Episodes

This is for the My RodeCast podcast competition, a brief episode of my origin story; which I don't think I have ever told. Vote for it here! Join us every Tuesday & Friday as award winning industry stalwart, Shawn Soole …

With restaurants and bars reopening this week, I wanted to get a live stream Q&A with Ian Tostenson of the BC Restaurant and Foodservice Association and Jeff Guignard of ABLE BC . We chatted about the fundamentals int he reop...

Franky Marshall is a tour de force bartender out of NYC, we discuss where she has come from, how 2012 was a huge year for her, her love of all things French including the super obscure Pineau de Charentes and …

We look at the meteoritic rise to one of the top bartenders and consultants in the world. This was a great episode that covers so much about where Chris came from and his plans in the future. His outlook on …

To give this man a title in the hospitality industry would be a grave disservice, flair god, OG mixology magician, just all-round industry legend. Dean started in small-town Ontario and took the flair world by storm, competin...

Dean and I go back almost 20 years to our days starting out in Brisbane. The conversation was full of great stories, taking Monkey Shoulder world wide and the reason he started the Dean Callan Show . This was just …

This is the first of most likely 3 restaurant reopening episodes in the coming weeks. This one focuses on the BCRFA's recommendations to the government for restaurant reopenings. Some good pointers in here, ABLE BC sent me a ...

Sit down with long time friend and mentor, Philip Duff and chat about his career, Old Duff Genever and the state of the hospitality industry in New York and the future of the industry as a whole. This is the …

One of the longest-standing brand ambassadors in the game, Charlotte has helped shape the way brand ambassadors are trained and respected. With a huge and diverse portfolio to work with William Grant & Sons, she gives insight...

Great to catch up with a dear friend and peer, Sven Almenning from Speakeasy Group and Ananas Academy , touching on the jump from consultant to the owner and then owner of multiple venues. This was a great eye-opener for …

I took a larger view of the macro of small business this week and chatted to Michael Smith from Save Small Business.ca and chat about the things they are lobbying from the government along with changes they want to see …

Side hustles and projects are more important than ever in this current climate of quarantine, but should you always have a side hustle, a passion project or something that can produce some passive income? Turn whatever your p...

Had a great live stream with Jason Littrell out of New York about his humble beginnings, working with the late great Sasha Petreske and making the leap from bartending to consultant and how branding, social media and online p...

I got to know Jesse during my time in Singapore last year, an amazing bartender and manager who always had me in awe of his skill set. I wanted to find out where he had come from and where he …

This is a special edition episode as we delve into the impact of the pandemic on the craft spirits industry in BC with Tyler Dyck, co-owner of Okanagan Spirits and the head of the Craft Distiller's Guild , the lobbyist …

Had an amazing chat with Sean Finter from Barmetrix and Business of Bars, a long term peer who has helped thousands of businesses across the world with being more dynamic strategies. It was an enlightening discussion about th...

I was asked to present a few seminars for the Fever-Tree Canada Seminar Series online, this is the first of a couple in the coming weeks. Chatting about the use of and strategy for each individual platform and how to …

The week kicks off with a special edition with Victorian entrepreneur and coffee master, Sam Jones from 2% Jazz as we chat about the humble beginnings of the store, his learning curve on business and operations and his new fo...

This was a great interview that I had with Tobin while I was in Vegas before the pandemic disseminated the industry, I have a few interviews that I had to go back on and discuss the new norm with the …

I get to chat about the way I see the industry going with Brad Bodnarchuk on his podcast, Half a Dozen Hospitality . I loved this episode, it was a great back and forth between Brad and I as we …

Had a great chat with Calen McNeil from Big Wheel Burgers and Zambri's; thinking that we would be talking business, we quickly started exploring his philanthropy work along with the pivot his business has taken while keeping ...

Creating a Shopify Store, embedding it into your website and then piggy backing drop shipping apps like Printify, Printiful and Dropify onto it sounds complicated but it is quite easy and a google search away for even the mos...

On this very special edition of the podcast, we chat to Jon Gray, one of the directors of the Bartenders Benevolent Fund based in Toronto but doing amazing hospitality relief work across the country. We chat about the humble ...

This was another pre Covid-19 episode that I recorded while I was in Las Vegas in February. Francesco is the consummate gentleman, so the interview is actually in two parts after the pandemic struck and the original interview...