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The Case for Bold Action: Johno Morisano on What It Took to Build the Country’s Best Restaurant
Season 15 Episode 155
What if the best restaurant stories aren’t about food—they’re about identity, risk, and reinvention?
Johno Morisano didn’t set out to open a restauran…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
The Power of Not Knowing: Alex Pincus on Risk, Identity, and Reinvention
Season 15 Episode 154
What if knowing nothing was your greatest strategic advantage?
Alex Pincus didn’t grow up in restaurants—he grew up on boats. And when he stumbled int…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Invent Less, Execute More: Chris Gannon’s Hard Truth About Scaling BOLAY
Season 15 Episode 153
What if the biggest threat to your restaurant’s success isn’t a lack of ideas—but too many of them?
Chris Gannon built BOLAY with the DNA of a legacy …
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Divide and Conquer: Michael Mina and Patric Yumul of the Mina Group
Season 15 Episode 152
Michael Mina is the best in the biz. He's mastered excellence at scale. What's equally impressive is that he's done it alongside his partner Patric Y…
10 months ago
She Thought She Wasn’t Ready—Then She Won It All: Emily Brubaker on Leading with Heart and Rewriting the Rules
Season 15 Episode 150
What if imposter syndrome wasn’t a weakness, but a compass?
Emily Brubaker didn’t think she was ready to run a resort kitchen. She didn’t think she’d …
10 months ago
Lauren Fernandez on Perfecting Restaurant Profitability
Season 15 Episode 151
Lauren Fernandez went from working in restaurants, to working on restaurants, to influencing the industry at scale. After cutting her teeth as a corp…
10 months, 1 week ago
No Playbook, No Apologies: Alon Shaya on Leading with Story, Not Strategy
Season 15 Episode 149
What if the most powerful thing you bring to your restaurant isn’t a recipe—but your story?
Alon Shaya built Pomegranate Hospitality not on a model, b…
10 months, 1 week ago
Fabio Viviani on Crafting a Concept Guaranteed to Succeed
Season 15 Episode 148
The pandemic taught many of us many different lessons but it taught Chef Fabio Vivani how to fight back. The chef spent the years rebounding from the…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Office Hours: Why You Shouldn’t Reward Regulars
Season 1 Episode 36
I’m Josh Kopel, a Michelin-awarded restaurateur and the creator of the Restaurant Scaling System. I’ve spent decades in the industry, building, scali…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Stop Playing It Safe: Katherine Miller on the Real Risk of Staying Apolitical
Season 15 Episode 147
What if staying quiet is the riskiest move you can make?
Katherine Miller built her career where politics and policy collide—and she’s not afraid to b…
10 months, 2 weeks ago