Episodes

Been a run on interviews this month, this was a great one with On the Back Bar Podcast with Christopher Menning as we chat hospitality entrepreneurship, projects during covid and what's for the future. Share a dram with the h...

This was an epic, impromptu and fantastic chat with award winning author, writer and entrepreneur, Jackie Summers. We had a few technical difficulties but pushed through and was a great conversation about the process, the jou...

This was a great interview with Wil Slickers of the Slick Talk Podcast, it's not often that I get interviewed but when I connect with like minded people, it blows up. Some great value out of this for anyone in the hospitality...

This was a great chat about the industry, chasing your passion and mental health with Sother Teague of Amor y Amargo in NYC. We get to chatting about everything from the pandemic to mental health and why opening an amaro and ...

Recently, Skip the Dishes added new fees to customers; I have been preaching the need to change the power dynamics in the relationships between third party delivery services, restaurants and the customer. With delivery becomi...

Had the opportunity to chat to another fantastic friend and hospitality entrepreneur, Kevin Demers in Montreal. He is the man behind award winning bars like The Coldroom, El Pequeno and Parliament along with much much more. G...

This is a great throwback to an archive episode on you owning and controlling your own happiness, no one else does. I think going into 2021, this is an important reminder to a lot of people; don't be at a crap job, or bad rel...

The epitome of the hospitality entrepreneur is the amazing, Jill Cockson. She is one of the minds behind Swordfish Tom's, Drastic Measures and Chartreuse Saloon and her mentality towards business, the industry and building a ...

This came from a post I did involving a Van Gogh quote, "If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,” then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced"; This quote is deeper and more important than the first ...

We chat with the heads of the advocacy bodies for the restaurant and bar industry in BC about their reflections on 2020 and what we can expect in 2021 for the industry going forward. Share a dram with the hospitality industry...

Got to know where the attention is in 2021. And it’s in TikTok and Clubhouse. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has liv...

Amazing episode from Jennifer Massolo from Liquid Projects based out of Miami, we chat about her journey of always being ahead of the game when it comes to drinks trends over the last 20 years. She has been at the forefront o...

Wanted to talk about TiKTok and drinks brands in 2021, this is a growing platform with huge possibilities to make great inroads to a new demographic. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders...

Had an amazing chat with food and drinks entrepreneur from Gastronomer Lifestyle and On the Back Bar Podcast, loved chatting about small city cocktail culture, the big move to Bangkok and his love for the industry as whole. S...

This came out of a comment on Instagram from a follower wanted to do a 5 list for social media of bars and restaurants. Here are my top 5 things you need to do to stay ahead of the curve in 2021. Share a dram with the hospita...

The final piece of the Focus Patience Success series, we delve into what it means to have success, the definition of success and always being happy with the little wins. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global...

We are rolling into 2021 and I have been doing a lot of Top 5 lists so I thought I would tackle the 5 things every young bartender getting into this game should know and do. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top gl...

This is the second episode of my three part mantra of Focus, PATIENCE, Success. I have talked about this over and over again but this one delves into how to have patience and mitigate when you are feeling like you don't. Shar...

It's almost the end of 2020, a rough year for most of the restaurant industry but a bumper year for many distilleries, wineries and breweries but how can you continue to build on this success. Here are the top 5 points from K...

This is a three part series on something that I want you to take to heart for 2021. 2020 has been good and bad all year but planning now for 2021 is super important. This is FOCUS, part of my Focus, Patience, Success mantra f...

I wanted to tackle this one because as we continue to face lock downs, decreased revenue and more; the research and development into our businesses minute details. Here is my list of 5 things a owner or manager of a restauran...

A great chat with H from Elixir SF and so many more things, we get down to the driver of buying a 150 year old bar in 2003 and how he continues to leverage and build on the Elixir brand in San Francisco and further afield. Sh...

With the drop in guests over the last few weeks, I have been harping on the need to track and push per head spend and the education of training. This is something that is rarely looked at as closely as it should be, a higher ...

I chat to The Rum Ambassador and one of the team behind Equiano Rum, the latest rum to hit the market. We chat rum, launching a brand during covid and long term plans for the first Afro-Caribbean Rum on the world stage. Share...