Cover image of Opening Soon Presents: "The Build"

Opening Soon Presents: "The Build"

Follow the journey of opening a restaurant through conversations with some of the world’s greatest chefs, restaurateurs and the vendors that help take their business from an idea to opening soon. Open... Read more

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Breaking the Mold with Mason Hereford

Breaking the Mold with Mason Hereford

Today we’re talking about breaking the mold, the risks and the advantages of going against the norms in your market.Our ... Read more

23 Oct 2019

1hr

Ranked #2

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Building a Partnership that Lasts Decades & Spans a Restaurant Empire

Building a Partnership that Lasts Decades & Spans a Restaurant Empire

Hospitality professionals are historically under staffed, overworked and hyper focused on their tasks at hand inside the... Read more

14 May 2019

53mins

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Moving Markets to build your dream restaurant with Gavin Kaysen

Moving Markets to build your dream restaurant with Gavin Kaysen

Sometimes the city where you cut your teeth and completed your training may not be the best place to start your business... Read more

19 Nov 2019

46mins

Ranked #4

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When Your Partner is also Family with Chefs Anna & David Posey

When Your Partner is also Family with Chefs Anna & David Posey

There are over 1.4 M businesses in the US run by married couples and I can rattle off dozens of restaurants run by coupl... Read more

10 Dec 2019

48mins

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The Journey from Chef to Owner with Angie Mar

The Journey from Chef to Owner with Angie Mar

Most of the guests on the show work for various chefs and restaurateurs before striking out on their own. But our guest ... Read more

25 Sep 2019

45mins

Ranked #6

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Creating buzz and growing your audience with Jordana Rothman & Sue Chan

Creating buzz and growing your audience with Jordana Rothman & Sue Chan

This episode of Opening Soon is all about communicating your brand to gain traction in the media to drive awareness and ... Read more

16 Jul 2019

50mins

Ranked #7

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Sourcing while staying on brand and trying not breaking the bank!

Sourcing while staying on brand and trying not breaking the bank!

This week’s episode of Opening Soon is all about sourcing. You’ve chosen your partners, you’ve got a lease and your busi... Read more

28 May 2019

50mins

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Designing and building your dream restaurant

Designing and building your dream restaurant

This week’s episode of Opening Soon is all about designing and building your dream restaurant with Chef Missy Robbins. Y... Read more

4 Jun 2019

46mins

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Connecting The Kitchen & The Dining Room with Chef James Kent & Jeff Katz of Crown Shy

Connecting The Kitchen & The Dining Room with Chef James Kent & Jeff Katz of Crown Shy

This week’s episode of Opening Soon is all about ushering in a culture that supports collaboration between the kitchen a... Read more

25 Jun 2019

49mins

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Creating a Team & Fostering a strong Restaurant Culture

Creating a Team & Fostering a strong Restaurant Culture

This week’s episode of Opening Soon is all how to Hire & Train the best of the best and how to keep them from jumpin... Read more

11 Jun 2019

54mins

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Efficiently navigating Hospitality Regulatory Agencies and hopefully saving some headaches and money!

Efficiently navigating Hospitality Regulatory Agencies and hopefully saving some headaches and money!

This week’s episode of Opening Soon is all about permitting, licensing and navigating regulatory hurdles in order to ope... Read more

18 Jun 2019

52mins

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Can you Crowdfund a Restaurant? Lessons in Alternative Financing options with Chef Maya Lovelace

Can you Crowdfund a Restaurant? Lessons in Alternative Financing options with Chef Maya Lovelace

Our first episode of the season focused on a more traditional route of funding through investor relations with Camilla M... Read more

17 Sep 2019

31mins

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But First... You need a Liquor License

But First... You need a Liquor License

This season we are mixing it up and interviewing chefs and restaurateurs as they actively open a restaurant. We’ll be ch... Read more

28 Jan 2020

50mins

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Everything is a negotiation: Navigating a New Lease

Everything is a negotiation: Navigating a New Lease

When it comes to a new restaurant lease, everything is a negotiation. Your terms presented at signing have the power to ... Read more

19 Feb 2020

49mins

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Creating a Brand that lasts a Century and Beyond with Russ & Daughters

Creating a Brand that lasts a Century and Beyond with Russ & Daughters

This week’s episode of Opening Soon is all about Creating a lasting brand. What better guests then Niki Russ Federman an... Read more

2 Jul 2019

50mins

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The Changing Culture in The Hospitality Industry with Steve Palmer

The Changing Culture in The Hospitality Industry with Steve Palmer

The hospitality industry is historically and notoriously been known for late nights and hard partying. The drug and booz... Read more

22 Jan 2020

46mins

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Show me the Money: Real Life Trials & Tribulations in Fundrasing

Show me the Money: Real Life Trials & Tribulations in Fundrasing

You have been dreaming of opening your own place for years. You have a business plan. Now you need a pile of money to ge... Read more

6 Feb 2020

49mins

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COVID Crisis & The Hospitality Community Response pt. 1

COVID Crisis & The Hospitality Community Response pt. 1

Starting today, on this special addition of Opening Soon, which we will be optimistically dubbing hereafter RE-Opening s... Read more

18 Mar 2020

59mins

Ranked #19

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Rethinking Wellness and Restaurant Culture wih Chef Sean Brock

Rethinking Wellness and Restaurant Culture wih Chef Sean Brock

One of the topics that keeps coming to us is wellness, life-work balance and the betterment of restaurant culture. As th... Read more

16 Oct 2019

43mins

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Champagne Taste on a Beer Budget

Champagne Taste on a Beer Budget

In a perfect world, vision and aesthetics would drive all design decisions for a restaurant space and money would be no ... Read more

3 Mar 2020

47mins

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