The Federation of Restaurateurs and Hoteliers of Russia

The East-West company is an associated member of the Federation of Restaurateurs and Hoteliers of Russia.
The Federation of Restaurateurs and Hoteliers of Russia is an organization created by leading restaurateurs and hoteliers of Russia with the purpose of development of the food services and hospitality industry. The Federation of Restaurateurs and Hoteliers of Russia is destined to unite all enterprises of the industry in order to overcome all the obstacles, hampering the development of this dynamically growing market segment. For today the Federation unites over 1 000 Russian enterprises of the food services and hospitality industry of all levels and directions: high cuisine restaurants and fast-food enterprises , clubs and the entertaining centers, city hotels and country lodge complexes, companies, distributing foodstuff and production equipment for them. The Federation of Restaurateurs and Hoteliers of Russia main activity is the coordination of its members activity, their information service, development and participation in the development of draft laws and other normative legal acts , publishing and scientific activity, rendering of consulting services to members of Partnership on various directions of their activity. The Federation of Restaurateurs and Hoteliers of Russia participates in the organization and carrying out of some actions for the food services and hospitality industry.
http://www.frio.ru

The Interregional Culinary Association of Russia

The East-West company is an associated member of the Interregional Culinary Association of Russia.
The Interregional Culinary Association of Russia is an organization, founded February, 14, 1990, with the purpose of uniting catering professionals. The main goal of its activity is the support in improvement of the catering services in the public sector, increase of the level of service and a customer service culture in general, the revival of national culinary traditions and national cuisines. The Interregional Culinary Association of Russia is an official WACS member (the World Association of Chefs’ Societies). The Interregional Culinary Association pays great attention to the improvement of professional skills of its members, on a regular basis spends seminars and trainings, arrange an exchange of staff between regions of Russia, and also training abroad.
http://www.culina-russia.ru

The Academy of Hospitality, a non-profit partnership

The East-West St. Petersburg Company has been a member of the Academy of Hospitality of St. Petersburg since July, 2006, and has been actively participating in all actions of the Academy.
The Academy of Hospitality, a non-profit organization has been founded in 1999 under the initiative of the managers of the HoReCa segment enterprises.
The main activity of the Academy of Hospitality is aimed at the assistance to participants of the partnership in increasing the market appeal, competitiveness and profitableness of their enterprises. The partnership is able to achieve the goals set due to the coordination of joint actions on effective promotion of enterprises, goods and services, supplying them with information and improvement of professional skills of managers and employees. The subject matter and type of the Academy activity depend solely upon the requirements of the partnership members, and it is aimed at providing a specific positive guidance. The Academy of Hospitality spends master-classes for chefs (on technology of preparation and specific features of serving dishes for High cuisine restaurants and for democratic restaurants, café and bistro), training, consultations, seminars, trainings on the problems of business management, manufacturing process and services, carried on by leading experts of restaurant and hotel business, including foreign experts, which are consultants of the Academy. The Academy also spends promo-actions with the purpose of representation and promotion of leading grocery brands for the HoReCa sector enterprises.
The Academy participates in many cooking and service contests & competitions in Russia and abroad and since 2005 it has been the organizer of the largest international competition «Baltic Culinary Star Cup» of chefs from the Baltic States. For today the Academy unites over 350 enterprises of St.-Petersburg, Leningrad region, Great Novgorod, Pskov, Moscow, Volgograd, Gelendghik, Kaliningrad, Kirov, Krasnodar, Krasnojarsk, Lipetsk, Murmansk, Nizhny Novgorod, Omsk, Orenburg, Ufa, Sochi, Tyumen, Khanty-Mansiysk, Cherepovets, Yaroslavl and other cities.
http://www.nha.ru/