Great Performances caterers moving to Mott Haven
This is a view of some of the dishes Great Performances will soon be
preparing in the borough for its exclusive roster of clients.
Photo courtesy of Great Performances
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BY PATRICK ROCCHIO
One of the city’s great
names in catering is making
a move uptown to the rapidly
changing Mott Haven area.
Great Performances, a caterer
that specializes in serving
cultural institutions, is
planning a move this summer
from its current headquarters
in lower Manhattan to a spacious
new 41,000 square foot
space on the fi rst and third
fl oors of The Bruckner Building
at 2417 Third Avenue.
Great Performances found
a space that nearly doubles its
existing footprint. The company
prepares and ships its
fi nished gourmet products to
exclusive clients at cultural
institutions including Jazz at
Lincoln Center, Asia Society,
Apollo Theater, Plaza Hotel,
New York Wine and Food Festival
and Wave Hill.
In fact it was the Bronx horticultural
gem on the west side
of the Bronx that was the fi rst
exclusive partner that Great
Performances signed, back
in 1992, said a spokeswoman,
who added the company was
founded in 1980 by its current
CEO Liz Neumark.
The company is the food
provider to many borough
institutions including Montefi
ore Medical, Bronx Lebanon
Hospital, Wildlife Conservation
Society (the Bronx
Zoo’s operator), Fieldston
School and Riverdale Country
Day School, a company
spokeswoman stated.
Neumark said, in a statement,
that she loves the entrepreneurial
spirit in the Mott
Haven community, and that
the building, a former factory,
recalls the early manufacturing
roots of the city.
“Exploring the nooks and
crannies of the streets, meeting
my future neighbors and
fi nding new places to grab a
bite to eat, contribute to my
enormous sense of anticipation,”
said Neumark. “This
will be a nurturing home
where we can contribute to
the neighborhood while benefi
tting from a great workforce
and collaboration with other
businesses.”
The company has 147 employees
who call our borough
home, and plans to expand its
work force with an additional
55 hirings. It will reach out
to local employment preparing
non-profi t organizations
to fi ll some of the positions, it
stated.
Additionally, the company
also provides educational programming
through The Sylvia
Center, a non-profi t that
teaches families about the importance
of nutrition and encourages
healthy eating, especially
for youth.
The center and its community
kitchen will also move
to the borough in July or August
along with Great Performances,
said the spokeswoman.
The space they will be leasing
in the newly renovated
Bruckner Building is centrally
located near several major
highways, affording the
company an opportunity to
service a larger clientele base.
“The location is terrifi c
from a distribution standpoint,”
said the company
spokeswoman “For us, with
clients throughout the tristate
area, it is actually much
better that where we are now
in terms of getting to our clients
and getting back.”
The new kitchen space is
much larger than what is currently
available, and it will occupy
the entire fi rst fl oor, said
the spokeswoman.
“The kitchen staff in particular
are in Nirvana,” the
spokeswoman said.
The aesthetics of the building,
which has been extensively
renovated, itself was a
selling point to Great Performance’s
management.
“One of the appeals of this
building is its classic old style.
They don’t build like this anymore,”
said the spokeswoman.
To learn more about the
Sylvia Center, visit www.sylviacenter.
org.
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