Scoreboard Gourmet

Concessions Manager position, New Giants Stadium (Jets too)

The New Meadowlands Stadium Co., 2010 home of the NY Giants and Jets, has signed a contract with Delaware North Sportservice for concessions and premium dining for the 82,000-seat NFL facility. The revenues for this contract are estimated to be more than $50 million. As you know, SG loves Delaware North. This is exciting. Hiring happening now. Here's one open position:

Concession Manager: Will oversee permanent stands and portable/sublet locations, as well as the vending department. Specifically, supervise concessions/non-profit and vending personnel; train employees in company procedures; schedule employees/non-profit groups, ensuring adequate staffing. Ensure adequate levels of merchandise by continual supervision of stock levels. Ensure concession stations are set up for each business day. Prepare various sales and operational reports as required; analyze product usage. Ensure that proper sanitation procedures are followed.
Must have a good working knowledge of concession procedures and activities normally gained through 3-5 years in the field. Familiar with standard food service equipment. Strong communication skills and math aptitude is required. 2-year degree with an emphasis in business or food service management preferred. Experience with Tangent and inventory controls a must.
$45,600.00-US $57,700.00 / Year plus benefits.
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Busch Stadium Regular Concessions Reminder (because it's what you can eat at the Home Run Derby and at the All-Star Game)

Busch Stadium offers hot dogs, polish sausages, pretzels, nachos and assorted snacks, Taste of the Ballpark (regular hot dog, small bag of peanuts, small pretzel, cheese cup and a bag of cookies), hamburger sliders, cheeseburger sliders and beverages.

Broadway BBQ

The Broadway BBQ offers pulled pork sandwiches, beef brisket, jumbo hot dogs, chicken tenders, turkey leg combos, cole slaw, baked beans, French fries and beverages.

Dizzy’s Diner

Dizzy’s Diner specializes in jumbo hot dogs, foot-long bratwursts, burgers, chicken tenders, nachos, corndogs, grilled chicken sandwiches, fries, garlic fries, pretzels, ice cream, assorted snacks and beverages.

El Birdos Cantina

El Birdos Cantina offers Cardinals fans tacos, burritos, beef and chicken quesadilla, nachos and beverages.

El Birdos Gourmet

The place for all things nachos, nachos supreme, nachos grande with pulled pork and beverages.

Gashouse Grill

Hot dogs, regular bratwursts, burgers, chicken tenders, fried cannelloni, fries, pretzels, assorted snacks and beverages make up the menu at the Gashouse Grill.

Hardees

A variety of Hardees favorites including burgers, fries and hand dipped milkshakes are available at the stadium location.

Triple Play

Fans can snack on BBQ Pulled Pork sandwiches, hot dogs, pizza, nachos and other assorted snacks at Triple Play.

Plaza Grill

The Plaza Grill offers jumbo hot dogs, burgers, fries, chicken tenders, nachos, pretzels and assorted snacks.

Post Home Run Derby Gala Menu

I'm not sure why (maybe the use of the word "gala"?) but it makes me pretty excited to see this menu:

MLB ALL-STAR GALA ST. LOUIS
July 13, 2009
Post Home Run Derby Gala Menu
Three Hour Celebration, 10:30 PM – 1:30 AM
Stadium Club Snacks: Stadium Popcorn, dry roasted peanuts, mini pretzels
“The Boat House”: Missouri Farmers Cheese & Vegetable Display, Fresh selection of summer vegetables & fruit, Fresh baked breads, honey, lavosh, & nuts
On the “Hill”: Wild Mushroom Risotto Action Station (Ozark forest mushrooms, prosciutto, baby peas, parmesan)
Antipasto Display: Select specialty cold cuts crafted in old world tradition on “The Hill”, Grilled vegetables, marinated olives, hearth baked bread & olive oil, Spinach & Artichoke Toasted Cannelloni
From the Plains Carvery/The Loop Braised Beef Brisket (Missouri grass-fed beef slowly braised in a red wine demi with button mushrooms), Griddle Potato Cakes with Roasted Corn & Tomato Relish with Crème Fraiche, Caramelized Onion & Lentil Salad
Soulard Mardi Gras: Chicken Jambalaya with Andouille Sausage, Crawfish Etouffee with Rice, Muffaletta Salad
From the Farm/Central West End: BBQ Pulled Pork Sliders with Cole Slaw Garden Tomato Salad with Choice Mixed Greens Roasted Chicken Salad Crostini with Brie, Red Grapes, & Pecans St. Louis Dessert Bar & Candy Shop Mini Cupcake Bar Blackberry Cobbler & Peach Cobbler St. Louis Style Gooey Butter Cake Mini Hank’s Cheesecakes Gourmet Chocolate - Caramel Covered Pretzel Bites Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Twins! last season in Metrodome! I'm going!

In case the three exclamation points didn't give it away, I'm exc!ted to announce my upcoming trip to the Twin Cities. I expect it to be not nearly as warm as it was in Fort Myers, but who cares? I have longsleeved shirts, and snowpants.

I hardly know what to expect for food in Minneapolis - a giant cherry on a giant spoon? I know DelawareNorth / Sportservice is going into the new ballpark (Target Field) but that's next season, which should mean Centerplate is still in the Twins house. Yes?

Yes. Once Centerplate loses the Twins (2010) their MLB clients are only the Giants, Mariners and stinky Rays. No Secret Stadium Sauce this season. What ever will I eat??

Condiments Buffet; Hot Dogs Your Way at the Ballpark

The Hot Dog Condiments Buffet is coming to a Sportservice-run ballpark near you. Look for sauerkraut, banana peppers, chopped tomatoes, jalapenos, onions and Secret Stadium Sauce. Mustard and ketchup too. Please please send in pictures. You know I'm a huge fan of condiments. More details to come.

$1 Food Concessions for Brewers and Reds Fans

This is awesome. Delaware North / Sportservice will run$1 Item Concession Stands at two ballparks this season. Look for $1 food concessions stands in Cincinnati and Milwaukee, two towns with names that are a challenge to spell.

Everything sold at the $1 stand will be $1. The portions will be slightly smaller, which means you can try more things. Love it. It's so much better and smarter and healthier and better than any other food promotion I've seen. Am I right? If these stands are a success we'll see them in other ballparks too.

The Great American Ball Park will have hot dogs, soda, peanuts, candy and popcorn at two $1 stands. At Miller Park you can get hot dogs, soda, ice cream, peanuts, popcorn, and cookies. What do You think about that?

Miller Park (Brewers) Job: Concession Stand Attendant

Concession Stand Attendant - Milwaukee Sportservice at Miller Park (Milwaukee, WI)

Fundamental Duties and Responsibilities:
• Prepare and sell various products to our guests at concession stands
• Willing to work any station assigned

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: must be well groomed, friendly, and efficient, have basic math skills, be able to use a cash register, have good customer service skills, be willing to follow GuestPath standards, be at least 18 years of age

Physical Requirements: must be able to stand for 6-7 hours, be able to lift heavy objects, be able to lift, bend, stand, and stretch for long periods of time

DISCLAIMER: the essential functions listed above are a representation and do not constitute a final or complete set of essential job functions.

Online Application

Great American Ballpark Job Fair Tomorrow (and next week)

Food, Beverage and Retail Job Fair (March 7th and March 14th) - Cincinnati Sportservice/Cincinnati Reds (Cincinnati, OH)

This position is with Cincinnati Sportservice, the premiere food & beverage and retail merchandise provider for the Great American Ballpark, home of the Cincinnati Reds. This position is not with the Cincinnati Reds. Please do not call the Cincinnati Reds Baseball Team about this position.

WHEN:  March 7th, March 14th:  10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

WHERE:  Job Fairs are located in The Machine Room Restaurant at Great American Ball Park.  Entrance is located on the plaza level across from US Bank Arena.

SEASONAL POSITIONS AVAILABLE:
Level Supervisors, Cashiers, Stand Attendants, Vendors, Warehouse Porters, Wait Staff/ Servers, Bartenders, Catering Attendants, Cooks/Line Cooks, Stewards, Hosts/Hostess, Suite Runners, Retail, Vending Commissary Workers, In-Seat Runners, and Beer Portable Attendants.

All applicants must be at least 16 years olds to apply. Certain positions will require applicants to be 19 years old due to alcohol service. Pre-employment drug screening required. Minors must provide parental authorization prior to drug testing.

Roger Dean Stadium Concessions Map

Everyone knows I am a big fan of Delaware North / Sportservice. It's immediately apparent when they run a a stadium, and Roger Dean in Jupiter (that's Cardinals and Marlins) is no exception.

What's unique about Roger Dean is the splitting of affiliations. Left Field is completely devoted to the Marlins:

and Right Field is all about the Cardinals:   Same food in each of these 'grill' locations, and on each side of the ballpark. More about that later. Spring Training tickets still on sale; when the team play each other they take turns being 'home' but don't switch dugouts.

2008 Culinary Olympics in Germany

No these Olympics do not have anything to do with sports, unless you consider the fact that some chefs from sports venues are attending...

Kevin Doherty, executive chef at TD Banknorth Garden, Tab Daulton, executive chef at HSBC Arena and Rick Ortiz, executive sous chef at Soldier Field will compete in the cold platter portion of the Culinary Olympics hosted by the German Chefs Association (they call it the Olympiade der Köche).

Details to follow

Baseball Food Honors Go to Delaware North / Sportservice

All eight baseball stadiums whose concession operations are handled by Delaware North Sportservice made the top 20 ranking in Sports Illustrated's annual survey of the food at Major League Baseball's ballparks.

Three made the top ten, led by Miller Park in Milwaukee, which was the top-ranked stadium for food, and U.S. Cellular Field (Chicago White Sox), which was second.

"Our chefs and staff are working hard to continue our long tradition in baseball and to continue providing fans with traditional favorites like hot roasted peanuts, while expanding concession menus with wraps, sandwiches and dishes that you wouldn't think would be available at a ballpark," said Rick Abramson, president of Buffalo-based Delaware North Sportservice.

Abramson is credited with creating Milwaukee's popular secret sauce for sausages and hot dogs.

The other rankings for the Delaware North stadium concessions were:
* Progressive Field, home to the Cleveland Indians, No. 6.
* Detroit's Comerica Park, No. 12.
* The Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, No. 14.
* The St. Louis Cardinals' Busch Stadium, No. 17.
* Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, No. 18.
* Petco Park, home to the San Diego Padres, No. 20.

Delaware North Sportservice will be handling the concession at the Minnesota Twins' new stadium, which is slated to open in 2010.

"At Sportservice, we've very serious about preparing great food for millions of fans and proud to see they recognize our efforts," Abramson said.

by James Fink Business First of Buffalo