August 19, 2014 – After launching Monterey’s Wharf Marketplace one year ago for Salinas produce giant Tanimura & Antle, Brant Good has left his post as general manager, and his assistant manager, Erin Massey, a nutritionist, has been named the fresh food-focused market’s new GM.
Good had brought to the venture a background in produce and a career of working in local fine dining restaurants, most notably, as executive chef at the Sardine Factory.
That experience, and the ultra-fresh produce and other high-quality foods he stocked helped establish the Wharf as a go-to market for many chefs on the Monterey Peninsula, as well as a popular shopping destination for home cooks and tourists looking for healthy snacks, salads and other prepared foods along the Monterey Bay Coastal Recreation Trail.
In an email message sent to TA employees late today, chief executive Rick Antle wished Good well in his future endeavors and noted that under Brant’s leadership, the Wharf had received the Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce’s 2014 Business Excellence Award in the category of Retail, Wholesale, Manufacturers and Distributors category, and other awards.
“We are grateful to Brant for his many contributions in kicking off and managing TWM,” Antle said in the email message. “The breadth of his experience with our local fresh products and his culinary creativity will be missed.”
Good has not decided what his next project will be, but says he’s considering all options from going back to being chef or a musician, to continuing to work in produce or retail—or even something entirely new.
“I’m very, very proud of what I achieved at the Marketplace,” Good says, but that it was time for a change and he’ll be taking a few weeks off before starting something new.
Antle said in his email that Massey had been has “an integral part” of the Wharf’s management team since its inception in Monterey’s historical former train station last August.
Massey had joined the Wharf as café manager even before it had opened and became assistant general manager late last year. She is said to have a passion for the store’s mission to provide delicious and healthful local produce and other foods.
“We anticipate a smooth transition and additional fresh, healthful menu creations as Erin is a nutritionist by education and trade,” Antle wrote.
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