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Changes At The Top

Matt Prentice leaves the restaurant
group that bore his name.

Shelli Liebman Dorfman
Contributing Writer

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he former Matt Prentice
Restaurant Group has
taken a new name, the
Epicurean Group, after the depar-
ture of longtime local restaurateur
Matt Prentice, according to the
company's leadership.
"We intend to fulfill any and all
of our obligations and all contracts
for events that have been planned;'
said Eric Djordjevic, who replaced
Prentice as president of the group
following Prentice's resignation on
March 23. Djordjevic had been the
Prentice group's chief operating
officer. "Aside from Matt leaving,
we have had zero turnover:' he
said.
Matt Prentice
The former Matt Prentice
Group's 15 business units include
over the proposed "Morels" restau-
Milk & Honey kosher catering at
rant and on the future direction of
the Jewish Community Center in
the company that spurred Prentice's
West Bloomfield and the kosher
resignation.
catering at Adat Shalom Synagogue
At this time, of the five proposed
in Farmington Hills as well as non-
restaurants, the only venue with
kosher catering at Temple Israel in
a signed lease is Gastronomy: A
West Bloomfield, Djordjevic said.
Modern American Bistro set to open
As of press time, Prentice could
in Southfield as an Epicurean Group
not be reached for comment, nor
could representatives of the two syna- restaurant in late spring or early
summer of this year, said Djordjevic.
gogues. Mark Lit, executive director
In a statement, Dickson said that
of the JCC, declined to make a com-
Prentice's resignation has been
ment at the present time.
personally difficult for him. "I wish
"We are hoping to have open
the best for Matt, and I am sure he
dialogue with Milk & Honey, Adat
Shalom and Temple Israel in the corn- will excel at whatever he decides to
de said Dickson, who purchased
ing week to know exactly how we are
moving forward with our relationship Prentice's company in 2009 after a
bank foreclosure.
at each of those facilities:' Djordjevic
"Fortunately, the company is doing
said.
well these days, and there have been
"We plan on maintaining our rela-
no other resignations. We are all very
tionship with the Vaad (Council of
excited about the future and expect to
Orthodox Rabbis of Greater Detroit).
be very profitable this year. It's about
That includes a full-time mashgiach
the team. The Epicurean Group is not
on staff for the kosher, dairy, cholov
about any one person."
Yisroel catering at the JCC, and also
The company, he said, continues
one who oversees the glatt kosher
forward "positively and with the best
meat catering at Adat Shalom."
team we have ever had on board."
This past January, Prentice
Djordjevic said, "Matt is an institu-
announced the planned opening of
tion in this community and we will
five new restaurants — including a
kosher one in the Berkley-Huntington miss him dearly. He spent more than
30 years building a business and
Woods area — and a Farmington
serving the Jewish community and
Hills venue he recently referred to
Metro Detroit. He is a legacy.
as "a reinvention of Morels:' which
"We have the great foundation of
closed in Bingham Farms in 2006.
the company he left behind and wish
According to Epicurean Group
him the best as we look forward to
owner and CEO Stanley Dickson Jr.,
the next chapter."
it was a disagreement with Prentice

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