Phil Colicchio
Founder & CEO, Colicchio Consulting
Phil Colicchio is an expert on the restaurant and hospitality industry. His firm, Colicchio Consulting, advises hotel and real estate developers, as well as universities, professional sports, mega yacht, and music festival industries, on high-profile, culturally relevant food and beverage partnerships. Phil, who is also an attorney, has represented over 60 James Beard Award-winning chefs, restaurateurs, and industry professionals. He played a key role in the Las Vegas restaurant boom, brokering major management and licensing deals between chefs and hotel-casinos. A graduate of Seton Hall University and Villanova Law School, he is also a founding member of CenPer Holdings, LLC, which has partnered with Warner Bros./Discovery to launch the “Central Perk Coffee Co.” brand of café’s and coffee products worldwide. Employing his experience and expertise for the benefit of the next generation of hospitality leaders, Phil collaborated with Culinary Institute of America to design and launch its Masters’ in Professional Studies program, where he continues to teach graduate courses on Real Estate and Capitalization Strategies for Restaurateurs.