MIAMI—Virgin Hotels has named Christian Plotczyk as VP of food and beverage, overseeing all culinary operations across the brand. Plotczyk will begin working on the next Virgin Hotels in the pipeline: Nashville, TN; Palm Springs, CA; Dallas and New York.
“Food and beverage is a strategic part of our growth plan as we continue to create diverse and entertaining venues for our consumers. Christian will bring a fresh perspective to all of our concepts across the board. We’ve already started to see his influence in Chicago in The Commons Club, Miss Ricky’s and Cerise. We’re excited to see what he’ll bring to the table as we continue to grow the Virgin Hotels brand,” said Raul Leal, CEO of Virgin Hotels.
Working closely with the team on the ground at Virgin Hotels Chicago, and with the development teams in Nashville, TN; Palm Springs, CA; Dallas and New York, Plotczyk will drive the thought process behind room service and all new restaurants, bars and clubs, as well as create new programming in existing spaces like Virgin’s flagship outlet, The Commons Club, according to the company.
“We always want everyone to leave feeling better than when they came,” said Plotczyk. “As Virgin Hotels continues to expand, I’m really looking forward to creating these awesome spaces in which guests and locals can gather, eat, drink and have a great time.”
Plotczyk spent six years as the VP of culinary and operations for Rosa Mexicano Restaurants before moving over to The One Group Hospitality/STK Restaurants, overseeing all aspects of employee training, menu development and culinary control systems. His experience working with hotels includes concept development for Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants.
Virgin Hotels Chicago is now open, with Nashville, TN slated for 2017 and New York in 2018. According to the company, it continues to explore hotel and office conversions as well as ground-up development in cities such as Boston; Los Angeles; Miami; Austin, TX; Seattle; San Francisco; Washington; and London.