Ridgewells Inks Three-Year Deal To Cater U.S. Open Golf Tournament

Ridgewells, an established Bethesda, Md., catering and event company, has won a three-year contract to provide catering services to the U.S. Open golf tournament. The event will be held at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda in June, followed by The Olympic Club in S.F. in '12 and Merion Golf Club near Ardmore, Pa., in '13. Ridgewells executives project that the contract will generate $7-10M in gross revenue for the caterer. The contract calls for Ridgewells to provide catering services to the tournament’s corporate hospitality clients, media and USGA hospitality. Ridgewells expects to hire 400-700 people for each of the championships it will cater. Since '93, the firm has catered 14 U.S. Opens, the most recent in '09 at Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, N.Y.