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uWink Hires Executive Chef -- 17-year Culinary Veteran Greg SchroeppelLOS ANGELES --(Business Wire)-- Aug. 1, 2006 -- uWink, Inc. (OTCBB:UWNK), a publicly-held digital entertainment company, announced the appointment of culinary veteran Greg Schroeppel as Executive Chef. With extensive kitchen experience at such well known restaurants as SPAGO, Chinois on Main, and Granita, considerable recipe and product development experience with major chains such as A & W, Applebee's, Arby's, Arco AM/PM, Frito Lay, La Salsa, Star-Kist, and Vons, and high-profile celebrity events such as the Superbowl post party - San Diego, Maxim's post Oscar party, Renee Zellweger's Christmas party, and Melissa Etheridge's wedding, Chef Greg Schroeppel now brings all his culinary expertise to uWink. uWink is a new restaurant concept -- a social entertainment eatery where guests can order their food, drinks, and media (think games, movie trailers, horoscopes, and other media candy) via touch screens located at their table. "Chef Greg Schroeppel is a gifted culinary professional with a talent for menu development and execution," said Nolan Bushnell, chief executive officer at uWink, Inc. "His culinary acumen is further enhanced by a wealth of experience in kitchen staff training and quality control -- which makes the perfect combination needed to deliver on our aggressive growth strategy." "uWink is not only a unique concept, but one with tremendous potential," said uWink Executive Chef Greg Schroeppel. "uWink is firmly committed to serving excellent food. They understand the importance of delivering a complete dining experience that includes a wide variety of delicious dishes -- something for all tastes. I look forward to creating fresh culinary concepts for everyone to enjoy." For the past two years, Chef Greg Schroeppel managed a boutique hospitality consulting company, Urban Gourmet Group, where he provided concept development, menu development and engineering, kitchen layout, vendor and product sourcing, tabletop design, and project management for various restaurant clients, including: The Counter (Santa Monica), Hannah's Bistro (Las Vegas), Crustacean (Las Vegas), Tops (Pasadena), and Black Tie Catering and Events/Black Tie Daily (Culver City). The first uWink restaurant will open soon (this summer) at the Westfield Promenade in Woodland Hills, California, located just off Topanga Canyon Blvd. and Highway 101. uWink will be located above Maggiano's Little Italy restaurant and the Corner Bakery on the north side of the mall. uWink, Inc. is a publicly-held digital entertainment company based in Los Angeles, California that develops interactive entertainment for restaurants, bars, and mobile devices. Led by entertainment and restaurant visionary Nolan Bushnell, founder and former CEO of Atari (Nasdaq:ATAR) and Chuck E. Cheese (NYSE:CEC), uWink is currently building a new entertainment dining experience called uWink that leverages uWink's proprietary network and entertainment software. For more information visit: www.uwink.com. |
