Gold Star
Brian Harper has extensive experience in the food service industry, with a focus on operations and management. Brian currently serves as the Vice President of Operations at Gold Star Chili, Inc., where they lead and manages all aspects of operations for company-owned stores. Prior to this, Brian worked as a Business Consultant at American Dairy Queen for over a decade. Brian also held the role of Grill & Chill Business Consultant at Diary Queen, where they played a key role in launching the new concept. Earlier in their career, Brian served as a Senior Operations Consultant at Dairy Queen, where they provided consultation services to franchise owners and operators to improve sales, profits, and operating standards. Brian began their career as an Operations Manager at Ryans Steak House, where they managed a large restaurant and was responsible for day-to-day operations.
Brian Harper attended Bowling Green State University from 1985 to 1990, where they obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Education.
Gold Star
At Gold Star, we’ve been serving our guests delicious Cincinnati-style Chili since 1965 when the Daoud brothers bought a restaurant in the Cincinnati neighborhood of Mt. Washington. They wanted to make chili the right way: always fresh, never frozen and made in small batches to ensure quality. Crafted from our founders’ secret family recipe of 13 perfectly blended spices to make Cincinnati’s classic chili favorites the Cheese Coney, and 3-, 4- and 5-Way Chili Spaghetti. Our menu offers something to make everyone happy from fresh grilled-to-order burgers, southern-style chicken sandwiches, vegetarian chili, double-decker deli sandwiches to loaded French fries, hand-tossed salads and 100% real ice cream shakes. It may not be what you would expect from a neighborhood chili parlor, but we’re not big on labels anyway. We invite all of our guests to come as you are, like what you like, and follow your own recipe. Today, Gold Star has 70 corporate- and franchise-owned locations throughout Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana and is actively developing new franchise opportunities in the region. For more information, visit www.goldstarchili.com. Gold Star is hiring for all positions with competitive pay and benefits; apply to join our team at: https://www.goldstarchili.com/careers.