Kelly Harris Serves Up Classic Cafe Fare

    JACKSONVILLE, FL, December 12, 2014 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Village Bread Cafe President and Owner Kelly Harris, along with Terri Harris, have been recognized for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in business.

Village Bread Cafe is a restaurant and catering service best known for its homemade artisan breads, sandwich loaves and sub rolls. The menu offers a variety of items ranging from bagels, Challah French toast or omelets for breakfast, to grilled sandwiches, soups, salads and pizzas baked on ciabatta bread for lunch.

Mr. Harris has more than 30 years of experience as the restaurant business, including two years as owner and president of Village Bread Cafe. His areas of expertise include leadership, management, team building, accounting and marketing. On a day-to-day basis, Mr. Harris manages and motivates his team toward the common goal of selling "classic fare with a twist." Prior to opening Village Bread Cafe, he served as president and CEO of Peterbrooke Chocolatier, CEO of Times Grill Restaurant Group and COO of Firehouse Restaurant Group.

Dedicated to his work, Mr. Harris has been involved in the restaurant business for nearly all of his professional life. He started out in 1976 working as a waiter, bartender, cook and dishwasher. Fast forward years later, in 1996, he became a partner with the Firehouse Restaurant Group. In 2006, he partnered with Times Grill and in 2008 became involved with Peterbrooke Chocolatier.

Mr. Harris received a bachelor's degree in business with a major in accounting and MIS from Nichols College. He was recently inducted into Worldwide Registry and also maintains affiliations with various restaurant associations. Mr. Harris has received honors by Jacksonville Magazine as the Readers' Top Pick for the Best the River City has to Offer. In the years to come, he hopes to grow his business into a regional chain.

The Village Bread Cafe came about through its adjacent location to the original bakery that makes bread for more than 400 restaurants and hotels in Northeast Florida. The bakery's bread is made and delivered within hours of the ovens, and is served that day and into the second day.

The cafe opened its doors in 2009, and has since grown to include three restaurants in parts of Jacksonville, Florida. The cafe currently serves breakfast and lunch. All recipes are made to order by chefs at each location, with the bread pudding in particular being something that people travel to buy. The Village Bread Cafe uses Challah bread for its French toast, and prides itself on its filled three-egg omelets. "With Belgian waffles, buttermilk pancakes and sauces to toppings, we have you covered for breakfast."

For lunch, the fresh-baked bread takes center stage, making the cafe's sandwiches that much better. The generous portions of its cold salads and fresh, hot soups have customers lining up to try the half-soup half-salad lunch combination. All tables come with a complimentary Pane Pisano Bread with olive oil and seasoning made specifically for this type of bread. The panini and personal pizzas are both made with fresh-baked ciabatta bread, making those type of entrees very special.

For more information about the Village Bread Cafe, visit www.villagebreadcafe.com.

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