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Josh Kopel | Award Winning Restaurant Consultant

Restaurant Consulting: Building Productive Partnerships with Chon & Kim

More often than not, when outsiders decide to become restaurant owners, the results are disastrous but there is so much to learn from those rare success stories. Today we sit down with Michael Chon, a businessman turned restaurant man and his culinary director Chef Samuel Kim to discuss what they’ve done better than most, what they’ve learned along the way, and what they’re planning to achieve next. 

For more information on their restaurant group, visit https://www.kijung.com/.

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Restaurant Marketing Agency Spotlight: Eduardo Rallo of the PCV Fund

What are the best investments that you can make in your restaurant or in our industry? Eduardo Rallo is an investor in restaurants, in restaurant tech and in people. In this episode, we explore his winning strategy for seeing and seizing the opportunities out there.

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HIGHLIGHTS

  • The story behind creating and scaling the World Wrap brand
  • The importance of being naive
  • Setting up roles for success
  • The importance of investing in talent
  • Taking on venture capital
  • The pressures of institutional funding
  • Expanding from restaurateur into restaurant investing
  • Early investment in Opentable
  • The story behind Pacific Catch
  • The next big gold rush in hospitality
  • The future of tech in the restaurants

Restaurant Business Leadership: Howard Solomon of Solomon 2.0

I am not a great leader but I certainly aspire to be one and I’ve gotta believe that’s half the battle. Any improvements I’ve made over the years can be traced directly back to the great coaches I’ve had and the great lessons they’ve taught me.

One of the greatest coaches I know is Howard Solomon. I reached out to him because, in this moment, I think we could all use a little coaching.

In today’s chat we unpack what it takes to become a great leader and how to inspire greatness in your team.

If you’re looking to level up visit www.solomonleaders.com

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Restaurant Consultant: Navigating Labor Crisis with People-First Culture

Why won’t our people come back to work? What do we need to do to get them back and get them excited about rebuilding this industry together?

Restaurateur Michel Falcon has been asking the same questions and has come up with really useful answers. Today, we dive deep into the recipe he uses to create and manage world-class teams and the tactics he uses to keep those teams inspired.

For more on the Michel and People First Culture go to http://www.michelfalcon.com

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Restaurant Labor Cost: Ellen Bennett’s Dream Journey

There’s a gritty side to entrepreneurship that doesn’t get much attention.

The hardest part of ownership isn’t owning the business, it’s in owning the choices you’ve made and the impact they have on you and your team.

Today we chat with multi-million dollar culinary clothing maven, Ellen Bennett. Ellen wrote a book that’s one part biography and one part action plan for aspiring entrepreneurs.

We run though what the past 10 years has been like for Ellen, bringing to light what has made her and her company so successful.

To pick up Ellen’s new book Dreams First, Details Later, click here.

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Restaurant Profitability: Irene Li of Mei Mei – The Future Restaurateur

Vulnerability is the superpower that can change the world and, in the moment, is changing the face of thehospitality industry.

When Chef Irene Li opened her booksrevealingthat her busy, award-winning restaurant Mei Mei was breaking even, the news went viral.

Diners were shocked and restaurateurs were forced to take a hard look in the mirror.

The jig was up.

Today Irene opens her books again, giving us insight into what Mei Mei is today and what it will become in the future.

For more info on Mei Mei’svirtual classes and CPG offering go to http://www.meimeiboston.com

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Restaurant Business Strategy: Chip Klose on Profitability

Can we make more money today? Like right now? Are there simple fixes to the problems we’ve been suffering from as an industry for the last, I don’t know, 1000 years.

Most of us don’t make enough money and today we’re talking with Chip Klose, who’s trying to fix that. In our conversation, Chip lays out some simple, easy to execute tips and tricks for scaling profitability and our overall online presence.

For more on Chip, go to www.chipklose.com

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Restaurant Labor Cost: The $50 Million Deli by Ari Weinzweig

I bought into the same dream you did: build a restaurant, make it successful, rinse and repeat.

How well did that work for you?

It took me down the path ofexhaustion, frustration and, ultimately, failure.

Ari Weinzweig, co-founder of Zingerman’s in AnnArbor,Michigan, took a different path.He created a community of businesses, each supporting the next.He stayed small and strategic, investing heavily in his team.

He’s built the stuff dreams are made of and today we tackle how he turned those dreams into reality.

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Restaurant Marketing Agency: Beverage Trends Reflecting Social Shifts

Layers. Great storytelling has tons of them. As restaurateurs we create these layers through food, beverage and ambiance to draw our guests into our world.

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Today we take a trip into Sahra Nguyen’s world and learn how the vendors we purchase from can say something about who we are and what we believe. That change can happen one cup of coffee at a time…

For more on Nguyen Coffee Supply go to https://nguyencoffeesupply.com

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Restaurant Marketing Agency: Susan Sarich’s Recipe for Success

We all hope to be successful, but how many of us plan to be successful?

Susan Sarich of SusieCakes took the time to plan every aspect of her restaurant. The research and development that went into her business plan directly resulted in the success she had after opening.

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Having weathered two economic disasters and withdozens of locations under her belt, her plan seems bulletproof and in today’s episode we walk through it step by step.

For more on SusieCakes go to susiecakes.com

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Restaurant Consultant Chef Ray Garcia: Mastering Your Niche

Chef Ray Garcia is known for far more than his successful restaurants, he created an entirely new category of cuisine. Being a culinary pioneer isn’t without its difficulties though, and today we discuss how challenging his community’s perceptions around food created a landmark restaurant.

For more on Chef Garcia and his upcoming projects, visit https://chefraygarcia.com/.

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Restaurant Business: Brian Malarkey’s Innovative Approach

If you want to know the truth, without one ounce of sugarcoating, just call Brian Malarkey. The Celebrity Chef has spent almost two decades betting big on his version of what success looks like. Big venues, high stakes, and higher revenues. Post-pandemic, where everything is thinking small and capitalizing on a flush economy, he’s taking a different path.

In today’s episode Brian and I chat about how he got to where he is today and where he thinks we’re headed as an industry.

For more on the chef visit https://www.brianmalarkey.com

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Full Comp is brought to you by Yelp for Restaurants: In July 2020, a few hundred employees formed Yelp for Restaurants. Our goal is to build tools that help restaurateurs do more with limited time.

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