Greg Gorgone, Co-Founder & COO of the Pineapple Academy joins us to discuss how his company is modernizing the way food and service operations employees at restaurants and healthcare facilities learn. Gorgone shares his Founder’s story about how he and Pineapple Academy Co-Founder Tucker Graves started the company, the void they saw for learning and training in the food and service industry and how their company is set to expand even further.
Greg Gorgone
Greg is a graduate and former Chef Instructor of Johnson & Wales University with over 40 years of experience in food service and hospitality management. Greg has been helping transform Senior Living Communities and hospitals into a more hospitality-based food service model. Greg has developed and implemented operational policy and procedures for all types and sizes of operations. In addition to his operational experience, Greg has managed concept development projects, kitchen design and grand openings for hotels, restaurants, QSRs and healthcare operations. Greg has been a speaker and presenter at regional and national conferences for the Association of Food and Nutrition Professionals (ANFP), the Association of Healthcare Foodservice (AHF), the Missouri Healthcare Association, the TN Healthcare Association, Distributor Partner Events (PFG and US Foods) and DMA’s “Good to Best” Conference, as well as the Alumni Association at Johnson and Wales University. Greg’s goal is to provide hospitality driven food service environments that improve the lives of patients, residents, and caregivers.