This man regaled with exquisite dishes of the heads of foreign states, kings, crown princes who visited our country on business visits. He is called the main food provider for major political events. Every day, Yevgeny Prigozhin feeds diners to members of the Russian Cabinet in his cozy restaurant, located in the Government House. He personally knows the head of state, with the approval of which the restaurateur is the main supplier of food for the military. Currently, Yevgeny Prigozhin is looking for new horizons for the development of his business and does not miss the opportunity to inflate scandals in the press, sometimes putting killer compromising materials on representatives of the political Olympus of Russia. What was remarkable in the career of this man?
Facts from the biography
Yevgeny Prigozhin, whose biography is not without dark spots, is a native of the "northern" capital. He was born in 1961. His father worked as a mining engineer. Eugene studied at the boarding school of the Olympic Reserve.
In his youth, Evgeny Prigozhin was fond of skiing. The young man got a job as a mentor in the youth sports school of the Krasnogvardeisky district of the city on the Neva. Then he entered the Chemical Pharmaceutical Institute. But, as already emphasized, the biography of the young athlete cannot be considered impeccable. In his young years, he had problems with the law. Evgeni Prigozhin was convicted of theft (albeit conditionally). However, during the time this term was being served, he was presented with a number of charges of fraud, robbery, and then he received a real sentence for his actions. But then the criminal record was canceled, and the future restaurateur became a law-abiding citizen.
First steps in business
Prigogine Evgeny Viktorovich began his entrepreneurial activity by opening several round-the-clock supermarkets. A few years later, a novice businessman became the owner of the bar-restaurant "Wine Club" on Vasilyevsky Island. However, he soon realized that without an experienced wine drinks expert, business would not be profitable.
He found such a man. Further, fate brings him to the Englishman Tony Gere, who gives him the idea of āāopening another catering establishment - a bar where visitors could enjoy sausages and drink fresh beer. As a result, āOld Customsā appeared.
Business began to flourish
In 1995, Prigogine Evgeny Viktorovich establishes the Concord company, which subsequently will organize banquets in the Kremlin and become the leader in catering services. Its structure will include such well-known public catering establishments as: āRussian Empireā, āBlindonaltsā, āOld Customsā, āGlossā.
Prigozhinās income gradually grew, and in 1997 he invested in a restaurant on the ship āNew Islandā. Of course, when the establishment started operating, there was no end from visitors: everyone wanted to have dinner, admiring the beauty of Northern Palmyra.
Soon, high-ranking guests came here: Sergey Stepashin and Michel Camdessus. They liked the dishes.
Winning the tender
When the Northern capital was supposed to be three hundred years old, the question arose of who would be involved in servicing the presidential receptions in honor of the celebration of the memorable date. And the Concord won the tender, the leader of which made early efforts not to stay on the sidelines. In the future, he repeatedly organized cuisine for members of the government, royal people, presidents of different countries. Well, he proposed to the inhabitants of North Palmyra a network of āpublicā catering establishments, which favorably differed in affordable prices. These include the famous Blindonalts in St. Petersburg.
In 2003, Evgeny Prigozhin (Concord) became the author of a book for schoolchildren entitled Indraguziki. He does not consider it shameful to work as a waiter himself or to cook up some savory food in the kitchen.
In the spring of 2008, the St. Petersburg restaurant was opened in the Russian capital. This catering establishment has become a favorite vacation spot for residents of North Palmyra who come for business on Moscow.
Regalia
The work of the famous restaurateur was noted by representatives of the political elite. He received the medal āIn memory of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburgā, the order āFor Merit to the Fatherland of the First and Second Degreesā, and thanks from the head of the Russian government. For his contribution to the development of the hospitality industry, Evgeny Viktorovich was awarded a national prize.
Property Prigogine
The Concord structure is a developer of the cottage village of North Versailles. A lot of ambitious ideas are born in the head of a restaurateur. For example, he planned to provide lunch with social infrastructure facilities, schools, kindergartens, military units.
And of course, not everything he conceived turned out to be within his power. Trying to realize his ālarge-scale projectsā, he once found himself in the center of a scandal. In Yekaterinburg, a major emergency occurred - cadets of the Ministry of Emergency Situations were poisoned by food supplied by Medstroy. And its owner is the wife of Yevgeny Prigozhin. The restaurateur rejects his involvement in the incident. The entrepreneur is also accused of the fact that the food prepared by Concord for students reduced the appetite of schoolchildren. And here the businessman does not see his guilt, referring to the fact that he cooks for both children and adults alike: they say that no one has ever complained about the poor quality of food.
One way or another, but the businessman does not intend to abandon his grandiose plans. He intends to build more catering establishments, which should appear in many regions.