Best Served

By Jensen Cummings

Acknowledging and celebrating our Unsung Hospitality Heroes. We value WHY and WHO before what and how in the industry. It's too easy to get caught up in the minutia of what we do and how we do it.

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How many episodes does Best Served have?

The podcast currently has 265 episodes available.

Best Served episodes:

May 14, 2021 BSP314: Mental Health Mise En Place - Workplaces Worth Working Ep#5
In this episode of Workplaces Worth Working, Jensen speaks to Zia Sheikh of Restaurant After Hours and Patrick Mulvaney of I Got Your Back about how to improve mental health in the restaurant industry on a day to day level.
Resources:
https://restaurantafterhours.org/resources
https://igotyourback.info/the-pantry/
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35min
May 11, 2021 Clubhouse #8: Challenging The Brigade System - Mental Health Month
On our eighth episode from the Clubhouse app, we listen in on a chat on Challenging The Brigade System in Restaurants. How the impact of hierarchies from brigade system in restaurants - have perpetuated mental health issues, from a toxic masculinity environment to an epidemic of sexual harassment, among other issues.
Moderators
Kate Holowchik - @kholowchik @lionheartconfections
Heather Ransley
Chef Mimi Lan - @thetastecurator
Greg Baker
Maria Campbell - @cookswhocare
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1h 15min
May 07, 2021 BSP313: Restaurant ROI on Mental Health - Workplaces Worth Working Ep#4
In this episode from Mental Health Month, Jensen speaks to Hassel Aviles from Not 9 to 5 and Patrick Mulvaney from I Got Your Back about the ROI in investing in mental health. They cover a wide range of ROI from the cost of a high turnover rate to the ultimate cost, suicide.

For full resource links, checkout the comments section of this episode on our Facebook page
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45min
May 03, 2021 BSP312: Restaurants Are Not A Great Place To Work. And It’s My Fault - Part 3 - Best Served Live
In Part 3 of this series, we have an impromptu talk with Andrew Harris of Rock n Lobster Roll in Denver, CO. After hearing what Jensen had to say in Part 2 (just two days ago), Andrew reached out to say, he had been guilty of casting blame on workers and wanted to find a way to change. This is the first step towards reframing our bias and building new perspectives and a new type of industry.
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32min
April 28, 2021 Clubhouse #7: Ditch the Pitch, Tell Your Best Story with Food TV Network Giants
On our seventh episode from the Clubhouse app, we listen in on a chat from Food is Religion hosted in the Foodie Nerds HQ club focused on telling your best story. People all throughout the industry were given the opportunity to ditch the pitch and tell their food story to TV execs from Hell's Kitchen, MasterChef, Food Paradise, Kitchen Nightmare, Food Networks, Chopped, so that they could help hone in on your story. Nuggets from how to get on T.V. to how to get noticed to how to tell your best story and so much more can be found in this clubhouse recording that attracted over 1000 listeners!!! Hope you enjoy!

Moderators
Chef Mimi Lan - @TheTasteCreator
Chef Rehan Uddin - @ChefRehanUddin
Justin Harvey - @JustinHarvey75
Ciara Kelly - @CiaraCanCook
Bradley Glenn - @BradleyGlenn
Matthew Hobin - @hobi-wan
Janelle McCracken - @nelliepants
Hayden Mauk - @htmauk
Farrah Solim - @farrahliciously
April Jones - @ponyjones
John Dunn - @johndunnbikes
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2h 51min
April 27, 2021 BSP311: Inequality In Restaurant Policy - Workplaces Worth Working Ep# 3
In this episode of Workplaces Worth Working, Jensen speaks to Jeanie Chunn and Mikey Knab from RAISE High Road Restaurants about manager training, the problems with tipping, and sexual harassment in the restaurant industry.
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39min
April 27, 2021 BSP310: Restaurants Are Not A Great Place To Work. And It’s My Fault - Part 2 - Best Served Live
In Part 2 of this ongoing series of reflection, we need to talk about the restaurant hiring process. What is happening today was set in motion over the last three decades not because of a pandemic. That's just an excuse. Time to own our past mistakes and address how to move forward from here.
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31min
April 27, 2021 BSP309: Restaurants Are Not A Great Place To Work. And It’s My Fault - Part 1 - Best Served Live
I have to take some time to reflect and share some of the ways I have been complicit and a perpetrator of the inequity, toxicity and unsustainable manner in which the restaurant industry has been run.
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35min
April 21, 2021 BSP308: Thoughtfully Hiring Bilingual Staff - Workplaces Worth Working Ep#2
Jensen speaks to Jesus Gutierrez and Diego Montemayor, the force behind the Chamba App. They talk about the importance of inclusivity in the hiring process and how Chamba is changing the F&B industry for bilingual people.
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34min
April 21, 2021 BSP307: Rare Hiring Success Story - Workplaces Worth Working Ep#1
In the first episode of our new series Workplaces Worth Working, Jensen speaks to Jason Gottesfeld and Elise Wiggins of Cattivella in Denver, about how the weaknesses and successes of the hiring process and how worked for them. And Jensen played a role in bringing them together and sees some new ways to approach to industry norms in the process.
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37min

FAQs about Best Served:

How many episodes does Best Served have?

The podcast currently has 265 episodes available.