Ray Camillo

Ray Camillo is the founder and CEO of Blue Orbit Restaurant Consulting, a national restaurant consulting firm based in the Atlanta area. He is a chef, operator, consultant, and restaurant business advisor with more than 20 years of experience helping restaurant owners, developers, hotel groups, food hall operators, and hospitality brands build, improve, and grow food and beverage concepts.

Ray’s background combines culinary training, business strategy, and hands-on restaurant operations. He earned an associate degree from The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, a bachelor’s degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management from James Madison University, and an MBA from Emory University. His work spans concept development, financial modeling, restaurant openings, operations support, menu strategy, kitchen and bar design, hotel restaurant consulting, food hall development, valuations, and expert witness work.

Through Blue Orbit, Ray helps clients make better restaurant decisions before those decisions become expensive problems. He is often asked to comment on restaurant profitability, startup costs, operations, labor, menu pricing, development strategy, independent restaurant ownership, food halls, hotel food and beverage, and the business realities behind successful restaurants.