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In this episode of FancyBread, Adrian kicks things off with tips for braving the cold — both the weather and how to avoid getting sick (or getting others sick) at work. Ed shares how one remarkable tip can shift your perspective. Adrian breaks down how to deal with toxic coworkers, and Ed dives into the chaos behind being deep in the weeds. We wrap up with a fan question: How do you deal with a lazy colleague?

If you’ve ever worked in restaurants, hospitality, or food & beverage — this one’s for you.

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⏱ Chapters:

0:00 Ed’s Opener
0:18 Adrian’s Special
0:35 Pre-Shift Notes
4:40 Dealing with the Cold
10:48 How Has an Incredible Tip Changed You?
18:15 Dealing with Toxic Coworkers
35:39 The War Zone Behind the Weeds
49:08 Last Words: Check Yourself
49:54 Fan Question: How to Deal with a Lazy Co-Worker

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🎙 About FancyBread

FancyBread (formerly FancyBreadMiami) is about the real, raw, and sometimes misunderstood aspects of restaurant life. Hosted by two food & beverage professionals with over 20 years of combined experience, we talk about what it’s really like working in hospitality — from toxic coworkers to being in the weeds — with honesty, humor, and heart.

Our mission: To Educate, Entertain, Inspire, and Connect.

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📍 Follow us on Instagram for LIVE Show Dates & Times:
https://www.instagram.com/fancybreadmiami/

🌐 Website:
https://www.fancybreadmiami.com

🎧 Audio Podcast:
https://fancybreadmiami.buzzsprout.com

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💬 Question for you:
How do you deal with Sick and/or Toxic Co-workers? Drop it in the comments.

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On the first FancyBread episode of the year, Adrian dives into a Hooters experience, reflecting on how poor teamwork impacts performance. He then shares how he scored the first official 2026 touchdown for his restaurant, crediting the “FancyBread” team’s synergy and his personal +1% approach this year. Meanwhile, Edwin debates when and where frozen drinks belong in restaurants and brings forth the anger of Hospitality Fatigue.

Chapters:
00:26 Hooters kickoff
03:40 Do Guest ask you for Frozen Drinks
04:41 If Yow Want a Frozen Drink make sure you check these boxes
08:19 Adrian Scores the 1st Official Touchdown of 2026 🏈
09:11 Adrian’s Touchdown (Play-by-Play)
11:10 Recognition from the Grammar Police 👮‍♂️🎖️😁
12:34 Ed vs Floor Managers
15:58 Adrian’s +1% Approach This Year
18:29 Ed’s “Yes… But”
22:03 Pre-Shift Notes (January / February 2026)
22:57 How do you feel about serving on Valentines Day
24:53 Hospitality Fatigue
25:54 How Adrian Deals with Hospitality Fatigue
28:26 How Ed Deals with Hospitality Fatigue
30:58 Last Words (How "Balling Guest" Should Prepare to Pay the Bill: Call Your Bank!)
33:48 Industry Questions from Fans "I'd like your Fancy Opinion on...?"
35:36 Ed's Fancy Opinion
36:44 Adrian's Fancy Opinion

A Podcast about the Restaurant/Hospitality Industry.
For LIVE Pre-Shift Dates & Times follow us on Instagram.
Edited Episodes out on Fridays.

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.

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This final unreleased episode from 2025 revisits one of Adrian and Ed’s culinary journeys to Mexico 🇲🇽 in 2025. They recount their experience visiting two San Pellegrino top-ranked restaurants, reflecting on Mexican hospitality, service, and both the highlights and challenges of the trip. It’s a heartfelt look back before the podcast moves into its new chapter.

Chapters:
1:55 Show Start
2:50 Trip Purpose
6:47 How Adrian Rates Restaurant Experiences
10:10 Ed's Favorite Bite of the Trip
15:10 Easier to forgive when you don't...
19:43 Lighting in Restaurants
21:22 Less is more
25:39 The Bites that Really made your Trip
30:54 Ed and Burgers
33:09 Plan Accordingly to your Food Limits
34:09 Mexican Service
37:30 Adrian's View on Mexico Service
39:04 Cultural Thing
39:54 Server Asking Your Name
40:48 How Mexico Feels
43:49 What Stayed with you on this Trip
45:14 Last Words & 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 FancyBread, Adrian and Ed go deep into beach life, restaurant culture, guest behavior, and the realities of working in hospitality. From Miami Beach stereotypes and tourism overload to rude guests, menu psychology, asking for help, and surviving the weeds, this is an honest, unfiltered conversation about boundaries, professionalism, and why respect still matters on both sides of the table.

0:00 Show Start
0:43 Beach Life in Miami: Who Is It Really For?
2:58 Sandals, Toes, and Restaurant Etiquette
5:29 Why Miami Beach Still Matters for Restaurants
11:02 Tourism, Vibes, and the Slow Death of Neighborhoods
15:05 What Happens If You Lose Your Job?
19:52 Wearing Too Many Hats in Restaurants
21:49 The Biggest Loser at the Table: The A**Hole… or the Person With Them?
25:56 Rude Guests, Bare-Minimum Service, and Boundaries
28:27 How to Stop Problems Before They Snowball
32:53 Ed and PAM's "Cowardly Managers / Restaurants"
39:54 Menus, Fatigue, and Predatory Design
46:16 Tourists, Tipping, and Why Miami Has Service Charges
46:46 The Big Beautiful Bill and the Service Industry
50:14 Asking for Help Isn’t Weak — It’s Professional
54:17 Being in the Weeds: The Motorcycle Epiphany
57:49 Last Words: Please do and Please Don't do
59:15 Adrian's Closer: Standing Your Ground with Guests


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 FancyBread, Adrian and Ed step away from traditional restaurant talk to explore quality control—checking in with the people you trust—and what it really means to pivot when your work, goals, or mindset stop aligning, touching on burnout, growth ceilings, misaligned values, distorted opinions, misunderstood hospitality rules, how adults actually learn new skills, and why real “manifestation” is less about wishful thinking and more about clear intentions backed by consistent action.

Chapters:
0:00 Ed's Opener
0:23 Show Start + “Quality Control”
1:16 What “Pivoting” really means?
3:06 I’m reaching my end as a server
5:34 Why people pivot?
8:23 “Top of the mountain… now what?”
10:13 Dunning–Kruger + restaurant disappointment rant
14:17 What made them bad (service/food specifics)
20:44 1-3 Tools for a successful pivot
24:57 The baked good argument (chef vision vs guest preference)
29:27 “Customer is always right” (full quote + meaning)
32:24 “We don’t build salads here” + you-build-it-you-bought-it
35:12 How we learn as adults (shorts vs targeted learning)
37:58 Metroidvania learning analogy
40:50 Undercover Boss + large-table “who pays?”
45:34 Manifestation (practical vs woo) + actionable framework
49:39 Adrian's Closer: self-governance + staying the course


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 FancyBread LIVE, we reflect on 2025’s highlights—our final episode of the year! We share heartfelt thanks to guests and listeners, discuss the importance of being liked versus respected at work, and play a fun rating game with different types of diners. Plus, we talk about our favorite restaurants, the ones we lost, and our hopes for the future of dining. A perfect wrap-up with a look ahead to 2026! Share your star rating answers on the comments! 😁

Chapters:
0:00 Final Episode of 2025: 26 Drops, 52 Weeks
1:30 Gratitude Roll Call: Guests, Fans, and the Team
4:32 New Topic: Do You Need to Be Liked at Work?
12:04 How to Be Liked at Work: The Server Playbook
21:14 Restaurant You Found This Year
23:04 Where Fancy Bread Is Going: “Fancy Bread on the Road”
23:50 Restaurant That Closed
27:15 The Middle Is Disappearing: Cheap vs Splurge Dining
29:05 Moment of Silence for the Fallen (Staff + Spots)
29:32 Did You Get Written Up This Year? (Likeable Wins)
30:07 Christmas Miracle: The 13-Week Shutdown That Worked
31:16 Life Goals Reset: Heart vs Logic
32:27 Game Time: Rating Table Types 1–5 Stars
52:46 Last Words: Stop Rewarding Trendy Restaurants
53:59 2026 Rule: Actions Are the Only Truth

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 FancyBread Live, Adrian and Ed dive into the Top 100 Independent U.S. Restaurants List by Restaurant Business: how the list is made, why it matters, and Ed’s take on the restaurants he’s personally visited on the list. The conversation then shifts to the heated debate: Is a service charge a tip or a fee? Ed runs the numbers to help make sense of how it actually works, and brings the topic of guest math and how to deal with it. Also Ed expresses his feelings towards a liquor rep situation, and we wrap up with how stories and words are what sell products in restaurants.

Chapters:
0:19 Show Start
0:38 Explained: The Top 100 Independent Restaurant List
5:37 Why the Top 100 List Matters to the Industry
7:20 Ed’s Insights on Restaurants He’s Visited on the List
9:31 Why the List Matters for Guests
10:08 Why the List Matters for Servers
12:54 Fan Shoutout: Community Spotlight
13:27 Ed’s Approach to Training the New Hire
19:38 Is a Service Charge a Tip or a Fee?
20:41 Service Charge by the Numbers
23:53 Be Careful What You Wish For: Service Charges Explained
29:57 How Service Charges Benefit Guests
32:10 Ed vs. Liquor Reps: How Stories Sell Products
45:43 Last Words
46:24 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 FancyBreadMiami, Adrian and Ed, joined by Camilo and Ricky, dive deep into the role of server assistants (S.A'.s). They explore what S.A.'s do, their key responsibilities—from water maintenance to table resets—and how they interact with servers. You’ll hear candid thoughts on how S.A.'s feel about Adrian and Ed, tips on moving from SA to server, and even a tasting of Mark’s Artisanal Pizzeria.

0:00 Ed's Opener
1:49 Show Start
3:02 Camilo & Ricky's experience in the industry
5:09 What does a Server Assistant do?
6:22 Let's try that question one more time
8:52 The 4 pillars of a Server Assistant: 1) Water maintenance
11:26 Talk to your SA!
15:24 Do you keep serving water after payment?
18:03 Pillar 2) Table Maintenance
20:59 When you think you are helping (Toe Stepping)
26:09 Pillar 3) Table Reset
32:14 Pilla 4) Restock
34:34 What do SA's say about Ed
37:54 What do SA's say about Adrian
41:37 How servers feel about their SA's
42:59 How are SA's picked? 1-4
47:34 Learning from Servers to become one
49:38 Tasting Marc's Artisanal Pizzeria
51:04 What you need to move up from SA to Server
56:13 Stepping Up
58:05 Good cop, bad cop
1:01:20 If you don't like it, well work from there
1:05:50 Physical contact with guest
1:08:04 Sending items not ordered
1:10:47 Agresive Assisting
1:12:32 Last Call: Cheap fuck of the week

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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