Month: May 2024

I always dreamed of being a successful restaurateur.

In those grand visions from my youth, I must have missed rubber apron hanging in front of my 3 piece suit as I washed dishes in the scullery, and yet, there it was.

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Over the last 20 years of being an owner and operator, I’ve felt like a prince and, at times, like a prisoner.

Snoop Dillard has managed to escape, creating a veritable empire of businesses while maintaining a balance at home. Her path required as much strength as it did strategy and today she shares what it took to break free of day to day operations.

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If the labor crisis has only taught us one thing, it’s that there’s a new generation of restaurant worker who sees the world differently than we do. It’s not up to them to mold themselves to our old ideal, it’s up to us to find a way to connect in a way that resonates with them. In this world of social media and bite sized content, Jason Berkowitz may have found the solution. After helping to scale some of the most prolific restaurant brands around the country, Jason has taken on the mission of educating everyone’s team. Today we discuss what’s worked, what hasn’t, and the future of onboarding and education.

For more information on Arrow Up, visit https://arrowuptraining.com.

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Regardless of industry, starting and growing a business is a painful process. It hasn’t been a perfect road, but Jason Berry of Knead Hospitality has worked to create a more sustainable path. From four day workweeks to blissful partnerships, today Jason shares the recipe he’s created for a better business and a better life.

For more information on Knead Hospitality, visit https://www.kneadhd.com/.

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If every restaurant is a snowflake, unique and special in its own way, then so is every chef and restaurateur. Chef Suzanne Goin is a total original. From the way she thinks, to the way she runs a restaurant to her advocacy work, the chef is on a whole other level.

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Today we chat about the choices she’s made that have led to her massive success and her plan to continue innovating into the future.

For more on the chef and her projects visit https://www.aocwinebar.com

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Jon Taffer knows what’s up. Though he’s made a name for himself as a television personality, Taffer is a stone-cold operator. This guy knows his sh*t. On this episode he presents revolutionary ideas on what the restaurant can do to survive today and what the industry will look like tomorrow.

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HIGHLIGHTS

• A vision for the kitchen of the future
• The 3 key functions in a restaurant
• Safe dining protocols
• Pricing adjustments
• Elements of leadership
• Alternatives to discounts
• Being honest with yourself
• Reaction management
• Enforcing customer masking and safety protocols
• Resetting America

It feels like almost every facet of our industry has been redefined over the last 12 months, especially our relationship to our customers. We’ve had to rely on their loyalty and support more than ever.

Patrick Kim saw an opportunity there: an opportunity to reward their loyalty while breeding more awareness for our brands.

Enter the Worth Network, a disruptive platform turning our favorite customers into social media influencers. Today Patrick shares his utopian vision for the future of digital marketing and how we can benefit.

To check out Worthgo to www.worthnetwork.io

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I’m not crazy. There are definitely people that make an absolute fortune in this industry. They’re just few and far between and and many haven’t been willing to share their recipe for success.

But you can learn a lot from observing the masters at work. And that’s the vantage point from which the team over at Restauranttopia views our industry, constantly brainstorming unique restaurant ideas.

They’re working with the best in the business to create extraordinary results and today David, Brian and Anthony share the tactics and tools used by the best to create unstoppable restaurant brands.

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To check out more on David, Brian and Anthony go to https://restauranttopia.com

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We all wear many different hats but the hat we seem to wear the least is that of a business owner. Chef Adrianne Calvo launched her restaurant at 22 year old and miraculously has managed to overcome the odds, surviving the great recession and a global pandemic. How did she do it? She may have started as the chef of her own restaurant but over time evolved into a restaurateur, running her business instead of allowing her business to run her.

Today we discuss how that evolution took place and the unique obstacles she had to overcome, including developing innovative restaurant theme ideas, to transform into the owner her business needed.

For more information on the chef and her restaurant, visit https://chefadriannes.com/.

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April of 2020 was going to be a magical month for my restaurant. We had spent over a year working towards carbon neutrality and that was the month we were finally going to achieve it. Obviously my plans were derailed by the pandemic but, I’ve never lost sight of the importance of environmental responsibility.

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What I learned through that process was that it’s possible to run a sustainable operation and be profitable. One of our key strategic partners was Zero Foodprint.

In this episode, I chat with Anthony Myint, the director of partnerships at Zero Foodprint. In our conversation we get down to the nitty gritty, discussing what the move towards sustainability looks like as well as the associated costs, time commitments and, ultimately, the benefits.

For more on Zero Foodprint go to https://www.zerofoodprint.org/

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By my count, there are about one thousand different elements that need to come together to run a successful restaurant. Today’s guest, Les Tomlin, has gotten that number down to about three. Les is the founder of Pizza Forno, a first of its kind vending machine, scaling rapidly across North America.

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I know most of us never aspired to own a vending machine in our industry but there’s a ton to learn from the efficiency and high level strategy that Les put into creating this disruptive company. Today we talk branding, marketing and manufacturing.

For more information on Pizza Forno, visit https://pizzaforno.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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We see headlines everyday about immigration but there’s very little talk about the immigrants themselves. The story I bring you today isn’t a story about overcoming adversity, it’s a story about enduring adversity.

Tee Tran represents the best our industry has to offer. Instead of fighting for the survival of his businesses over the last year he’s fought for his community, working with the World Central Kitchen and getting support from big names like Steph Curry.

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Today we explore one man’s journey to and through hospitality and what we can all learn from his story.

For more on Tee and Monster Pho visit https://www.monsterpho.com

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