Rob Ittner
Owner and Wine Buyer

After earning his BS in Accounting from the University of Vermont in 1993, Rob Ittner worked as a manager for Bourbon Street Grill in Burlington Vermont. Fifteen months later the same owners of Bourbon Street Grill put him in charge of overseeing the opening of a second restaurant, "Mona's". Rob over saw the operations of Mona's as Senior Manager for it's first year.

Rob then took time off to attend the Culinary Institute of America's Continuing Education of Advanced Studies campus in Napa Valley, California. This intensive fifteen week program gave Rob valuable knowledge in the fields of Culinary Arts and Wine.

Rob then returned to Burlington Vermont were he helped open New England Culinary Institute's newest flagship restaurant, NECI Commons. He worked as an Instructor at New England Culinary Institute (NECI), where he taught the Dining Room Operations Class and the first-year wine program. While instructing, he also oversaw the day to day operations of the new restaurant.

Since moving to Aspen Rob was the restaurant manager at the Hotel Jerome until he took the opportunity to pair up with Charles Dale at Renaissance in the fall of 1999. Rob has also acted as sommelier at The Cooking School of Aspen, where he taught wine classes.

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