Restaurant Misfits

During our interview, we discuss managing work-life balance in a constantly moving industry, hiring and training tips, and how he moved from his role as a chef to the ownership role. This is a really great episode for any chef or restauranteur listening to understand the transferrable skills in both of these roles.

In the next 60 minutes, we dive into finding and hiring new staff, training staff, and uncovering problems in the restaurant industry and his approach to finding solutions. He's huge on having measurable marketing results and for any restauranteur listening, this episode will bring you a ton of value!

On a new Restaurant Misfits episode, I interview Field Failing, CEO and Founder of Field's Good Chicken, a 6 location chicken concept based in New York. Field's restaurant adventure began in 2007, after his professional cycling career came to an end and he found himself back in the kitchen.  That year, he filled the fridge in his New York apartment with brines and marinades, blasted the...

In this episode, I interview Adam Bossie, CEO of the Afficionado Coffee Roasters. In the next 60 minutes, we dive into building a brand with a story, growing a team of excited employees, and his learnings as he explores more digital strategies for his business.

In this episode, I interview Renae Scott, CMO of Ike's Love and Sandwiches and is a creative marketing powerhouse in the restaurant industry. She is the former CMO of Carl's Jr. among many other leading fast casual concepts. Renae has successfully navigated Ike's through the pandemic by launching buzz worthy promotions, enhanced delivery options, and menu innovations. Ike's und...

This is a really exciting episode as my business partner and COO, Jace Kovacevich, joined me on the show! As you know, we run an Agency to help restaurants acquire customers the smarter way through digital marketing. In this episode, we are going to break down how the industry has evolved this past year, changes we've made as an agency and our book release, Misfit Marketing for Restaurants! Y...

In this episode, I interview, Alex Canter, CEO of Ordermark. A platform that allows restaurants to use multiple third-party delivery apps but receive orders on one tablet or printer, as well as manage one universal menu that can synchronize with every third-party marketplace. He is a fourth generation restauranteur and the restaurant business has been in his blood for 85 years. Alex was a 2019 rec...

In this episode on Restaurant Misfits, I interview Samantha Slager and Camilla Opperman the co-founders of Nimbus Kitchen. Nimbus Kitchen is a premium and flexible commerical kitchen solution offering state of the art licensed facilities, end to end operational support and a luxury communial working space for the members. It is a really cool concept that Samantha and Camilla founded that was launc...

In this episode, I interview Jamie Simpson, the Executive Chef of the Culinary Vegetable Institute. Jamie has an interesting background- he was previously in a rock band before becoming a chef and compares an ingredient as a note in a chord. "A great dish is a great song and a great restaurant is an absolute symphony."His role in providing hundreds of fresh vegetables across the United S...

In this episode, I interview Melanie Landano the founder of Mel's Butcher Box. Mel's Butcher Box is a food truck concept that was established in the midst of the pandemic. Melanie has been in the food, hospitality and entertainment space her entire career and had the vision of bringing her food truck to life in one of the most turbulent times for the industry. She has a very interesting...

In this episode, I interview our clients, Adrian and Melissa from Brick Oven Pizza. Their restaurant business has been a client of ours for 2 years now and they are very special to Misfit Media. After doubling their in sales in 2020, Brick Oven Pizza has made over half a million dollars directly attributed to our marketing programs! We've had so much success with them and in these next 50 min...

In this episode, I interview David Burke. Chef, restauranteur, TV personality and business man who is fueled by passion, grit and a knack for artful innovation. He is known amongst his peers as a leading pioneer in cooking and is recognized internationally for his techniques, skills and his successful restaurant empire. David gave great insight into how he adapted due to the pandemic, new revenue...

In this episode, I interview Dan Rowe, the CEO of Fransmart and Co-managing partner of Kitchen Fund. Dan Rowe specializes in finding the next big thing and for over 20 years has discovered and grown many major brands including:Five Guys, QDOBA Mexican Grill and The Halal Guys. Under Dan Rowe’s direction, Fransmart’s current and past franchise development portfolio brands, they have opened more tha...

In this episode, I interview Laurent May, who's the CEO of Ready To Pay. A fully-integrated, contactless mobile self-ordering payment and loyalty technology solution. Laurent personally has over 20 years of expertise when it comes to project management in the electronic payment space. There's been so much change in the restaurant industry in 2020 and even more changes in emerging technol...

In this episode, I interview Elena Besser, a Brooklyn-based, Chicago-bred Chef and TV Host. She hosts live cooking classes on Food Network Kitchen , and can be seen on The Cooking Channel's "Best Thing I Ever Ate" as well as Food Network's "Beat Bobby Flay". She firmly believes food and entertainment should be intertwined and makes some strong points behind this. Just...

In this episode, I interview Stephen Yen, the executive chef of Tao Downtown in New York City Stephen has been with Tao for about a year now and has been a killer addition to their team. As for his experience, Stephen was on the opening team for Fatty ‘Cue in Williamsburg, where he worked with Eddie Huang and later worked with Eddie at Catch. For those who don't know Eddie, he was a Top Chef...

In this episode, I interviewed Michael Chernow. He's a restauranteur, entrepreneur, TV host, Podcast host, Fitness personality, and family man,  who is dedicated to inspiring the world through positivity, hospitality, and service. He currently runs two multi-location restaurant concepts: one called Seamore's - a sustainable seafood concept founded in 2015 and the other is called The Meat...

In this episode, I interview Chef JJ Johnson. He's a restauranteur, Award-winning chef, Author, and Host on numerous media platforms. He opened his Restaurant, "FieldTrip" in July of 2019 and despite this crazy year has still managed to thrive on through. JJ is best known for his barrier-breaking cuisine connecting the food-ways of West Africa and Asia to the Americas. His signature...

In this podcast, I interview Andrew Rigie who is the Executive Director of the New York City Hospitality Alliance, an association representing over 2,000 restaurants and nightlife venues throughout the five boroughs of NY.Andrew was born into the hospitality business, working at his family’s third-generation bakery in Queens, NY.He is a vocal industry advocate, public speaker, frequent panelist, a...

In this podcast, I interview a legend. A man who has been dominant in the restaurant industry for several decades and continues to create enticing concepts, making him one of the nation’s fastest evolving restaurateurs of our time. This man is Stratis Morfogen and as of recently, he is most well-known for his successful ventures among the New York City and Hamptons most discerning dining patrons....

In this episode I speak with a dude named Jordan Andino, who’s arguably one of the coolest guys around in the food space right now… He’s a celebrity chef, tv personality, and restauranteur and is incredibly passionate about everything he does. Jordan was born in Torono, CA and began his journey into the culinary world at just the age of 9 years old where he first began training under his dad. Jord...

In this episode, I interview Chelsea Van Hooven, the Global Industry Advisor at Choco, a free mobile app helping over 6,000 restaurants order their supplies faster while reducing mistakes at the same time. Choco is rapidly expanding and in this episode, we’ll dive deep to understand what the future of the food industry looks like and how to build a more sustainable food system. Check them out at c...

This is a shorter episode where and is a quick update to what we are seeing as an agency when running ad campaigns for our restaurant clients all over the world. Restaurants may be opening, but that doesn’t mean we want to pump the breaks on takeout or delivery options! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/restaurantmisfits/message

In this episode, I interview Mikael Yang, the CEO and CoFounder of Manychat, which is one of the most innovative and successful messenger marketing companies of today. Manychat is an incredible marketing tool that we use at Misfit Media to service our clients all over the world. Since using their software tools, Misfit has 3Xd its growth and has now become the top local business agency on their pl...

In this episode, I interview Ben Ho, who has worked in the restaurant space for over 20 years as both a chef and technologist. Through his unique experiences both internally and externally in this industry he’s been able to develop a very unique take on this pandemic and what needs to happen in order for restaurants to survive. He stresses the importance of adapting the restaurant model to new tec...