{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"FULL COMP: Restaurant Tactics, Tools, & Strategies","title":"Food Fight Series: Celebrity Chef Andrew Zimmern","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/fd6baecf\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2885,"description":"What are the folks at the top of our industry doing to help us and themselves? On today's show, we chat with four-time James Beard award-winning TV personality, chef, writer, teacher and social justice advocate, Chef Andrew Zimmern. Andrew has not only reached the pinnacles of success, he'd done so while supporting and advocating for independent restaurants. Today we talk about the where we are and where we're headed as an industry and what we can do to help each other. \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 3-pronged strategy for moving forward during the Covid crisis\nNot getting stuck in one metric or business model. Being fluid and flexible\nCovid give us a chance to review our businesses\nMany sectors of the hospitality industry were already broken - Covid accelerated the demise\nBuilding back the right way\nReviewing pricing, menus, HR\nRealigning our motives for being in the hospitality industry\nMany people joined to become famous or seek wealth\nThis can be poor for mental health as stardom is fleeting\nStay in the industry because of love, not to get rich\nWolfgang Puck took a huge risk coming to America and struggled alot in his early career. His passion led to his stardom.\nThere is a low barrier to entry to become a restaurateur\nAnyone with finance can open a restaurant\nThe restaurant life seems “sexy” and appealing to anyone who loves dining out\nThe restaurant business is extremely fragile to run well - pennies business with slim margins\nReflecting as a practice\nAndrew has a daily reflection practice he learned whilst becoming sober\nTaking regular inventory of problems e.g pros and cons lists\nWriting things on paper helps to reflect...","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}