Chefs and Restaurants

When the Pandemic Hit, QED Hospitality Found Its Employees Jobs in Healthcare

When Emery Whalen and Brian Landry, the owners of QED Hospitality, had to close all seven of their restaurants and bars in New Orleans and Nashville, they knew they needed to be nimble if they wanted to protect their furloughed employees and survive. A unique opportunity presented itself when Emery’s brother Ralph Whalen, senior vice president of a healthcare consulting company, offered to partner with QED to...