To date, we’ve chatted with vendors that assist in openings including legal experts, technology companies, and press relations, but never a hospitality consultant whose business is to open restaurants - a hired expert to come in and assist new or even seasoned entrepreneurs to chart, plan and enact their vision...

Join us for a conversation with David Benzaquen, one of the world’s leading experts in the plant-based food industry and the founder of Mission: Plant, a holding company advancing the plant-based sector with strategic investments and consulting services. Prior to founding Mission: Plant, David spent nearly a decade leading a...

On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer is joined by Steve Sidman, Of Counsel at Carlton Fields, a leading provider of legal and consultative services to a broad spectrum of business clients. Steve has more than two decades of experience in the business of pop culture. He...

Culinary degrees and kitchen experience don't always lead to chefdom. In this Open Kitchen episode, Chandra Ram, editor of PLATE magazine, shares her journey from her home state of Kentucky to the Culinary Institute of America to life as a working cook and consulting chef to her longstanding role as...

Camilla Marcus has been a lawyer, chef, consultant, investor, one-time college admissions officer and founder. In this episode of In the Sauce, Ali asks her all about how her experiences have culminated with the founding of Westbourne, a social enterprise, all day cafe in Soho. They discuss the four golden...

On today's episode of "All in the Industry", host Shari Bayer is joined by Jody Eddy, a cookbook author, journalist, food conference and culinary tour organizer, consultant, recipe developer and chef. Jody is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and The Institute of Culinary Education in Manhattan. She’s cooked...

Host Dana Cowin draws you into her week of incredible eating--single original chocolate glazed doughnuts from Fany Gerson's Dough and super decadent Eggslut sandwiches from Alvin Cailan--before embarking on her interview with restaurant lawyer, Jasmine Moy. Moy's story will inspire anyone hoping to move out of an unfulfilling corporate job...

This week on Eating Matters, host Jenna Liut sit down and talk with Sam Kass, the former Executive Director of Lets Move!, Senior Advisor for Nutrition Policy, and White House Chef in the Obama Administration. Sam gives us a behind the scenes view of what it takes to pass innovative...

Today on Japan Eats, we're joined by restaurant consultant Atsushi Nakahigashi, who's swinging by New York all the way from Kyoto. Nakahigashi is from a long line of chefs and restaurateurs, but before settling on a career in food, he tried his hand at professional bass fishing for several years.

Today on All in the Industry, Shari Bayer is joined by Kate Edwards, a restaurant consultant who started off in just about every role of in the industry. Her first client was Le Cirque, and the rest is history.