Table 301 history

Freidank earned the status of Certified Executive Chef in June of 2001.

Overseeing all aspects of the company’s beverage program, curating new products, training staff, and planning events is Joe Crossan’s current job but he’s been a part of the Table 301 family since 2004 when Carl Sobocinski first hired him as a server for Soby’s.

And in 2006, the three of them purchased a bottled water company in the Greenville area.

Freidank is co-author of the award-winning Soby’s New South Cuisine Cookbook, which was published in November 2007.

In February 2008, Freidank was awarded the South Carolina Hospitality Association’s “South Carolina Restaurant Manager of the Year” award.

Since January 2010, Freidank has held the position of Corporate Chef, Table 301.

In early 2011 Freidank played an integral role in opening NOSE DIVE, the area’s first gastropub.

When Devereaux’s closed in October of 2013, Michaela was offered a full time position in either management or as an events coordinator at one of the Table 301 establishments.

Carl was nominated and selected for a Liberty Fellowship in 2014, a program that recognizes grass-root leaders of South Carolina and asks them to collaborate on creative solutions to some of the state’s greatest challenges.

In 2015, Greenville Business Magazine inducted Carl into the 50 Most Influential People/Hall of Fame and GSA Business Magazine voted him as one of the “Top Twenty Most Influential Leaders in the Upstate.”

In 2017, he was promoted to wine director of Soby’s and later accepted the position of Beverage Director for the entire company.