Elizabeth Blau, the Vegas restaurateur and founder-CEO of Blau & Associates, recently stopped by the Big Apple to collect a big honor. At the city’s Ziegfeld Ballroom, she received the 2022 Cornell Hospitality Innovator Award from the Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship at the university’s School of Hotel Administration.

The event celebrated the 100th anniversary of the school and featured a dinner catered by celebrated chef Todd English, who has Beast restaurant at Area15, where Elizabeth has the new-ish Lumin Café. The awards recognize the lifetime achievements of hospitality and travel industry leaders.

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