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DEER VALLEY RESORT, PARK CITY, UTAH (November 13, 2009) – Deer  

Valley Resort and the Resort’s Director of Food and Beverage Julie  

Wilson are now among the elite of the restaurant industry who have  

received the honor of being awarded the Utah Restaurant Association  

(URA) Golden Spoon Restaurateur of the year award.  The URA has  

actively promoted the industry since 1943, and Wilson is the second  

woman in history nominated for this honor. The awards banquet took  

place Thursday, November 12, 2009, at the South Towne Exposition  

Center.

The URA awardees’ are nominated by an Awards Committee. Of Wilson,  

staffers at URA wrote, “She is one of the major reasons that Deer  

Valley has received the honor of best resort in the country, or  

maybe the world.  Julie's enthusiasm for ‘fine food’ and ‘fun food’  

is revealed in the many amazing restaurant concepts at Deer Valley,  

where we know she prides herself in setting the example for her  

team. Julie is definitely one of the treasures of the restaurant  

industry.”

Wilson has been employed at Deer Valley since the Resort opened in  

1981. She was initially hired as Silver Lake Lodge Manager, and  

promoted to Assistant Food and Beverage Director two years later.  

Within five years, at age 27, Wilson became Deer Valley’s food and  

beverage director.

“I am completely surprised and profoundly honored to have received  

this award,” says Wilson. “However, it is imperative that I accept  

this award for all of the food and beverage staff at Deer Valley.  

It’s a wonderfully talented group of people, many of whom have also  

been working at the Resort for decades. We’re able to create the  

fresh, innovative fare that our guests love because we get support  

from management to be creative, educate ourselves and strive to be  

our best, every day.”

For more information on Deer Valley Resort and Julie Wilson’s URA  

“Golden Spoon – Restaurateur of the Year Award” or information on  

Deer Valley’s ten on-mountain restaurants, please call Deer Valley  

Communications Manager Erin Grady at 800-424-DEER (3337) or  

435-645-6522; or view the Resort website at deervalley.com.