{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"FULL COMP: Restaurant Tactics, Tools, & Strategies","title":"The Case for Change: Celebrity Chef Andrea Drummer","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1499,"description":"I’ve never wanted to be the first anything. It takes courage to do something no one has ever done before, to dream a new dream. Chef Andrea Drummer has that courage. Today we discuss the changing tides within our industry and our culture...covering everything from cannabis to diversity.\nClick to sign up for our weekly newsletter.\nClick here to book time on my personal calendar.\nClick here to download our Restaurant Recovery Guide.\nWant to streamline your front-of-house operations and increase sales? Head over to http://restaurants.yelp.com/fullcomppodcast to claim your free page and learn more about these powerful tools for your business.\nSHOW NOTES\n\n Noticing race inequality\nGrew up poor in a middle-class neighborhood\nNoticed white flight\nNoticed the difference in education when attending a partially private, predominantly white high school and majority black high schools\nCalled an n-word at age 19 by a man in a pickup truck\nStarting in culinary\nAlways been creative in the kitchen\n1st career in non-profit\nAdvocated against cannabis use\n2nd career as a cannabis chef\nGetting into cannabis cooking\nMoved to California from New York\nWent to culinary school\nStress of culinary school caused illness\nSevere chronic pain\nPrescribed opiates but took cannabis instead to relieve pain\nThe body metabolizes cannabis in a different way with food\nCooking with cannabis made sense\nMaking cannabis use accessible\nIncreasingly being used by the older generation\nLess likely to be smokers\nThe effects of a cannabis meal\nChoose your own strength\nParticpants inform Andrea of what they want to experience\nTolerance\nStrength of high\nAndrea can infuse on site to strengthen the high\nCannabis quality\nPurchased wholesale\nOne grower\nOrganic, outdoor grown\nHigh in THC\nBusiness during Covid\nMore enquiries for private dining experiences\nFocussing on delivering at-home solutions to patrons\nMinorities and women in the industry\nAndrew Zimmern mentioned we have the opportunity to change how minorities...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/6OAanP6N7rKCCEP4OYgZT_i74QmCwgk2rH1cSWqhfvs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zYzkz/MGQ5M2Y5MWZmM2E0/NGM3MzFmNzQ0OGZl/NDhhYi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}