- December 13, 2025
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The popular Sarasota restaurant Der Dutchman is known for its down-home Amish cooking, tasty pies and cavernous size.
It’s also the spot where Chris Tomasso, president and CEO of a $354 million restaurant company, discovered one of his core leadership principles. Tomasso was a dishwasher at Der Dutchman in high school in the mid-1980s. He would work his shift and then do a second, mini-shift at closing time, vacuuming and sweeping floors.
