Ep 262 - Cooking with Heart - Matt Golinski's Journey to Gastronomic Excellence

Episode 64 - How to get venue more organised with Roderick Schneider from TandaTanda is an online workforce success platform that helps businesses manage rostering, timesheets, payroll, and employee onboarding. They service businesses both big and small, whether your staff has 10 people or 30,000 plus.In this discussion we talk frankly about -What Tanda has seen happen in the hospitality industry over the last two months since the start of COVID-19 with your clients-The customer tracing platform that Tanda has developed for the hospitality industry?-If Rod feels that this crisis will make the industry more organised overall with the processes that will need to be put in place?The industry is facing many challenges, and I hope that this downtime is spent by owners focuing on how their businesses can better work for successes and overall profitability.Find out more about Tanda's offering here:https://reopen.tanda.co/https://www.tanda.co/As always check us out here: https://www.instagram.com/open_pantry_consulting/

1 Juni 202027min

Episode 63 - The exciting developments in food waste transformation with Dean Turner from Enrich 36060% of Australia's landfill is food waste.Enrich 360 uses Bio-Dehydrators to process food waste and compostable products, that then heats and create steam to create green water and also provides a dry Bio-mass that can used it for market gardens, farms, or compost. Pretty amazing. Enrich 360's goal is to produce tastier and more nutritious food, reduce landfill and to reduce soil degradation.In this podcast Dean and I talk about how food waste and methane gas contributes to a bad environment, how they are changing the industries perception that the cheapest way to get rid of food waste is to put it in landfill and the practices that South Korea has had in place about banning food waste going to landfill since 2005.Enrich 360 are doing a great job for the food service industry including delivering a certification process for restaurants and venues using their service so customers can know that those venues are doing the right thing with food waste.Please find out more about Enrich 360 here:Website: http://enrich360.com.au/As always please find out what we are doing here: https://www.instagram.com/open_pantry_consulting/

28 Maj 202022min

Episode 62 - How hospitality training will move more online with Jonathan and Tony from Typsy In this episode I talk with Jonathon and Tony from the online hospitality training platform Typsy. Typsy is an online learning platform with video courses from some of the world's best hospitality instructors. In this podcast we talk about. -How did Typsy start in the sector and why was it focused on hospitality? -What they have seen happen in the hospitality industry over the last two months since the start of COVID-19? -Why they believe training is so important at this downtime? -And finally, where to next for Typsy? Please find the links to Typsy's special offer for the industry here: https://www.typsy.com/ As always please connect with us here: https://www.instagram.com/open_pantry_consulting/

25 Maj 202025min

Episode 61 - Building a new world cider company with Justin Ostrom from Arquiteka Justin Ostrom and his father Stephen started the Arquiteka brand in 2015 in the Yarra Valley in Victoria. After many years of growing apples they wanted to create a new world cider, which is real terms means it’s not too sweet and perfectly balanced.The brand had a testing start after their brewery was vandalised before they went to market, they couldn’t get their insurance paid and they were down 1 million dollars before a bottle had been sold. We discuss the difference between ciders in Australia and how they are converting people from wine and sour beer sales with a low sugar product. We also talk about how caring for the environment will change and shape the brand by moving into cans and using different flavours of the product over time.Finally we talk about the imminent bar closures around Australia and what they are planning on doing to grow post that tough period in the industry. Please find out more about Arquiteka here:Website: https://www.arquiteka.com.au/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arquiteka/As always please reach out to us here: https://www.instagram.com/open_pantry_consulting/

21 Maj 202036min

Episode 60 - How to storytell on social media with Brett Campbell from Claxon Agency Brett Campbell runs Claxon Agency a multi-award-winning digital growth agency that delivers revenue growth for brands through digital channels; relentlessly driven in the pursuit of innovation, success and great Spotify playlists.In this podcast we discuss how Brett started out in the marketing field in a very different way, how he believes hospitality brands can cut through on social media to stay afloat through the art of storytellng, and the emergence of platforms like Tik Tok.We also discuss the importance of having a contingency plan for the next crisis as well as taking a hollistic view of your whole hospitality business to understand if you should continue. to trade.Lastly, Brett gives us his best tips to get more exposure across all social media channels. I know you will really get a lot of tacitcal information out of this for your business.Website: https://claxon.agency/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/claxon.agency/As always please rech out to us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/open_pantry_consulting/

18 Maj 202055min

Episode 59 - Nick Stone from Bluestone Lane Coffee Nicholas Stone is a forward thinking hospitality CEO. The success he has had with Bluestone Lane has hit a short pause as COVID-19 has a deeper impact in the US than in some sectors around the world.In this podcast we discuss the changing productivity of staff to fit a new labour model, how a big brand like Bluestone is pivoting during a challenging time to donate coffee to frontline workers and moving to customers need. We also discuss how the ‘coffee at home’ market has changed and his thoughts for the industry moving forward.In this podcast you will pick up his positivity and optimism for his brand and for the industry as a whole which is very humbling.You will find out more about Bluestone Lane here:Nicholas on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-stone-49465767/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bluestonelane/As always please reach out to us here: https://www.openpantryconsulting.com/

14 Maj 20201h 3min

Episode 58 - Our industry needs more thoughtful voices like Wendy Hargreaves Everyone has a voice on the hospitality industry and the food and drink experiences that are had, and since the advent of social media at scale these voices have become less trustworthy. Wendy Hargraves is one person who has been a journalist for over 30 years is a very trustworthy voice in the hospitality scene and it is was a pleasure to talk with her in this podcast. In this podcast we talk about honest discussions she has had with friends in the industry, how she feels it can come out the other side in a positive way, and the great new projects that she is working on at the moment. I hope you enjoy this podcast with one of the leaders in food journalism. Please find Wendy’s projects here: https://fiveofthebest.com/ https://www.tickertv.com.au/news/how-fermenting-is-the-new-norm/As always please reach out to us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stories/open_pantry_consulting/

12 Maj 202038min

Episode 57 - How to build a hospitality brand for all the right reasons with Mr Yum founder Kim Teo After so much debate over the last 6 months about delivery platforms and disruption I wanted to have a guest on my podcast that I very much respect in this space, especially during these times I knew that Kim Teo would provide great insights of what she is doing with Mr Yum.In this podcast we talk about how the brand started whilst they were busy building other brand ideas, how they were able to adapt from a picture menu QR code, to a payment gateway and now to a delivery facility.I hope you enjoy this podcast as we navigate how to make this industry profitable and flexible for owners moving forward.You can find out more about Mr Yum here: https://www.mryum.com/

10 Maj 20201h 2min