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Chicago Restaurant Partners and McCormick Place Receive
Gluten-Free Food  Service Accreditation
 
(CHICAGO - April 18, 2009)  Today the Gluten Intolerance Group of  North 
America presented Chicago Restaurant Partners and McCormick Place  Convention 
Center a certificate of Gluten-Free Food Service Accreditation for  the Care 
Free Cafe, as part of the Thrive Allergy and Gluten-free Expo.  McCormick 
Place is the first convention center to undergo this certification  process 
by GIG. Chicago Restaurant Partners plans to continue working with GIG  to 
expand the accreditation to locations through the McCormick Place  complex.
 
Gluten-Free Food Service Accreditation is a program of GIG that works with  
food services of all types to meet core Best Practices for safe gluten-free 
food  production and service. Food service providers who meet these strict 
standards  are able to document knowledge, training, and processes that will 
provide  customer confidence in the establishment's understanding of their 
needs and  ability to prepare safe meals for them. Food service providers 
who meet these  strict standards are committed to being proactive in a 
reactive industry by  setting the highest standards in food production and customer 
service for the  health needs of the gluten intolerant consumer.
 

About Chicago Restaurant Partners
Chicago Restaurant Partners is the  exclusive foodservice provider for 
McCormick Place. Chicago Restaurant Partners  offers McCormick Place visitors 
show floor dining in permanent and portable  locations, full-service dining in 
Restaurant 270, casual dining food courts,  Connie's, Au Bon Pain, and 
catering services.  Formed in 2007, Chicago  Restaurant Partners is a 
collaboration of two landmark Chicago restaurateurs:  Levy Restaurants and Phil 
Stefani Signature Restaurants.
 
Levy Restaurants' extensive portfolio spans a wide range of operations from 
 the four-star Spiaggia and famed Bistro 110 to the world of sports and  
entertainment including managing "The Levy Difference" food and beverage  
operations around the world from Chicago's own Wrigley Field to the American  
Airlines Center in Dallas, the Staples Center in Los Angeles and Louisville's  
iconic Churchill Downs.
 
Phil Stefani Signature Restaurants include legendary names such as Tuscany, 
 437 Rush and Riva as well as providing catering services to some of the 
most  prestigious venues in the city including the world famous Merchandise 
Mart,  Chicago Cultural Center and the Museum of Science and Industry. Stefani 
Chicago  Signature Services has run the food service and catering 
operations at Chicago's  historic Navy Pier since 1994.
 
About Thrive Allergy Expo
Thrive Allergy Expo is the first  business-to-consumer expo dedicated to 
providing the best and most effective  products and services to individuals 
suffering from respiratory, food, skin,  insect, latex and eye allergies. As 
part of Thrive, Chicago Restaurant Partners  has developed the 'Care Free 
Cafe' to assist gluten-intolerant visitors and  attendees with food allergies 
requiring healthy, alternative food choices.
 
"When we first approached Chicago Restaurant Partners we were so surprised  
they were already educated on gluten issues and were only too happy to 
customize  concession stands suitable for our sensitive attendee base," said Eva 
Prokop, VP  of Communications, Thrive. The Care-Free Cafe concession offers 
five recipes,  including a pasta bar with gluten free pasta topped with 
Stefani's gluten free  marinara sauce and a gluten free vegetable or turkey 
wrap.
 
About Gluten-Free Food Service Accreditation and GIG
For more  information about Gluten-Free Food Service Accreditation visit 
_www.GFFoodService.org_ (http://www.GFFoodService.org) . For more  information 
about GIG and its other social service or food industry programs  visit 
_www.Gluten.net_ (http://www.Gluten.net) ; _www.GFCO.org_ (http://www.GFCO.org) 
; and _www.GlutenFreeRestaurants.org_ 
(http://www.GlutenFreeRestaurants.org) . 
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