All in the Industry ®

On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer's guest is Will Guidara , a NYC-based restaurateur formerly of the Make it Nice hospitality group, which he co-founded in 2011, and included Eleven Madison Park, The NoMad and Made Nice.  Under his leadership with Chef Daniel Humm, Eleven Madison Park received four stars from the New York Times, three Michelin stars, and the #1 spot on the Wo...

On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer's guest is Hilary Sheinbaum , a freelance journalist, who recently released a new book, The Dry Challenge, How to Lose The Booze for Dry January, Sober October, And Any Other Alcohol-Free Month. As a reporter, Hilary has covered topics ranging from celebrity red carpets to chef interviews, cocktail trends to new fitness classes, beauty treatm...

On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer's guest is Leo Robitschek , Vice President of Food and Beverage at Sydell Group . Working alongside Sydell since 2010 as NoMad’s Managing Partner of F&B and Bar Director at Make it Nice, Leo has been responsible for developing and leading the cocktail programs and teams at all NoMad properties. Leo and his team have been the recipients of...

On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer's guest is Elizabeth Tilton , Founder + CEO of Oyster Sunday, a corporate office for independent restaurants + food brands, based in New Orleans and NYC, whose mission is to build a sustainable and supportive infrastructure for the food and beverage industry. Prior to launching Oyster Sunday in 2019, Elizabeth was part of the original leaders...

On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer's guest is Ben Chekroun , General Manager at Bluepoint Hospitality Group in Maryland; and formerly, longstanding maître d’ at Le Bernardin in NYC. Given his formative years in Casablanca and Paris, Ben may have a natural advantage when it comes to gracious hospitality and gastronomic refinements. Add to that a twenty-seven-year career at Le B...

On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer's guest is Clay Williams , a Brooklyn-based photographer specializing in food, drinks and events.  Clay has over a decade of experience documenting the ins and out of our industry, shooting for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, James Beard Foundation and more.  His photos can also be found in the book, 111 Places in Queens That You...

On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer's guest is Maneet Chauhan , a James Beard Award-winning chef, television personality, author, and the founding partner and president of Morph Hospitality Group in Nashville, TN. Maneet's celebrated restaurant concepts include Chauhan Ale & Masala House, Tànsuǒ, The Mockingbird and Chaatable, and have been featured in publications, inclu...

On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer's guest is Julia Bainbridge , writer, creator of The Lonely Hour podcast, and author of Good Drinks, a new book featuring alcohol-free recipes for when you’re not drinking for whatever reason. Julia is an editor who has worked at Condé Nast Traveler, Bon Appétit, Yahoo Food, and Atlanta magazine, and a James Beard Award-nominated writer whose...

On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer's guest is Leah Cohen , the chef and owner of Pig & Khao and Piggyback NYC in New York City, along with her husband, Ben Byruch. At Pig & Khao, Leah serves Southeast Asian cuisine influenced by her Filipino upbringing and her annual expeditions to the region. Leah is a recipient of a 2013 StarChefs Rising Stars Award, and an alum of T...

On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer's guests are Carlos Suarez, founder of Casa Nela, a NYC hospitality company that operates a collection of French and Italian restaurants in Greenwich Village, including Rosemary’s, Bobo, Claudette, and Roey’s; and Yann de Rochefort, founder & CEO of Boqueria, lively Spanish tapas bar & restaurant with seven locations across New York C...

On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer's guests are Darin Bresnitz and Greg Bresnitz, twin brothers who are the co-founders and co-hosts of the music-and-food podcast Snacky Tunes , broadcasting since 2009 on Heritage Radio Network. Darin and Greg have a brand new book, Snacky Tunes: Music Is the Main Ingredient, Chefs and Their Music (Phaidon), featuring 77 of the world's top che...

On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer's guest is Bay Area native David Nayfeld , Executive Chef and Co-Owner of the award-winning restaurants Che Fico and Che Fico Alimentari in San Francisco, CA. David, a graduate of The Culinary Institute of America, boasts a venerable restaurant pedigree having worked alongside some of the most esteemed names in the industry. In 2018, he opene...

On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer is joined by Dale DeGroff , AKA King Cocktail, who is credited with reviving bartending as a profession and setting off a cocktail explosion that continues to transform the industry. Dale is a founding partner of the award-winning Beverage Alcohol Resource (BAR), a partnership of six of the world's leading spirits and cocktails authorities wh...

On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer is joined by Emily Elyse Miller , CEO/Founder of OffLimits , a new cereal and culture brand built around emotionally unstable, counterculture cartoon characters. Emily is also the author of BREAKFAST: The Cookbook (Phaidon, 2019); and Founder of BreakfastClub, a global event series that connects culinary and design innovators and chefs throug...

On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer's guest is Kelly Fields , the Chef/Owner of Willa Jean in New Orleans, whose first cookbook, The Good Book of Southern Baking: A Revival of Biscuits, Cakes, and Cornbread (Penguin Random House), debuted yesterday. Kelly grew up near Charleston in a family with a strong Lowcountry baking tradition. She has worked as a pastry chef for more than...

On today's episode of All in the Industry® , Shari Bayer has another special episode from H.O.S.T. SUMMIT + SOCIAL, our first all-day conference, for and about our dynamic hospitality industry, which took place on Monday, January 27, 2020 at The William Vale in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.  H.O.S.T. (HOSPITALITY. OPERATIONS. SERVICES. TECHNOLOGY.) featured top culinary and hospitality leaders, who have...

On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer has a special episode from H.O.S.T. SUMMIT + SOCIAL, our inaugural all-day conference, for and about, our dynamic hospitality industry, which took place on Monday, January 27, 2020 at The William Vale in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.  H.O.S.T. (HOSPITALITY. OPERATIONS. SERVICES. TECHNOLOGY.) featured top culinary and hospitality leaders, who have a...

On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer's guest is Akhtar Nawab , chef and owner of Alta Calidad in Brooklyn, Otra Vez in New Orleans, and Prather’s on the Alley in DC; and founding partner and CEO of Hospitality HQ (HHQ), a creative consulting and management group which offers bespoke solutions for culinary-driven concepts across the country, ranging from fast-casual food halls to...

On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer is joined by Gary Obligacion , General Manager at Post Ranch Inn in Big Sur, CA. Gary has enjoyed a career in luxury hospitality spanning more than 30 years, from a back-of-the-house position at the famed Chez Panisse while a student at the University of California at Berkeley, to food and beverage management roles at San Francisco’s Ritz Car...

On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer is joined by Camilla Marcus, Chef/Founder of west~bourne, the popular all day, zero-waste restaurant in SoHo, Manhattan that operates with a unique, fully integrated philanthropic business model. Through a partnership with Robin Hood Foundation, 1% of every purchase made at the restaurant benefits The Door, an organization that supports local...

On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer is joined by Digby Stridiron , a native of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, where is currently the chef of Braata, Ama at Cane Bay, and Breakers Roar in Christiansted. You could say that Digby was born into food. He grew up around what many today call the “slow food” movement—fresh, locally harvested ingredients and proteins gathered from the...

On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer is joined by Marissa Lippert , a New York-based chef, nutritionist, restaurateur, and writer, whose work creates a cohesive sense of connectedness to vibrant food and wellness in order to nurture, inform and inspire. Marissa is the founder of beloved West Village café and catering company, Nourish Kitchen + Table , and Nourish Baby . She hold...

On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer is joined by Eric Adjepong , chef/co-founder of Pinch & Plate; and On the Double, a new restaurant showcasing the African diaspora soon to open in Washington D.C.’s Union Market. Eric was a finalist on Bravo's Top Chef – Season 16, where he earned consistent acclaim, introducing viewers to traditional Ghanaian cuisine; and recently return...

On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer is joined by John Wiseman , founder of Curious Elixirs , a non-alcoholic craft cocktails company that was designed to make the social aspects of drinking more inclusive for nondrinkers. John previously worked for Thrillist as its 3rd employee and head of marketing, and at Skillshare, the global learning community. He founded Good Business, a...

On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer is joined by James Kent, Executive Chef of Crown Shy, and the Owner/Partner of J2K Creative. A Greenwich Village native, James started his culinary career as a summer apprentice at Bouley when he was fifteen years old, and has since spent time in the kitchens of Babbo, Jean-Georges, and Gordon Ramsay. James joined the team at Eleven Madison P...