Meet The Owners of Paper Mill Grill... Paper Mill Grill is owned and operated by Ritter and Brigid Jones. Ritter is the former Executive Chef of Marietta Country club, and has worked at a variety of Atlanta clubs including the Piedmont Driving Club, Coosa Country Club, and Barnsley Gardens in Adairsville. Brigid is a former Ritz Carlton Pastry Chef who also worked at the Piedmont Driving Club and Marietta Country Club, and is a full-time mother of two.
In 1993, Brigid had their first child, Brydie, and Ritter got his first Executive Chef position at the Lodge & Bath Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. The Jones family moved to Atlanta in 1995, and settled here in East Cobb to be near Brigid’s family. In 2002, they added another child, Hayden, before taking on the grand task of opening RITTER’S in April of 2004. After much success with RITTER’S, the couple opened Paper Mill Grill in February of 2008. |
The chef duo met in 1985 at Johnson & Wales College in Rhode Island. After graduating, they worked in Colonial Williamsburg before moving to Florida to work at The Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach. There, Brigid advanced to be the Assistant Pastry Chef and then moved on to the Ritz in Manalapan. Ritter was the Banquet Chef for The Breakers massive catering operation before becoming Executive Sous Chef of the P.G.A. National Resort and Spa in North Palm Beach.
