In this episode of “Fancy Bread Live,” Adrian, Ed, and Chris from appraise the phrase talk about Thanksgiving and family meals in the restaurant world and ask the big question: is Art Basel going to be our holiday hero this year, or are we in for a rough ride? Plus, we get real about aggressive selling, the personalities you meet, and the role of gold and luxury items in the mix.

Chapters:
0:00 Ed's Opener
1:08 Show Start (Thanksgiving and Hollidays)
6:26 Setting your kids up to failure
9:57 Holliday Family Meals
11:30 What are you thankful for?
12:12 Is Basel gonna save us
15:14 Black Friday
19:09 Aggressive selling
21:50 Different personalities in the best restaurants
28:08 Miami is the town of...
33:45 Education can lead to aggressive sells
39:45 Have you sold your soul as a server yet
47:00 Eating Gold
49:55 You want the best, but for free
57:55 Last Words
1:01:32 Adrians closer


A podcast about the restaurant industry.
LIVE recording on Tuesdays (FancyTuesdays)
Episodes out on Fridays (FancyFridays)

Also available on your preferred podcast platform.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fancybreadmiami/
Website: https://www.fancybreadmiami.com
Audio Podcast: https://fancybreadmiami.buzzsprout.com

The FancyBreadMiami Podcast is about a love/hate relationship between two food and beverage mercenaries with over 20 years of combined experience. We talk about the real, raw and sometimes misunderstood aspects of dining and working in the restaurant industry. Our mission: To educate, entertain, inspire, and connect.

#FancyBreadMiami #restaurantlife #serverlife

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In this episode of “Fancy Bread Live,” Adrian and Ed dive into the essentials of cocktail training—what’s truly important to know and how to improve this annoying experience. They explore the balance between servers talking too much or too little to guests—and vice versa. Adrian shares a recent bad experience and what could have been done differently, and Ed wraps up by tackling the topic of working under the influence.

Chapters:
0:00 Ed's Opener
0:38 Show Start
1:31 Cocktail trainings
8:00 What we actually tell guest about cocktails
11:51 Servers; Do you talk too much or too little?
18:25 How about guest who talk to much
22:34 How to get your server to shut up
23:48 To spiel or not to spiel
25:48 Going over a bad experience and what could've been done instead
31:04 Table checks
32:36 Under the influence at work
41:30 The pause
42:32 Last Words (Answering chat questions & reading comments)
48:35 Adrian's closer


A podcast about the restaurant industry.
LIVE recording on Tuesdays (FancyTuesdays)
Episodes out on Fridays (FancyFridays)

Also available on your preferred podcast platform.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fancybreadmiami/
Website: https://www.fancybreadmiami.com
Audio Podcast: https://fancybreadmiami.buzzsprout.com

The FancyBreadMiami Podcast is about a love/hate relationship between two food and beverage mercenaries with over 20 years of combined experience. We talk about the real, raw and sometimes misunderstood aspects of dining and working in the restaurant industry. Our mission: To educate, entertain, inspire, and connect.

#FancyBreadMiami #restaurantlife #serverlife

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In this episode of “Fancy Bread Live,” Adrian and Ed dive into the reality that opening a restaurant is a serious workout in itself. Ed shares his take on Miami’s current steakhouse scene, while Adrian talks about how to handle situations when a restaurant just doesn’t have what you want. They also tackle the evolving world of restaurant dress codes and how changing trends can be a perfect chance for a little refresh.

Chapters:
0:00 Ed's Opener
1:00 Show Start
1:59 Opening a restaurant is a workout!
4:13 Ed's opinion on Miami's current steakhouse scene
18:28 When "No" needs to be negotiated?
21:54 When a restaurant doesn't have what you want available
25:12 Dress codes in restaurants "House-rules"
35:00 Trends change
36:36 A chance for a change
38:59 Restaurant music not your music
40:27 Last Words (Answering questions & reading comments)
42:33 Adrian's closer


A podcast about the restaurant industry.
LIVE recording on Tuesdays (FancyTuesdays)
Episodes out on Fridays (FancyFridays)

Also available on your preferred podcast platform.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fancybreadmiami/
Website: https://www.fancybreadmiami.com
Audio Podcast: https://fancybreadmiami.buzzsprout.com

The FancyBreadMiami Podcast is about a love/hate relationship between two food and beverage mercenaries with over 20 years of combined experience. We talk about the real, raw and sometimes misunderstood aspects of dining and working in the restaurant industry. Our mission: To educate, entertain, inspire, and connect.

#FancyBreadMiami #restaurantlife #serverlife

Send us a text