Restaurant Reality Show
Storytelling Podcasts
The stories shared here all come from people that currently are or once were in the foodservice world. These stories are interesting in ANY business but somehow are even worse or more unbelievable when we realize they took place in a restaurant. These tales have an element that makes us possibly question whether or not we want to go out to eat, or maybe we want to go out, hoping we get to see one of these stories take place. Some of these may cause tears, laughter, goosebumps, cheers, makes you want to scream out loud, or possibly a combination of all of these elements. Some of them cover trials that people in the restaurant business get to or have to address. Regardless of the information these stories hold, these are all 100% true stories told by foodservice employees. These are Restaurant Reality. You can hear all of these and more at http://restaurantreality.show . This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy
Location:
United States
Genres:
Storytelling Podcasts
Description:
The stories shared here all come from people that currently are or once were in the foodservice world. These stories are interesting in ANY business but somehow are even worse or more unbelievable when we realize they took place in a restaurant. These tales have an element that makes us possibly question whether or not we want to go out to eat, or maybe we want to go out, hoping we get to see one of these stories take place. Some of these may cause tears, laughter, goosebumps, cheers, makes you want to scream out loud, or possibly a combination of all of these elements. Some of them cover trials that people in the restaurant business get to or have to address. Regardless of the information these stories hold, these are all 100% true stories told by foodservice employees. These are Restaurant Reality. You can hear all of these and more at http://restaurantreality.show . This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy
Language:
English
Website:
http://restaurantreality.show/
Episodes
#7 - Serving drinks in the parking lot, and two people doing the work of six! (36:19)
1/18/2021
Sam Knoll: [00:00:00] Let's just kind of start at the beginning. I'd like to know your whole history, so I'm going to get you to divulge some of that. And let me know when you started cooking, Why, you know, how old were you all that good stuff? JT: [00:00:16] I was, I was 18. I mean, it's pretty much the same circle. You started with me. The whole, uh, Willie Moats, Chuck Sass. Uh, Oh, Rick Maggard. Oh, Sam Knoll: [00:00:32] I was going to say, did you work for Rick early on? JT: [00:00:35]...
Duration:00:36:14
#6 - Every Darned Restaurant... (46:07)
12/30/2020
Lawrence: [00:00:00] I actually first met you when I was bouncing at Off Shore. The after hours club. Yep. Sam: Oh yes. The after hours club. Cape Henry. Right. That was, uh, that was an interesting time of life, you know, it was, uh, for me, certainly work-wise it was, it was very interesting because I was that time. I was waiting tables five nights a week and the same five nights a week, I would, you know, I'd get off work there at, you know, nine, 10 o'clock. And then at 1230, the after...
Duration:00:46:06
#5 - In The Mouse House (57:40)
12/21/2020
jason_jell_ Sam Knoll: [00:00:00] Man, how are you doing? Jason Jell: [00:00:02] Uh, it busy, very busy. We've we're we've got a couple of big meetings coming up and been prepping for them and, uh, I'll be happy when we're on Christmas break. Let's put it that way. How about Sam Knoll: [00:00:14] yourself? Yeah, I'm, I'm kind of the same. I've just got so many balls in the air. It's kind of nuts right now. So, which is good. So Jason Jell: [00:00:22] yeah, nobody likes to be bored. Sam...
Duration:00:57:34
#4 - Country Boy and The School of Hard Knocks! (46:30)
12/7/2020
Interview with Chef Jason Godwin. Jason has over 30 years in the foodservice world and has help pretty much and cooking position one can imagine, in an efforts to live in and learn the best way to produce and serve food. Jason is a guy from the country who has figured out food. His cooking style is inviting and delicious. He also happens to be married to my little sister. I hope you enjoy learning some of Jason's life behind the kitchen walls: Jason Godwin: [00:00:00] How's it been going?...
Duration:00:46:26
#3 - Drinks with John Gotti and What Not To Do During a Pandemic (1:14:32)
11/30/2020
Dan Serafini: [00:00:00] this is, this is like the opposite of what you're supposed to be doing during COVID. I guess we're all being next, next, next Monday, I guess where I'll be. Okay. And. I'll be in, Riviera Maya, Mexico. Yeah. Well, you know what I'm going to, I mean, I'm staying at a place called the one eco resort, which is top, top, top, top shelf, you know, something it, and th the, the, it is phase. It is, level three Mexico, but only for Mexico city, Guadalajara Acapulco, all the...
Duration:01:14:32
#2 - Pop Tarts and The Cajun Popeye (43:09)
11/23/2020
Sam Knoll: [00:00:00] Cool. Well, let's see. I just wanted to get you on and go through a little of your story, a little of our history, you know, Kind of get the, uh, the Rick Marcel background here. Rick Mersel: [00:00:17] Yes. Sam, I'm telling you what happened. Okay. Sam Knoll: [00:00:22] You still there? Yeah. How many years have we known each other now? We're 35. So Sam, Rick Mersel: [00:00:27] when did, how long, when did you start off the Academy? Sam Knoll: [00:00:30] I started in...
Duration:00:43:05
#1 - Restaurants and Japanese Fighting Sticks! (26:33)
11/18/2020
This is a pair of stories from my restaurant days. I would like to say that this story is unique but unfortunately things like this came up on an almost weekly basis. The title of this will make much better sense as you listen to the story and I am sure you will understand why I chose the title "Japanese Fighting Sticks" for this episode. The second story I share is a little shorter and is simply the way many of my nights, or early mornings, worked out when I owned five restaurants. Relax,...
Duration:00:26:02
Restaurant Reality – What Is It & Why You Should Want To Listen ?! [Trailer]
11/2/2020
Welcome to the Restaurant Reality Show, the weekly podcast that promises to share the real stories that take place behind the scenes in the foodservice world. I’m your host, Sam Knoll, the founder and president of the website consultancy SamKnoll.com, the author of the soon to be released book Restaurant Reality, an over 20 year veteran of the restaurant industry and a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America. The bottom line is I know a ton of foodservice people who are going to share...
Duration:00:01:45