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A Chef’s Journey Leads to Giving Back when it Mattered Most - Chef Diana Dávila of Mi Tocaya
What's On Tap - Industry Talk - April 07, 2021 09:05 - 1 hourEveryone knows the restaurant industry is difficult. From long, stressful shifts, to working the majority of nights, weekends, and holidays, to hyper-competition and low-profit margins, it takes a special breed to stick with it and succeed. Then try doing that during a pandemic while having to...
Innovation In The Industry - Part I: From Distillation to Hand Sanitization with @MRDistilling
What's On Tap - Industry Talk - October 29, 2020 04:50 - 1 hourNo one looks forward to times of adversity, but we all face difficult challenges at some points in our lives. COVID-19 brought a systemic shock to not only the hospitality industry but to the entire world this year. As devastating as the pandemic has been to bars and restaurants, it has also bee...
Nightlife Under COVID Pt. 2 - The DJ Perspective with Chicago-based DJ Silkee (Shannon Currie)
What's On Tap - Industry Talk - October 02, 2020 04:57 - 23 minutesEveryone is well-aware of how hard the restaurant industry has been hit from government-mandated COVID-19 restrictions. Bars have even more restrictions, and the nightclub segment has been impacted the most. Even if they have great food, clubs aren’t thought of a dining meccas, so offering carry...
Nightlife Under COVID Pt. 1 - The Nightclub Perspective with Chicago-based Le Nocturne
What's On Tap - Industry Talk - September 17, 2020 23:58 - 53 minutesEveryone is well-aware of how hard the restaurant industry has been hit from government-mandated COVID-19 restrictions. Bars have even more restrictions, and the nightclub segment has been impacted the most. Even if they have great food, clubs aren’t thought of a dining meccas, so offering carry...
Being Black in the Hospitality Industry - Part III with Black People Eats and Chicago Food On The Run
What's On Tap - Industry Talk - August 30, 2020 19:32 - 1 hourTo close out What’s On Tap’s "Black in the Hospitality Industry” series, we sit down with Jeremy Joyce, founder of Black People Eats, and Kristal Long, Business Manager at Chicago Food on the Run, a newly opened black-owned restaurant. Although the end of the series doesn’t mean our listening ph...
Being Black in the Hospitality Industry - Part II with Chef Brian Jupiter (Frontier, Ina Mae) and Kurtis Lott (Cajun Boil & Bar)
What's On Tap - Industry Talk - July 26, 2020 21:47 - 1 hourIn our second episode in What’s On Tap’s “Black in the Hospitality Industry” series, we sit down with Kurtis Lott, Co-owner & Chief Operator of the four-location restaurant concept Cajun Boil & Bar (@cajunboilandbar), and Brian Jupiter (@chefjup) award-winning Executive Chef & Partner of two Chi...
Being Black in the Hospitality Industry - Part II
What's On Tap - Industry Talk - July 26, 2020 21:47 - 1 hourIn our second episode in What’s On Tap’s “Black in the Hospitality Industry” series, we sit down with Kurtis Lott, Co-owner & Chief Operator of the four-location restaurant concept Cajun Boil & Bar (@cajunboilandbar), and Brian Jupiter (@chefjup) award-winning Executive Chef & Partner of two Chi...
Being Black in the Hospitality Industry - Part 2
What's On Tap - Industry Talk - July 26, 2020 21:47 - 1 hourIn our second episode in What’s On Tap’s “Black in the Hospitality Industry” series, we sit down with Kurtis Lott, Co-owner & Chief Operator of the four-location restaurant concept Cajun Boil & Bar (@cajunboilandbar), and Brian Jupiter (@chefjup) award-winning Executive Chef & Partner of two Chi...
Being Black in the Hospitality Industry - Part I with Charles St. Clair (Black Horizon Brewing Co.) & Hope Johnson
What's On Tap - Industry Talk - July 13, 2020 04:18 - 1 hourWhat’s On Tap was originally created in response to the systemic shock bars and restaurants were facing due to COVID-19. Little did we know, 2020 had something else up its sleeve. While many of us were hunkered down from the pandemic, the video of the murder of George Floyd at the hands of a pol...
Being Black in the Hospitality Industry - Part I
What's On Tap - Industry Talk - July 13, 2020 04:18 - 1 hourWhat’s On Tap was originally created in response to the systemic shock bars and restaurants were facing due to COVID-19. Little did we know, 2020 had something else up its sleeve. While many of us were hunkered down from the pandemic, the video of the murder of George Floyd at the hands of a pol...
The Voices of Hospitality Industry Employees in the Midst of COVID-19
What's On Tap - Industry Talk - June 12, 2020 03:36 - 1 hourAlthough What’s On Tap represents the entirety of the hospitality industry, our first few episodes featured owners, who provided their unique perspective on how the COVID-19 pandemic affected them. But what about their employees? They make up a far larger portion of the bar and restaurant indu...
Food & Bev Lawyers Unpack COVID-19 for The Industry
What's On Tap - Industry Talk - May 22, 2020 18:14 - 1 hourNot all bar and restaurant owners and most employees can’t afford high-powered lawyers, especially when their businesses are shut down or they are unemployed. Yet, in a time where the stakes are higher than ever, having sound legal advice is critically important. TappedIn gathered two legal ti...
The Fifty/50 Restaurant Group Feeds Chicago
What's On Tap - Industry Talk - May 09, 2020 05:07 - 1 hourTwo of the four pillars of What’s On Tap are to 1) make sure that industry people know about all of the resources available to them, and 2) to shine a light on the good things that this group is doing for one another. On this episode, we get to talk about both of those. We sit down with the co...
The Fifty/50 Restaurant Group Feeds Chicago in a Time of Need
What's On Tap - Industry Talk - May 09, 2020 05:07 - 1 hourTwo of the four pillars of What’s On Tap are to 1) make sure that industry people know about all of the resources available to them, and 2) to shine a light on the good things that this group is doing for one another. On this episode, we get to talk about both of those. We sit down with the co...
The Moment Our World Changed - COVID-19’s Shutdown of the Restaurant Industry w/ Chef Jason Vincent
What's On Tap - Industry Talk - April 24, 2020 00:49 - 1 hourIt is only fitting that the maiden episode of What's On Tap features Chef Jason, Chef & Cofounder of Chicago restaurants Giant and Chef's Special Cocktail Bar. It was a text he sent to a fellow chef, friend, and mentor that was the catalyst for this show! That text thread expanded to include oth...
Chef Jason Vincent of Chicago's Giant Restaurant and Chef's Special Cocktail Bar
What's On Tap - Industry Talk - April 24, 2020 00:49 - 1 hourIt is only fitting that the maiden episode of What's On Tap features Chef Jason, Chef and Cofounder of Chicago restaurants Giant and Chef's Special Cocktail Bar. It was a text he sent to a fellow chef, friend, and mentor that was the catalyst for this show! That text thread expanded to include o...
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