Before there was Flavor South Florida, there was one woman, one big idea, and 17 restaurants willing to take a chance on it.

Kerri sits down with Briana Beaty - the founder of Flavor Palm Beach - to hear the story straight from the source. Briana shares how a love of New York Restaurant Week and Miami Spice inspired her to build something similar from scratch in Palm Beach County, cold-calling restaurants on her lunch break and knocking on doors after hours until she had her first 17 participants in 2007.

Nearly 20 years later, that scrappy idea has grown into a program that generated $2.3 million in restaurant revenue in a single September. Briana and Kerri reflect on the early days, the OG restaurants that were there from the start (Café Chardonnay, Ruth's Chris, Season 52, Capital Grille shoutout to the OGs!), and why keeping Flavor to just one month has always been the secret to keeping it special.

Briana also opens up about her next chapter: Palm Beach Moms, a community and resource hub she built for local families that started as a closed Facebook group 14 years ago and has grown into a full website, newsletter, and advertising platform at thepbmoms.com.

This is the episode for anyone who has ever wondered - how did Flavor actually start?

LISTEN IF YOU'RE...

• A longtime Flavor diner who has always wondered how the whole thing began
• A local entrepreneur who loves hearing how South Florida businesses were built from the ground up
• A restaurant owner or industry professional curious about the history of Palm Beach's dining scene
• A mom in the Palm Beaches looking for community resources and local support
• Someone who loves a good origin story — especially one told by the two women who lived it

CONNECT:

Connect with Briana:

Website: https://thepbmoms.com/

Forking Around with Flavor South Florida Podcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/forkingaroundpodcast

Flavor South Florida Website: https://www.flavorsouthflorida.com/

Flavor South Florida Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/FlavorSouthFlorida

Kerri Paizzi Website: https://www.kerripaizzi.com/

Kerri Paizzi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/KerriP316

This episode is sponsored by Altima Caviar. Visit https://altimacaviar.com

Forking Around with Flavor South Florida is recorded at PodPlus Studios in Jupiter, Florida and produced by Hype Boss. To learn more visit https://podplusstudios.com.