Geno Iafrate said when he came to Rockford to open Hard Rock‘s casino he was surprised to learn the city didn’t have a culinary school.
It could have one in the future if Hard Rock‘s “leading idea” comes to fruition, Iafrate said Thursday during The Update, a new quarterly series from the Rockford Chamber of Commerce.
Hard Rock is running its temporary casino, dubbed A Hard Rock Opening Act, out of the former Giovanni’s at 610 N. Bell School Road until it opens its full casino resort.
“Our leading idea, and we’ve got a lot of work to make that happen, but our leading idea is to somehow, someway turn the Giovanni’s location into a hospitality-slash-culinary school,” he said.
