Todd Goldian

The National Conference Center and West Belmont Place are pleased to announce the promotion of Todd Goldian to Director of Food and Beverage, effective immediately. Todd Goldian was previously Executive Chef for the property, where he superbly led the culinary program, including serving as many as 2,700 meals a day in the Guest Dining Room, and delivering award-winning catered events for private and public functions of 10 to 2,000 people in The National's 55,000 square foot West Belmont Place Event Center. Mr. Goldian greatly expanded The National's BuyVA farm-to-table program and has taken the Chef's Table events at the property to the highest level of excellence.

Drawing from his extraordinary fine dining skills gained at several award-winning Washington area luxury hotels, including the legendary Inn at Little Washington, The Willard and The Ritz Carlton, Todd Goldian has mastered and shared his expertise with the culinary team at The National. His cooking style focuses on using local and seasonal ingredients and transforming them to create flavor profiles from around the world. His experience with international clientele has fine-tuned his approach to Italian, Thai, Southwest, Japanese, Mexican, and regional American cuisines. Graduating top of his class at Johnson & Wales in Virginia Beach, Todd has cooked for royalty, professional sports teams, presidents, politicians, and many high end weddings and social events.