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FOOD & BEVERAGE
Jim O’Donoghue
OMG Hospitality
Since 2015, Jim O’Donoghue has thrived as the owner and operator of Grain brand restaurants, which now include six locations across the state and over the Pennsylvania border. That first year that Grain Craft Bar + Kitchen opened in Newark, he and his team earned the title of Delaware Today’s Best New Restaurant. Alongside co- owner Lee Mikles, O’Donoghue has renovated spaces (like the one at the Cape May-Lewes Ferry terminal) and focused on expanding the business into Trolley Square and STAR Campus spots.
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Bobby Pancake
High 5 Hospitality
As CEO of High 5 Hospitality, which operates eight Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants and five Jersey Mike’s locations in Delaware and Maryland along with other independent businesses, Bobby Pancake is responsible for setting the company’s overall vision and strategy, which focuses on people, performance
and profitability. From there, he just leads the leaders. The company was founded in 2004 by Pancake and his two partners as a way to introduce the Buffalo Wild Wings franchise
to the First State. Pancake is also a civic leader for the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command.
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Alex Pires
Highway One Companies, Community Bank Delaware & Pires Cooley
Sussex County’s Alex Pires is not
only a well-established lawyer, but
has also spent decades building and growing local businesses. He oversees activities as president of Highway One Companies, an entertainment brand he founded 35 years ago that now includes a dozen entities highlighted by Dewey Beach’s Bottle & Cork and Rusty Rudder; oversees operations
as CEO and chairman of Community Bank Delaware, which now boasts $350 million in assets; and co-operates Pires Cooley, a boutique law firm focusing on civil rights that he founded alongside his wife, Diane Cooley, in 2003.
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Scott Stein
Bardea Group
From humble beginnings at fast-casual mall restaurants to now handling
daily operations within the bustling four-concept Bardea Group, partner and owner Scott Stein has seen it all
in the dining industry. His connection to the greater Philadelphia region’s bar and restaurant scene is four- generations deep, and his hospitality experience, attention to service detail, knowledge of fine wines and genuine personality quickly attributed to Bardea being named a James Beard Best New Restaurant semifinalist. Outside the restaurant, Stein is also actively involved with the James Beard Foundation.
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