Introducing our Director of Food and Beverage

EHMC is very excited to announce our newest faculty member, Lutz Wolff.

 

Lutz was born in Germany, but received most of his education in England. He later went on to get a double degree in Hotel Management, and Economics from the former Catering College Bad Reichenhal, now known as Steigenberger Hotel University in Munich. Upon Graduation, Lutz moved to Canada and spent his first 3 years in Toronto working as an assistance Banquet Manager, and then moved to Vancouver, which is where he really became recognized for this food and beverage and management skills.

 

Over the next 22 years, Lutz's hospitality career blossomed. Lutz spent 3 years at Hotel Vancouver, before becoming General Manager for multiple hospitality establishments throughout BC, such as: Medieval Inns, W.W.F Holdings ltd, 1066 Restaurant, Capilano Suspension Bridge Bridgehouse Restaurant & Canyon House and was the Director of Operations for the Best Western Pacific Inn Resort & Conference Centre.

 

Lutz quickly became known for his great leadership and management skills not only in British Columbia, but all over Canada. His drive, vision and knowledge for Food and Beverage, Sales and the Hotel industry was highly respected and sought after. He exceeded expectations with his brilliant ability to turn businesses profitable and continued to be a leader in the industry.

 

In 1998, Lutz became the Food & Beverage Director for Executive Hotel & Resorts, where he stayed for 5 years. Here, he had a diverse role, which included developing new menus for the chain, upgrading service standards, increasing sales, training and development for department heads and was responsible for many millions per annum in Food and Beverage revenue, which included an instrumental role in securing a 9 year contract for the RCMP Chilliwack University.

 

Lutz then moved beyond Food and Beverage, and back into the Hotel Management side, and in 2003, took on the position as Assistant General Manager/ Acting General Manager for Harrison Hot Springs Resorts. He spent 3 years in Harrison, building and developing sales and conference packages, and exceed expected sales and profitability for the 3 years by a considerable margin. Directly due to Lutz's efforts, Harrison Resort & Spa is now able to book large conventions utilizing Exhibit space and Food and Beverage, which has positioned the resort as a favorable convention and meeting destination in the area, and they continue to benefit from the training and packages developed and implemented by Lutz.

 

After spending another 5 years with Executive Hotels & Resorts, Lutz decided to take his experience and share it in the classroom setting where he has inspired many young hospitality professionals and have helped to guide them to successful careers.

 

We are very excited to have Lutz join our team at Executive Hotel Management Collage. He will be teaching our Food Beverage courses as well as overseeing our Meeting, Event and Catering department.

 

Welcome to the team Lutz!