Barry Blalock was promoted to vice president of chain accounts for the APW/Bakers Pride/Star Holdings Group, which is part of Middleby Corp. This group includes a variety of equipment lines such as APW Wyott, Bakers Pride, Holman, Lang, Star, Toastmaster, Wells and Wells Ventless.

Barry BlalockBlalock most recently served as director of key accounts at APW Wyott/Bakers Pride/BKI/Ultrafryer, a part of the Standex Cooking Solutions Group, which Middleby acquired earlier this year. Prior to that, Blalock spent nearly four years at Frymaster, an equipment line owned by Welbilt.