The Modern Waiter Restaurant Podcast is a place for discussions and interviews relating to the service industry that are relevant to both restaurant workers and guests. Have you ever wondered what your waiter or waitress is thinking? Have you ever wondered how a restaurant works behind the scenes? Perhaps you worked in the service industry and laughed while discovering that all restaurant employees are the same. We have all dined at restaurants many times. The Modern Waiter Podcast helps restaurant patrons enjoy their experience by giving them a look behind the industry curtain. “I want to show the world that a career in the restaurant business can be a legitimate profession.” - Marlon Joseph, Host of The Premier Restaurant Podcast. Restaurant guest, managers, chefs, waiters and waitresses are all represented well by this show.
The best American holiday… July 4th is great for the beach, the lake, the park and for back yard cook outs. For the restaurants you are most likely super slow or closed. Fireworks are a big attraction for most people. Not so much for me. We take a look at how we spend this special holiday and we speculate how things will go this year with social distancing.
Back to work pt. 2. This week’s restaurant podcast episode takes a further look into the mechanics of working with social distancing and enhanced protective measures. I must admit I have found it a bit cumbersome. I am however happy to add another layer of purpose to my life. Let us see where it goes from here.
Uniforms. Functional? On trend? In this week’s restaurant podcast we look back at the different uniforms we have had to wear or endure. Some fit the thread of our workplace and some were a mismatch. Uniforms should be an aesthetic extension of the theme of the restaurant, all the while allow the staff to work optimally.
A truly fun episode… In this week’s restaurant podcast we are going to the movies. This episode discusses the movie Ratatouille as it relates to real life restaurants. We draw parallels between the characters and their restaurant counterparts. A brilliant restaurant movie worth the rewatch.
For some restaurants things may be business as usual; a few procedural quirks aside. For others survival relies on the pivot. How can we remain profitable without using the bar space? How can we lean into our strengths and ride the wave of change. We hash out some ideas of how to monetize services previously untapped.
In this week’s restaurant podcast we face the prospect of going back to work. For the select people plucked from unemployed nation going back to work raises more questions than there are answers. There are several misaligned interests. Are we safe? Are we underemployed? Will we survive?
Most of the world is in time out. You can call it quarantine, in this restaurant podcast we call it Taking it a Break. Danny and I recap our feelings from the beginning stages of shelter in place till now. I draw a parallel between our collective range of feelings to the Five Stages of Grief. We also voice our frustration with unemployment.
Author and Restauranteur Brandon Bradley joins the podcast. Starting out Brandon shares how he adapts to the new way of keeping safe while delivering service during the pandemic. We talk about some of his experiences in the restaurant industry and even gives us an unreal preview story from on of his Restaurant Diaries, which will become a series. His book A La Carte - The Restaurant Diaries are his stories told through proxy of a character named Carter. Restaurant Diaries shares the name with the Facebook Group Brandon created for service industry people to share fun stories and experiences. (https://www.facebook.com/groups/841958052835892/) Many thanks Brandon (instagram.com/brandondbradley/ ) for your timeand insight. Continued success with the book (https://www.brandondbradley.com/) and your career.
The inspiration for this show was, drum roll please, my birthday. Full disclosure my birthday was two and a half months ago. This episode got bumped to do the Quarantine Life series. Restaurants handle birthdays differently. Are you expecting free stuff when you go out to dinner on or around your birthday? Do you have to round up the cavalry to sing? Later on in the show we debate what is the best birthday cake.
Sharing is Caring. We reach out to our listeners in this week’s restaurant podcast. We are one community and friend of the show Jerry Melgoza shares a slice of his story pie. From layoffs to home-schooling, Every state, every country is doing their own thing during the COVID-19 pandemic, so everyone has a story…
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