Background
Gressak, Anthony Raymond was born on January 22, 1947 in Honolulu. Son of Anthony Raymond and Anne Tavares (Ferreira) Gressak.
Gressak, Anthony Raymond was born on January 22, 1947 in Honolulu. Son of Anthony Raymond and Anne Tavares (Ferreira) Gressak.
A.A., Utah State University, 1967; postgraduate, United States Army Infantry Officers Candidate School, 1968.
Restaurant manager, Ala Moana Hotel, Honolulu, 1970-1972;
general manager, Fred Harvey, Inc., Ontario, California, 1972-1973;
regional manager, Southern California, 1972-1973;
regional manager tollway operations, Southern California, 1973;
divisional manager, Normandy Lane, 1973;
resident manager, Royal Inns of America, San Diego, 1974;
food and beverage director, Associate Inns & Restaurant Company of America (Aircoa), Big Sky, Montana, 1974-1975;
condominium manager, Big Sky, 1975;
assistant general manager, Naples (Florida) Bath and Tennis Club, 1975-1976;
food and beverage director, National Parks, Grand Canyon, Arizona, 1976-1977;
general manager, Grand Canyon National Park Lodges, 1977-1979;
divisional vice president food services, The Broadway, Carter Hawley Hale, Inc., Los Angeles, 1979-1982;
executive vice president, Silco Corporation, Los Angeles, 1982-1984;
marketing manager, Interstate Restaurant Supply, 1984-1985;
director marketing and merchandising, S.E. Rykoff & Company, Los Angeles, 1986-1991;
national accounts sales manager healthcare and hospitality, Rykoff-Sexton, Inc., Los Angeles, 1991-1993;
vice president distributor sales, The Cheesecake Factory, Calabasas, California, since 1993. Maitre de table Chaine des Rotisseurs-Los Angeles. Member education culinarysteering committee Los Angeles Trade Technology College.
Member City of Hope Food Svc. Executive Committee Southern California.
Assistant leader troop 92 Boy Scouts American, Northridge, California With United States Army, 1967-1970. Member National Restaurant Association (associate), International Order DeMolay (life, chevalier), Smithsonian Associations, American Culinary Federation (associate, Presidential Medallion award 1991), California Restaurant Association (associate), Les Toques Blanches International.
Married Catherine Streb, April 11, 1981. Children: Danielle Kirsten, Anthony Raymond III, Christina Michelle.