Burger Lady

Pride season is here but with no parade or glittery gatherings, things look quite different for 2020's expression. Artist, performer and activist Kaleb Robertson talks about what this Pride means to him- personally and professionally. We talk about gender expression, online drag storytime and of course we talk lots about our delicious food adventures. Listen in for a candid chat with one of my dearest friends. Happy Pride

Links to what we discuss in this episode:

Connect with Kaleb:
 http://kalebrobertson.ca 

CBC Gems Canada is a Drag (Fay and Fluffy's episode) : https://gem.cbc.ca/media/canadas-a-drag/season-3/episode-7/38e815a-01247e6b241

Racist Sandwich Podcast:
http://www.racistsandwich.com

Lotus Pond Restaurant 
 https://lotuspondvictoria.ca

My fabulous guest Liz da Mata and I discuss how Victoria Pride looks different this year and reflect on how now more than ever the most marginalized voices within the 2SLGBTQ+ need space to be amplified. Check out the link below to get involved in an upcoming conversation.

We also talk about supporting and lifting other Women up into positions of leadership and ownership within the restaurant industry. We talk about Liz's restaurant and Food Truck and what the future holds. Mostly we just tell each other how awesome we think each other is and that's real nice too. 

Also an upcoming event of interest:
A conversation about race in the 2SLGBTQ+ community in Canada.
- Thursday, July 2nd at 5:30 PM
- At Zoom (email [email protected] to be added to the list) https://www.facebook.com/events/1084289425300487/

get in touch with Liz at:
[email protected]
The Rolling Reef Food Truck:
http://streetfoodapp.com/victoria/rolling-reef

I talk with local Roller derby legend Hayley Williams about the future of this season's flat track and our Pinball league(s). What has as this Pandemic stuff and this new responsibility to social distance done to our summer sporting communities. Will my hockey return this fall? Also I think I need glasses...or do I? 
*please note we recorded this episode a week ago and definetley wanted to acknowledge in the closing statements our solidarity with the BLM protests. May real and positive changes come from this important uprise.

Back for the second part of my conversation with restaurateur Josh Carlsen. We talk tipping. Is it on the way out? Should it be included? What does it all mean moving forward with fair wages for staff? 
Covid brought to light all of these issues bubbling just beneath the surface of most restaurants, but where do we go from here? How do we make sure those small, full of culture and vibrancy neighbourhood Joints get a seat at the restaurants moving into the future table. 

I get into a two part conversation of some real talk with original food truck pal and fellow restauranteur Josh Carlsen, owner of Tacofino and Superbaba. We talk shop, including tech and the new ways of online ordering and customer service. We also discuss the positive aspects of having an opportunity for complete rehaul and do-over in our industry but can and will everybody make that shift? Also, Sick pay in the hospitality industry-say what? No we're not dreaming, we're all reinventing our businesses and it needs to happen now in order to survive.

I meet up with my dear friend Jack Widow for a socially distanced first time out beer at a beloved Victoria "craft beer parlour". On their patio, freshly reopened since food and beverage establishments were forced to close due to covid, we talk anxieties and being creative in a challenging time. We discuss boundaries and what our priorities are during this weird summer. Things are definitely a different vibe and not our usual normal, but the community support of each other that has budded from all this sure is cool.  Tune in for a candid chat over a beer between 2 friends.

Quick little synopsis of what I will be talking about in weekly episodes. I throw in the words "lifestyle podcast" just so I could talk about whatever comes up for me in my world which mostly consists of running a burger restaurant.

I chat with guest Andrew Paumier, owner and operator of Indecent Risotto Food Truck about what a covid crashed summer Food Truck season is going to look like us. The barriers, pivots and the irony of using third party delivery from your Food Truck. What is the plan? No crowds, no Food Trucks- how are we gonna make this work? Listen along and find out....