Restaurant Unstoppable with Eric Cacciatore

With excitement allow me to introduce to you today's guest, Co-Founder of Jimmy Jack's Rib Shack , Jack Piper. Jack got his start in Iowa City working at the legendary China Garden Restaurant, where he learned about amazing service, the importance of attention to detail, and leading by example. Jack, also a natural artist, used his ability to land himself in NYC where he was mentored by world-famo...

With excitement, allow me to introduce to you today's guest, David Dressler. David began his hospitality career at age 6, working in a family-run hotel in the Adirondacks. After graduating from the Ecole Hôtelière, David built a career in luxury hospitality with Four Seasons hotels. Combining his professional experience with his personal style, he shaped and scaled Tender Greens ' distinctive hear...

Born and raised in North Kingstown, Kevin got his feet wet in hospitality early on. Starting as a cabana boy at Bonnet Shores Beach Club at just 15, he then worked at a variety of mom and pop spots throughout high school, gaining experience from dishwasher to pizza cook. It wasn't until he graduated, however, that he truly stepped into the restaurant industry. Under the mentorship of Chef Walter S...

With excitement allow me to introduce to you today's guest, the Founder, and CEO of Flyfish Club , David Rodolitz. David's entrepreneurial drive in the hospitality industry started at an early age. In 2003, he founded Impulse Productions, a premier Event-Planning company that works with some of the largest Fortune 100 & 500 companies around the world. David is a founding partner of the Empellon Re...

With excitement allow me to introduce to you today's guest, the Founder of the McHenry Group , Michael McHenry. From selling his first self-built business at the age of 19, Michael has made one thing clear – "a good business only scales or sells." Over the past decade, this 39-year-old industry disruptor has built a world-class team and honed skills in all aspects of experiential brand and concept...

Jake Brewer is the Chief Strategy Officer of Miso Robotics where he oversees products, innovation, and marketing. He brings leadership, operations and product development experience from the restaurant and food service industry. Prior to Miso, Jake was VP of Restaurant Excellence at CKE Restaurants, the parent company for Carl's Jr. and Hardee's restaurants, where he led multiple functions includi...

With excitement allow me to introduce to your today's guest, Director of Hospitality and Managing Partner at Rossoblu, Hans Lüttmann. Hans has over 20 years of experience working in fine-dining restaurants with the majority of his career taking place in Los Angeles. His breadth of experience includes a year with Providence, Los Angeles, CA, as captain. Three years with Hatfields Restaurant in West...

Erik Oberholtzer is a graduate of Johnson and Wales University and has worked in some of the best restaurants around the world. Today, he is a social entrepreneur and Co-founder of Tender Greens. Founded in 2006, Tender Greens is a fine casual restaurant that serves healthy, high-quality food at an affordable price, or in other words, slow food, done fast. In this episode, Erik teaches us about: a...

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With excitement allow me to introduce to you today's guest, Spirit Guide, Growth Support Manager and career Barback at Pouring with Heart , Peter (a.k.a. Pedro) Shanahan. Pedro Shanahan had about 10 years of experience working in bars before joining the team at all Seven Grand Whiskey Bar in Downtown Los Angeles, a Pouring With Heart bar concept. Pedro joined the team as a barback, and even though...

With excitement, allow me to introduce you to today's guest, Co-founder of Kitchen United, CEO of Piestro , Board of Directors member at Miso Robotics , Strategic Board Member of Ghost Kitchen Brands , Equity Partner at KRP and nurish , Massimo Noja De Marco. Because of his constant pursuit for Innovation in the Food Industry, Massimo made the Top Ten in the 2020 NRN Power List of Restaurant Leade...

With excitement, allow me to introduce to you today's guest, author, journalists, and historian, Christine Sismondo. Christine Sismondo is the author of America Walks Into A Bar: A Spirited History of Taverns, Speakeasies and Grog Shops I discovered Christine's book while reading Pouring With Heart by Cedd Moses In this book, Christine points out the significant role the hospitality industry playe...

With excitement allow me to introduce to you todays guest, David Dressler. David began his hospitality career at age 6, working in a family-run hotel in the Adirondacks. After graduating from the Ecole Hôtelière, David built a career in luxury hospitality with Four Seasons hotels. Combining his professional experience with his personal style, he shaped and scaled Tender Greens' distinctive heart-c...

With Excitement, allow me to introduce to you today's guest, Chief vision Officer at Pouring With Heart , Cedd Moses. Prior to starting Pouring With Heart, Moses was busy creating financial algorithms that made rich people richer. In addition, he opened Liquid Kitty which he sold to purchase the Golden Gopher, the first of Pouring With Heart's bars. Today, Pouring With Heart is a hospitality compa...

With Excitement allow me to introduce to you today's guest, the Owner of Guerrilla Tacos , Tiago Coffee Bar & Kitchen , Gogo's Tacos , and Guerrilla Cafecito . Valles got her start at Coffee Roasters where she met Bill Chait and was recruited to work at Petty Cash Taqueria. During this time, Valles was studying law and started a bookkeeping business, where she'd help fellow business people. It was...

With excitement allow me to introduce you to today's guest, Founder and CEO of Kiwi Restaurant Partners and nurish , Troy Hooper. With 30 years of hospitality management in luxury and casual dining, Troy brings a breadth of knowledge and diverse experience to KRP. Troy has built new concepts, redesigned and rebranded existing restaurants and hotels, and improved upon well-established venues throug...

With excitement allow me to introduce to you today's guest Former Chief Culinary Officer and EVP Kitchen Operations at The Cheesecake Factory and Current Partner at DOM Food Group, Donald Moore. Donald found a passion for cooking and the kitchen early on in his life because of the parallels he found between teamwork in the kitchen and on the soccer field. After college, he worked in kitchens all a...

With Excitement, allow me to introduce to you today's guest, Chief vision Officer at Pouring With Heart , Cedd Moses. Prior to starting Pouring With Heart, Moses was busy creating financial algorithms that made rich people richer. In addition, he opened Liquid Kitty which he sold to purchase the Golden Gopher, the first of Pouring With Heart's bars. Today, Pouring With Heart is a hospitality compa...

With excitement allow me to introduce you to today's guest, Founder and CEO of Kiwi Restaurant Partners and nurish , Troy Hooper. With 30 years of hospitality management in luxury and casual dining, Troy brings a breadth of knowledge and diverse experience to KRP. Troy has built new concepts, redesigned and rebranded existing restaurants and hotels, and improved upon well-established venues throug...

With excitement allow me to introduce to you today's guest, CEO of Kaizen Business Management , Robert Sloop. With more than thirty years of experience within the food service industry, and internationally recognized as one of the industry's leading financial professionals in the sector, Bob has been CFO for some of the industries leading multi-concept restaurant groups, including  Jean-Georges Ma...

Jay McSharry, a local restaurateur, graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1990. Nearly a decade after graduating, he returned to NH's Seacoast to fulfill his vision and opened Jumpin' Jay's Fish Café . Building on the restaurant's success, Jay went on to open numerous establishments in the region, including Jumpin' Jay's Fish Café, Moxy , Vida Cantina , The Franklin , Street , Luigi's...

With Excitement allow me to introduce to you today's guest, CEO and Founder of  Meez , Josh Sharkey. Josh is joining us today because my guest mentors have been recommending Meez on the show, and because Meez has come up a few times in conversation within the network. Meez is a recipe tool for professional chefs and organizations. It's one part recipe tool, one part costing tool, and one part e-le...

  Michael Dorf was born and raised in Milwaukee, WI. After studying Psychology and Business at Washington University, he founded New York City's go-to venue for independent music, the Knitting Factory, in 1986. As Knitting Factory Chairman and CEO, Dorf helped bring the concert house to global prominence by expanding into Europe and Asia via tours, branded festivals, and record production and sale...

With Excitement allow me to introduce to you today's guest, Founder, and CEO of Bikky , Abhinav Kapur . Abhinav is a graduate of Washington and Lee University where he earned a BA in International Political Economics. He'd spend the next 10 years or so as a banking analyst before founding Bikky in 2017. Bikky is a data and marketing platform for restaurants, which helps consolidate guest data and...

Chef Pierre Hilzim, President of Kajun Kettle Foods , is a NOLA native who learned to cook at the tender age of ten from his father, the Executive Director of the Louisiana Restaurant Association. After spending several years running high-end restaurants in San Francisco and designing kitchens for award-winning chefs from Italy, Chef Pierre returned home in 1981 to found Kajun Kettle Foods . The c...