S5 Ep 42: Michelin/Sysco, profit margin stupidity & running 2 restaurants with Eric Sze (886 & WenWen)

S5 Ep 42: Michelin/Sysco, profit margin stupidity & running 2 restaurants with Eric Sze (886 & WenWen)

We're back with Season 5, Taste Buds! Chef & restaurateur Eric Sze (886, WenWen) joins us for a brutally honest look at why owning a restaurant is an emotional nightmare. We discuss the industry's obsession with "authenticity" and his start operating an illegal food delivery service to make booze money. Eric also breaks down the corporate contradictions and downright icky feelings behind the massive new Michelin and Sysco partnership. @wenwenbk @eighteightsix @esze.e @winsonbrooklyn @hofoodsnyc @michelinguide @isa_belly @forsythfireescape @ihatealexlau @elyseinamine @stromboli_pizza_nyc @bordertownbk @jaychou Welcome to the irreverent & unfiltered world of PUT IT IN MY MOUTH, a podcast that fearlessly explores the underbelly of the hospitality industry. This female led podcast, by two lifelong bffs Lala & Judith, celebrates the journeys of industry insiders, details the all to typical setbacks and gets the listener insider access on what goes on behind closed kitchen doors. Join us for candid conversations about our biggest obsession, FOOD and the personalities behind it. We know every episode will leave you hungry for more.

S4 Ep 41: Leadership, NOMA & running a 25 mil plus catering giant w/ Chappall Gage

It's the last episode of Season 4 and we bring you Chappall Gage, a man who knows hospitality. We talk how the military shaped his leadership style, his high level catering company that does over 25 mil in sales each year started in a garage by his mom, and of course we discuss NOMA. Thank you for subscribing, reviewing and sharing us with a friend! Mentions @susangagecaterers @_maisondc @leonsnyc @nickanderer @dhmeyer @benhopkinsbenhopkins @lutecedc @thecornerstore @Mathastewart @bucksfishingandcamping @sipandguzzlenyc @lecoucou_nyc @barrhillgin Welcome to the irreverent & unfiltered world of PUT IT IN MY MOUTH, a podcast that fearlessly explores the underbelly of the hospitality industry. This female led podcast, by two lifelong bffs Lala & Judith, celebrates the journeys of industry insiders, details the all to typical setbacks and gets the listener insider access on what goes on behind closed kitchen doors. Join us for candid conversations about our biggest obsession, FOOD and the personalities behind it. We know every episode will leave you hungry for more.

S4 Ep 40: Opening/running restaurants as a couple with Natalie Johnson & Nick Anderer

Nick and Nat, married couple owners of Anton's and Leon's in NYC are in the studio! We get deep into who wins when FOH and BOH have disagreements, the double edged sword of current social media in the food space, being in business together as a married couple AND we play a very marital bliss filled game of RECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES. Who brings the restaurant home? Who really wears the pants? This and so much more, taste buds. Welcome to the irreverent & unfiltered world of PUT IT IN MY MOUTH, a podcast that fearlessly explores the underbelly of the hospitality industry. This female led podcast, by two lifelong bffs Lala & Judith, celebrates the journeys of industry insiders, details the all to typical setbacks and gets the listener insider access on what goes on behind closed kitchen doors. Join us for candid conversations about our biggest obsession, FOOD and the personalities behind it. We know every episode will leave you hungry for more. Mentions: @antonsnyc @leonsnyc @discoverywinesny @ushgnyc @jimlaheyssb @fandfrestaurant @dhmeyer @tomcolicchio @chefmikeanthony @mamas_too @luigispizzaparkslope @keenssteakhouse @Raoulsrestaurantnyc @txikitonyc @lebernadinny @alonshaya @emerils

S4 Ep 39:The first fine dining restaurant in the US; Max Tucci

We've got hospitality ROYALTY on the pod today. Max Tucci belongs to the family lineage behind the first fine dining restaurant in the United States, Delmonico's. The restaurant that also happens to be older than the first flushable toilet in the White House! We yap with Max about his ancestors, belonging to a historic restaurant family, his "Ozempic menu" and how he banned a real housewife from coming to his restaurants. All this and a ridiculous game we made up called "Tacky or Tucci". @maxtucci MENTIONS: @delmonicosnewyork @drinkoishii @whitecastle @sonjatmorgan @frauncestavern @frescobyscotto @goldensteernyc @ilpostoaccanto @nellcan @thepolobar @coqodaq @loropiana @melbasharlem Welcome to the irreverent & unfiltered world of PUT IT IN MY MOUTH, a podcast that fearlessly explores the underbelly of the hospitality industry. This female led podcast, by two lifelong bffs Lala & Judith, celebrates the journeys of industry insiders, details the all to typical setbacks and gets the listener insider access on what goes on behind closed kitchen doors. Join us for candid conversations about our biggest obsession, FOOD and the personalities behind it. We know every episode will leave you hungry for more.

S4 Ep 38:Building the Roberta's Empire; Brandon Hoy

Brandon Hoy started Roberta's out of a ramshackle, cinder block warehouse and has created an empire. How did one idea become international locations, frozen pizza in grocery stores, slice shops and still his og location in Brooklyn thrives. We may or may not get bars from Brandon's alter ego, MC TODD during a game of "Six Pack or Diss Track". There's also the time Jay Z brought his own pepperoni to Roberta's. Also....how to scale a brand without dilution. Let's goooooooo! Mentions: @robertaspizza @radtimespizza @pavesi_forni_modena_italia @banh.anhem @lbspumonigardens @mamas_too @thaidiner @delhiero Welcome to the irreverent & unfiltered world of PUT IT IN MY MOUTH, a podcast that fearlessly explores the underbelly of the hospitality industry. This female led podcast, by two lifelong bffs Lala & Judith, celebrates the journeys of industry insiders, details the all to typical setbacks and gets the listener insider access on what goes on behind closed kitchen doors. Join us for candid conversations about our biggest obsession, FOOD and the personalities behind it. We know every episode will leave you hungry for more.