The Industry9 Nov 2020

E34 Gareth Berg

Gareth Berg is currently the Restaurant Coordinator at the Sleeman Centre in Guelph Ontario. This public facility is owned by the City of Guelph and is home to the Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League. In addition to hockey, this 5000+ seat venue also hosts concerts and conventions. Gareth oversees the 240 seat restaurant, 5 bars, 3 kitchens, 32 private suites and 55+ staff. Additionally, Gareth also teaches at Conestoga College in the Culinary and Hospitality programs.

Gareth got his start in The Industry as a dishwasher at Benjamin’s in St Jacobs Ontario. Being a hard worker, he quickly moved up to cook’s apprentice. From there he moved on to La Costa in downtown Kitchener and eventually followed that up by going to Culinary School at Niagara College. Gareth starting working at Trius/Hillebrand Winery under Tony Deluca. Eventually, he moved on to Chef at the Merchant Ale House. In 2006 Gareth went back to school for a degree in Business Management - Hospitality at Niagara College. While working on his degree, Gareth worked at a number of bartending and service jobs in Niagara Falls and Niagara-On-The-Lake.

Upon graduating, Gareth starting as the Assistant Food and Beverage Manager at Zee’s Grill in Niagara-On-The-Lake. Eventually, he moved on to Fionn MacCools in Cambridge Ontario. The job at Finn McCools involved taking his staff to open and train additional Finn McCools franchises as well as training incoming franchisees and their teams at the Cambridge location.

Eventually, Gareth moved on to the Breadalbane Inn located in Fergus Ontario as the General Manager/Maitre’D for several years before finally entering his current roll in 2014 at the Sleeman Centre in Guelph where he remains to this day.

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