Dan Cirucci: Seasons 52 Chef Scores High Culinary Honors

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Seasons 52 Chef Scores High Culinary Honors

Chef Clifford Pleau, Senior Director of Culinary for Seasons 52, the highly-acclaimed fresh grill and wine bar restaurant, will be honored by the United Fresh Produce Association (UFPA) for his innovative and influential use of fresh produce in the culinary arts. One of only six chefs in the nation to be recognized, Chef Pleau will be awarded the 2011 Produce Excellence in Foodservice Award for Fine Dining at UFPA’s annual convention, United Fresh 2011.
Seasons 52 restaurants can be found in Cherry Hill NJ (Cherry Hill Mall) and King of Prussia PA (King of Prussia Mall) and many other state and localities.
“I am proud to receive the United Fresh Produce Association’s recognition for excellence in fine dining,” said Chef Pleau. “I live by the motto ‘nothing ripens like the sun’ and feel a responsibility to educate and inspire new chefs and consumers about the importance of using high-quality, in-season ingredients when cooking.”
Spearheaded by Pleau, Seasons 52 changes its menu four times a year with weekly fresh features to truly capture the flavors of the season.
Guests can enjoy the highest quality fresh food, and nothing on the menu is more than 475 calories, from the signature flatbreads and appetizers, to all entrees and the Mini Indulgence desserts, which were originally created at Seasons 52 in Orlando in 2002. Everything is prepared without compromising great taste or a rich and complete dining experience. In fact, Seasons 52’s promise of “a fresh dining experience that celebrates living well” has been consistently praised by restaurant critics across the country and people’s choice awards alike.
“Chef Pleau is the culinary mastermind behind Seasons 52’s unique approach to dining, which always offers guests something new to discover,” said Seasons 52 President Stephen Judge. “We are honored the United Fresh Produce Association is recognizing Chef Pleau and Seasons 52’s dedication to serving freshness.”
United Fresh 2011 will take place May 2-5 in New Orleans. The Foodservice Awards Program honors chefs and their companies for creativity, dedication and insight into promoting healthy fresh fruits and vegetables. This year’s winners were selected from nearly 120 nominations submitted by produce companies and foodservice operations across North America. A panel of produce and foodservice industry leaders reviewed each nominee’s incorporation of fresh produce into menu development, handling of produce, leadership in produce-related community service, and recognition by their industry peers.
Seasons 52 currently operates 17 locations in ten states across the country and will open additional restaurants in McLean, VA (Tysons Corner Center) in summer 2011; Naples, FL (Mercato Center) and Jacksonville, FL (St. Johns Town Center) in fall 2011; Oak Brook, Ill (Oakbrook Center) and Garden City, NY (Roosevelt Field) in spring 2012.

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He's been cited by the late Rush Limbaugh, quoted in the New York Times, featured at Real Clear Politics and Lucianne.com and interviewed across all media.

He's Dan Cirucci, the founder and editor-in chief of the Dan Cirucci Blog, a Save Jersey blog columnist, frequent guest on the Matt Rooney radio show and one of the most widely honored public relations professionals in his field. He's also been a public relations consultant to numerous organizations and individuals and hosted The Advocates on RVN-TV.

Inducted into the Philadelphia Public Relations Hall of Fame, for many years he served as a Lecturer in Corporate Communication at Penn State University. A former President of the Philadelphia Public Relations Association (PPRA) he has lectured at Rowan University, Temple University, The College of New Jersey and Arcadia University. He has conducted workshops on public relations for thousands of participants throughout the nation and has taught countless others the art of public speaking. He has also advised numerous lawyers, judges, public officials and political candidates.

Cirucci is a prolific writer and his op-ed pieces have appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Courier-Post, Broad and Liberty and other print and online platforms.

A native of Camden NJ, Cirucci is a former President of the Philadelphia chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. Cirucci served as Associate Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Association for nearly 30 years. He served as Chair of Penn State University's Professional Advisory Board for the Corporate Communication major at Penn State Abington and on the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Judicial Selection Commission.

He received his MA degree from Rowan University and his BA from Villanova University. He has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of Rowan's public relations program and received the E. A. "Wally" Richter Leadership Award, the highest honor from the National Association of Bar Executives' Communications Section. He has also been honored by numerous other local, state and national groups.

In his hometown of Camden, Cirucci taught fifth grade at the Ulysses Wiggins Elementary School named for the founder of the Camden NAACP. There he was one of the first teachers in the country to teach African-American history to inner city students. He later served as editor of a local weekly newspaper, as Assistant to the Township Manager of Cherry Hill Township and as Associate Director of Communications at the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Cirucci's passions include all things Italian, politics, the popular culture, books and authors, art, communication, music, theatre, movies, dining and travel.

He and his wife Carole have two grown children and seven grandchildren.

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