. SOURCE Resy, Inc. |