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Utah Restaurant Association Serves Deer Valley With a Golden Spoon
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Published on Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - 09:00 AM




Park City, UT - Deer Valley Resort and the resort's Director of Food and Beverage, Julie Wilson, are now among the elite of the restaurant industry who have received the honor of being awarded the Utah Restaurant Association (URA) Golden Spoon Restaurateur of the year award.

The URA has actively promoted the industry since 1943, and Wilson is the second woman in history nominated for this honor. The awards banquet took place earlier this month at the South Towne Exposition Center in Sandy, Utah.

The URA awardees’ are nominated by an Awards Committee. Of Wilson, staffers at URA wrote, “She is one of the major reasons that Deer Valley has received the honor of best resort in the country, or maybe the world. Julie's enthusiasm for ‘fine food’ and ‘fun food’ is revealed in the many amazing restaurant concepts at Deer Valley, where we know she prides herself in setting the example for her team. Julie is definitely one of the treasures of the restaurant industry.”

Wilson has been employed at Deer Valley since the Utah ski resort opened in 1981. She was initially hired as Silver Lake Lodge Manager, and promoted to Assistant Food and Beverage Director two years later. Within five years, at age 27, Wilson became Deer Valley’s food and beverage director.

“I am completely surprised and profoundly honored to have received this award,” says Wilson. “However, it is imperative that I accept this award for all of the food and beverage staff at Deer Valley. It’s a wonderfully talented group of people, many of whom have also been working at the resort for decades. We’re able to create the fresh, innovative fare that our guests love because we get support from management to be creative, educate ourselves and strive to be our best, every day.”
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