DEER VALLEY RESORT, PARK CITY, UTAH (March 3, 2008) – Deer Valley Resort Director of Food and Beverage Julie Wilson was honored at the 11^th annual Salt Lake Magazine Dining Awards by being presented the Lifetime Achievement Award. Wilson received the award at a banquet celebrating all Dining Award recipients, held February 19th at Salt Lake City’s Grand America Hotel, with over 200 food lovers, restaurateurs and guests in attendance.

The Salt Lake Magazine Dining Awards are selected by an independent panel of local food/restaurant experts. Of Wilson, staffers at Salt Lake magazine wrote, “Julie Wilson has been working to elevate Utah food and wine for years, and in the process, she has helped make Deer Valley a world-recognized dining destination. Wilson is an expert in service, atmosphere, food, wine, quality control and all that goes into making dining a pleasure. The uncommon longevity of her staff is testament to the quality of her leadership.”

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 both completely surprised and profoundly honored to have received this award,” says Wilson. “I have to say, though, 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 Julie Wilson’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the Salt Lake magazine Dining Awards, 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 Web site at deervalley.com.

Deer Valley Resort – Rated the #1 Ski Resort in North America
by the readers of SKI magazine this year.