Episodes

Sit down with long time friend and mentor, Philip Duff and chat about his career, Old Duff Genever and the state of the hospitality industry in New York and the future of the industry as a whole. This is the second time Phili...

One of the longest-standing brand ambassadors in the game, Charlotte has helped shape the way brand ambassadors are trained and respected. With a huge and diverse portfolio to work with William Grant & Sons, she gives insight...

Great to catch up with a dear friend and peer, Sven Almenning from Speakeasy Group and Ananas Academy , touching on the jump from consultant to the owner and then owner of multiple venues. This was a great eye-opener for any ...

I took a larger view of the macro of small business this week and chatted to Michael Smith from Save Small Business.ca and chat about the things they are lobbying from the government along with changes they want to see stretc...

Side hustles and projects are more important than ever in this current climate of quarantine, but should you always have a side hustle, a passion project or something that can produce some passive income? Turn whatever your p...

Had a great live stream with Jason Littrell out of New York about his humble beginnings, working with the late great Sasha Petreske and making the leap from bartending to consultant and how branding, social media and online p...

I got to know Jesse during my time in Singapore last year, an amazing bartender and manager who always had me in awe of his skill set. I wanted to find out where he had come from and where he was heading, great origin story a...

This is a special edition episode as we delve into the impact of the pandemic on the craft spirits industry in BC with Tyler Dyck, co-owner of Okanagan Spirits and the head of the Craft Distiller's Guild , the lobbyist to the...

Had an amazing chat with Sean Finter from Barmetrix and Business of Bars, a long term peer who has helped thousands of businesses across the world with being more dynamic strategies. It was an enlightening discussion about th...

I was asked to present a few seminars for the Fever-Tree Canada Seminar Series online, this is the first of a couple in the coming weeks. Chatting about the use of and strategy for each individual platform and how to leverage...

The week kicks off with a special edition with Victorian entrepreneur and coffee master, Sam Jones from 2% Jazz as we chat about the humble beginnings of the store, his learning curve on business and operations and his new fo...

This was a great interview that I had with Tobin while I was in Vegas before the pandemic disseminated the industry, I have a few interviews that I had to go back on and discuss the new norm with the interviewees which give a...

I get to chat about the way I see the industry going with Brad Bodnarchuk on his podcast, Half a Dozen Hospitality . I loved this episode, it was a great back and forth between Brad and I as we are fellow consultants and see ...

Had a great chat with Calen McNeil from Big Wheel Burgers and Zambri's; thinking that we would be talking business, we quickly started exploring his philanthropy work along with the pivot his business has taken while keeping ...

Creating a Shopify Store, embedding it into your website and then piggy backing drop shipping apps like Printify, Printiful and Dropify onto it sounds complicated but it is quite easy and a google search away for even the mos...

On this very special edition of the podcast, we chat to Jon Gray, one of the directors of the Bartenders Benevolent Fund based in Toronto but doing amazing hospitality relief work across the country. We chat about the humble ...

This was another pre Covid-19 episode that I recorded while I was in Las Vegas in February. Francesco is the consummate gentleman, so the interview is actually in two parts after the pandemic struck and the original interview...

I chatted with the gents from Dork Uncorked on CFAX about the impact of Covid-19 on the industry here in Victoria and the rest of the country. This one was much more sombre and deep than the last time I was on the show, but i...

Had a great conversation with Trevor Kallies of the Donnelly Group about his efforts with the Canadian Professional Bartenders Association for bartenders across the country. They are currently giving free membership (http://c...

Last week, I chatted about what operators should be doing right now. I thought this week I would do a list outlying what industry people should be doing during the pandemic. Join us every Tuesday & Friday as award winning ind...

Had a blast on a live stream with Sam Casuga, an old friend from Victoria who is now killing it as Head Bartender of the world-famous Dead Rabbit in New York City. We chatted about how she went from working Native Tongues in ...

This is from a live taping in March at the Mint in Victoria where we had a panel discussion about the industry, where it came from, how it is and where it is going. Featuring Brant Porter (Veneto Ristorante), Solomon Siegel (...

On this special edition of the Post Shift Podcast, we talk to President and CEO of the BC Restaurant and Food Service Association about how they are handling this situation along with the long term goals of the association ha...

Trying to post every weekday during this crisis to try and get as much information to the industry as possible. This came from an amazing live stream that Chef Trevor Bird and I did on Instagram last week. Tons of information...