Ranked #1
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
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1hr
Ranked #2
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
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53mins
Ranked #3
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
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46mins
Ranked #4
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
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48mins
Ranked #5
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
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45mins
Ranked #6
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
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50mins
Ranked #7
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
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50mins
Ranked #8
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
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46mins
Ranked #9
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
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49mins
Ranked #10
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
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54mins
Ranked #11
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
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52mins
Ranked #12
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
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31mins
Ranked #13
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
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50mins
Ranked #14
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
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49mins
Ranked #15
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
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50mins
Ranked #16
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
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46mins
Ranked #17
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
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49mins
Ranked #18
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
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59mins
Ranked #19
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
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43mins
Ranked #20
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
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47mins