FULL COMP: Restaurant Tactics, Tools, & Strategies

Jan. 29, 2021

ABOUT THIS EPISODE

The View from the Top: Celebrity Chef Brooke Williamson

The pandemic didn't pick favorites. For each small, independent restaurant that has shut down, just as many celebrity chefs have lost everything.

But they'll be fine. I'm sure they're sitting on piles of money, right?

Wrong.

When the fundamentals of an entire industry are wrong, every participant at every level suffers.

Chef Brooke Williamson has reached the pinnacle of what our industry has to offer and is successful by every metric. In sharing her story with you today, I'm hoping to show that the view from the top, looks a lot like the view from where you're sitting today.

Be sure to follow her on Chef Brooke on instagram using the handle chefbrookew.

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restaurant success

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independent restaurant growth

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