{"id":9032,"date":"2021-02-25T14:59:38","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T19:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=9032"},"modified":"2021-04-16T14:27:25","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T18:27:25","slug":"robbie-earl","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/profile\/robbie-earl\/","title":{"rendered":"Robbie Earl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Robert &#8220;Robbie&#8221; Earl, SHA&#8217;15, has a passion for the restaurant and technology business. Following his father&#8217;s footsteps, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/profile\/robert-earl-board-member\/\">Robert Earl Senior<\/a>, Robbie is President and Co-Founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualdiningconcepts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virtual Dining Concepts<\/a>, overseeing the innovative directions for the restaurant and delivery industries. His relationships and collaborations with major figures in Hollywood, sports, music, YouTube, and digital celebrities drive the development and marketing initiatives to success. Combined with his successful partnerships with leading delivery service platforms, Robbie leverages strong buying power for Virtual Dining Concepts&#8217; around the country.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"> Events Robbie Earl has Attended<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<h3>Spring 2021 &#8211; Dean&#8217;s Distinguished Lecture Series<\/h3>\n<div class=\"responsive-video responsive-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Robert and Robbie Earl of Planet Hollywood and Virtual Dining Concepts\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LwXUTidNlRk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4><b>ENTREPRENEURS &amp; RESTAURANT IMPRESARIOS<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span>The history of the modern restaurant can be best be told by the restaurant entrepreneur Robert Earl. Who would have imagined that the developer of the \u201csee and be seen\u201d Planet Hollywood restaurants of the 1990s that attracted mega-watt celebrities to its orbit would one day lead the <\/span><i><span>virtual kitchen<\/span><\/i><span> movement where the magic happens entirely out of view of the customer? This lifetime entrepreneur and his son, SHA\u201915 alum Robbie Earl, keep the restaurant world turning with new and exciting concepts. Gather round to find out what the next chapter will be. And learn about Mariah Carey\u2019s cookies too!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"author":16771,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/9032"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16771"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/9032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9756,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/9032\/revisions\/9756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}