Keynote Speaker
CAMERON MITCHELL, PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER
CAMERON MITCHELL RESTAURANTS
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Cameron Mitchell is president and founder of Cameron Mitchell Restaurants, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.
Mitchell began his career in the restaurant industry nearly three decades ago when he began as a dishwasher at a local steakhouse. A few years later, while working as a line cook during a chaotic shift change, he realized he loved the restaurant business and set out to make it his lifelong career. After that shift, he put pen to paper to map out his career goals. Those goals – to attend the prestigious Culinary Institute of America (CIA), to become an executive chef by age 23, to be a restaurant general manager by 24, and ultimately to be president of a company by the age of 35 – were all realized one-by-one.
In 1993, Cameron Mitchell Restaurants began with the launch of Cameron’s, an intimate, contemporary American bistro. Through the development of new concepts and the expansion of several of his most popular concepts, Cameron Mitchell Restaurants grew to become a 33-unit, operation with locations in nine states. At the company’s peak in 2007, sales exceeded $120 million annually. In early 2008 Mitchell guided the sale of two of his most popular concepts – Mitchell’s Fish Market and Mitchell’s/Cameron’s Steakhouse – to Ruth’s Chris for $92 million.
Cameron Mitchell Restaurants, independent and privately held, is comprised of 16 units and seven different concepts in addition to operating a successful catering company and managing administrative operations for the 12-unit Rusty Bucket Corner Tavern concept. With an entrepreneur’s energy, vision and passion, Mitchell’s sights are set on the development of new restaurant concepts and the expansion of the Ocean Prime concept.
Cameron Mitchell’s successes in business and understanding of the restaurant industry have earned him countless awards and acknowledgements. Additionally, Mitchell is committed to giving back both to his profession and the community. He was the first alumnus to serve as chairman of the board of the CIA, and supports dozens of local charities, especially Nationwide Children’s Hospital.