Synergy at the LYFE Kitchen Fork Lifting in Palo Alto, CA.

June 17, 2011

Our own Dean Small and Danny Bendas were present at the LYFE Kitchen Fork Lifting in Palo Alto, CA. today with Founder Stephen Sidwell and CEO Mike Roberts among other esteemed food industry professionals and celebrity chefs.LYFE Kitchen (Love Your Food Everyday), the restaurant brand promoting healthy and good-tasting food, launched its "Fork Lifting" today to showcase their dishes to the special crowd."Eat Good. Feel Good. Do Good. "-- that's the LYFEstyle this brand encourages through their thoughtful and socially responsible practices. Be on the lookout for a LYFE Kitchen near you soon.Synergy was hand-picked by Mike Roberts and the team to help bring LYFE Kitchen to life by collaborating with celebrity chefs and principals to build the organizational and operational infrastructure needed to roll out the brand.Synergy managing partners Dean Small and Danny Bendas played an integral role in developing operating strategies and creating best practices while the Synergy design team captured the vision by designing a look that supports LYFE's transformation guest experience.

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