by Terri McNutt | Aug 30, 2013 | Chef's Blog, Zehnders
By Executive Chef John Zehnder, CEC, ACE, HGT, AAC Some like summer, but my favorite time of the year is autumn! The hot muggy days of summer are just a memory and the spectacular colors of fall begin to appear almost overnight. September’s full moon – The Harvest...
by Terri McNutt | Aug 1, 2013 | Chef's Blog, Zehnder's History, Zehnders
By Al Zehnder, CEO of Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth There is no doubt that the Family Style Chicken Dinners served by Zehnder’s today, were served first, right across the street, by the Fischer family at Fischer’s Hotel now the Bavarian Inn. But why chicken dinners?...
by Terri McNutt | Aug 1, 2013 | People Are Talking About Zehnder's, Zehnder's History, Zehnders
By Gary Wollenhaupt, FirstMerit Bank One of Al Zehnder’s earliest memories is standing on a milk crate peeling cucumbers in the kitchen of his family’s restaurant. He was 7 or 8 years old at the time, pitching in with his sisters, Martha and Susan, at the family...
by Terri McNutt | Aug 1, 2013 | Zehnders
Northwood University’s board of trustees recently elected Dan Devos as board chair and Al Zehnder as vice chair. DeVos, who served as vice chair during the previous term, is a 1980 Northwood alumnus and national co-chair with his wife, Pamella, of...
by Terri McNutt | May 27, 2013 | Zehnder's of Frankenmuth, Zehnders
By Al Zehnder, CEO of Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth My mom was the kind of mother that got up with us every morning during the school year and was sure we didn’t leave unless we had eaten breakfast. Not just any kind of breakfast but usually a hot breakfast. It...
by Terri McNutt | May 27, 2013 | Awards, Zehnder's of Frankenmuth, Zehnders
Matthew S. Kelly of Rochester, Michigan was bestowed an award at the Honors Convocation at Northwood University, Midland for outstanding achievement and contribution in his major, Hospitality Management. On May 5, 2013, Matthew received the Zehnder’s Hospitality...