Andrew Parr, Angry Olive Consulting Consulting founder, is a restaurant and hospitality industry veteran with over 25 years of experience including consulting, project management, restaurant operations and talent acquisition. His education includes a BA in Psychology and History from the University of Wisconsin along with a JD from Hamline University School of Law. He’s also the brother of the late Jeffery Parr whom I worked with and a legendary fixture in our industry - gone way too soon.

Andrew Parr’s professional experiences include work across multiple national markets, counting among them Denver (including Boulder, Fort Collins, Colorado Springs, Longmont, and Loveland), Portland, Seattle, Chicago, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Hartford and Tampa / Clearwater. He is an advisor, mentor and business coach for entrepreneurs, owners, and industry leaders. Andrew currently serves as the President of the Board of the Scleroderma Foundation – Rocky Mountain Chapter with deep respect for the achievements of the Chapter and an eye toward growth in accordance with the Foundation’s mission of Support, Education & Research.

There’s a familiar face on the Denver restaurant scene. Her name is Catherine Cooney Green. Cathy is a leader in the Denver hospitality industry and current board member of the Colorado Restaurant Association. While she previously served as the GM for STK Restaurant and The Palm, she’s now left her days of restaurant management behind, reclaimed her Saturdays and committed to helping other restaurants find and hire the best talent!

Cathy Cooney Green just joined top restaurant staffing firm, TalentServed Hospitality Recruiters, as its Director of Recruiting for the Mountain West region, and she’s ready to lift Denver restaurants to new heights! As such, she has a few tips for local restaurateurs when it comes to advancing the 360 customer experience. Cathy is a ‘master networker,’ she knows no strangers in the Denver market and surrounding metro areas and currently serves on the Boards of the Department of Public Health and Environment for the City of Denver, as well as the Colorado Restaurant Association.

There's never been a hotter real estate market in Denver or the Front Range's history. And, that includes restaurant real estate. Chef's and restauranteurs are opening (and closing) concepts at a break-neck pace - So who does one turn to for expert advice? My friends over at Broad Street Realty - West are the BEST! Nathan Stern and Zach Cytryn are the experts in the complex and challenging world of commercial real estate. Nathan and Zach work with over 40 food and beverage businesses, and they specialize on local and first to market operators Let's all learn from the best!

Nathan and Zach at Broad Street Realty are the experts in the complex and challenging world of commercial real estate. Their company, Broad Street Realty, works with over 40 food and beverage businesses helping find the perfect location for your restaurant, bar, brewery, ice cream or coffee shop. Most restaurant owners are not real estate professionals, so let’s talk with two today!

Great Chefs of the West is back and bigger than ever on March 12, 2020 at the EXDO Event Center. The foodie event of the year brings together 25 of Denver’s top chefs all competing to win best dish - voted by you! With an all-star gathering of food and drinks, live music and exciting auctions, it's impossible to duplicate unless you attempt a very long night out on the town with an unlimited budget. To top it off, it's all for a great cause!

The 37th Annual Great Chefs of the West is coming up on March 12th at the EXDO Event Center. Bringing together 25+ of Denver's top chefs to compete for best dish all while raising money for the National Kidney Foundation. Chairing this years event is none other than chef Francisco Ruiz of Woodie Fisher Kitchen & Bar.

Megan Bucholz is a food enthusiast who has traveled extensively throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and Central and South America. She is celebrating 10 years of her company Local Table Tours - a boutique culinary tour operator that started in Boulder in 2010, expanded to Denver in 2011, and Fort Collins in 2016. Megan enjoys the farm-to-table approach to home cooking. She’s a member of the Colorado chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier and is on the board of the Flatirons Food Film Festival.

Colorado's longest-running food tour operator, Local Table Tours is celebrating 10 years in business this year. A Boutique Food Tour Operator, Exploring the Food Scene across the Front Range since 2010. Whether you live in the area or are just visiting, there’s always something new and fun going on in the food and beverage scene. Denver, Boulder, and Fort Collins are exciting places to explore and a guided walking food tour helps you experience it, bite by bite, sip by sip. Rather than be another anonymous face in a restaurant, you can enjoy the special treatment Local Table Tours offers. After all, the best way to get a genuine taste of the town is on a guided food tour with an expert like Megan Bucholtz.

Yo!! Valentine's Day is fast approaching - So what better to do than talk all things chocolate! (And, other decadent sweets for your sweetie). Temper Chocolates and Confections is one of Denver’s premier specialty chocolate shops from Head Chocolatier Anna Victoria Martinez and Partner Mark Callahan located inside the The Denver Central Market with offerings also available at Denver International Airport. They offer a collection of French-style, hand-crafted bonbons as well as products from some of the best chocolatiers from around the world. I love you...muah!

Chris Starkus is on the show today! Chef Chris is the former executive chef of Urban Farmer, and is a boss of urban agriculture, seasonal cooking, and sustainability. A micro farmer and a bee king, chef Starkus has moved on from cooking full time and turned his passion for water conservation into new career as the spokes boss for smarter food defrosting.

A professional chef for 25 years, Chris Starkus pivoted his career to become an eco-entrepreneur and partner of Boss defrost. For Starkus, sustainability equals success. Colorado Biz Magazine named him one of 2019's Most Influential Young Professionals. He is a journeyman bee keeper, farmer and focused on 360 degree sustainability for commercial kitchens.

Sara Brito is completely immersed in the global food community. The Good Food Media Network, publisher of the Good Food 100 Restaurants List™ and Industry Impact Report, is a national nonprofit with a mission to educate and inspire eaters by cultivating a conversation and community around the people and businesses changing the food system for good.

Sara is a 20-year food, advertising/digital media, and Fortune 100 industry veteran with a successful track record leading people and change to make big ideas happen. While serving on the Board of Slow Food NYC, she co-created and launched the Slow Food ‘Snail of Approval’ program. Under Sara's leadership, Chefs Collaborative was nominated for the 2016 Taste Talks inaugural "Outstanding Nonprofit" award, and four of her past clients, were named to Fast Company's World's Most Innovative Companies list. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, ABC News, The Colbert Report, Rachel Ray Everyday Magazine, Eater, and The Denver Post.

Heather Lundy is a licensed professional counselor, an entrepreneur, and the Founder & CEO of Khesed Wellness, a mental health nonprofit based in Denver. Starting four companies by the age of 30, Heather is an explorer of innovative business models that invite others to thrive. She believes every person deserves access to affordable mental health and wellness care, and founded Khesed Wellness to make that happen. After three years of operations, Khesed has a team of 14 clinicians and 11 locations across the Denver Metro area with plans to move statewide and nationwide.

Khesed Wellness makes outpatient mental health and wellness services affordable for the underinsured, which is most of us. Unaffordable costs, insufficient insurance coverage, and difficulty getting an appointment are the top three barriers to seeking mental health care by Denver residents.* The concern for cost is the only barrier that has increased to 65% since 2015. Suicide is the leading cause of death for ages 10-24 in Colorado. Suicide is most common for the 45-64 age range, and men are three times as likely as women to die by suicide. Heather and her team believe these statistics will change through living kindness, which is the meaning of Khesed.

Dealing with depression, or any mental illness is difficult at best. Confronting depression when you're a leader in your industry is a daunting proposition. And, communicating your issues publicly is almost unheard of. And that's exactly why Sheamus Feeley is doing it. Sheamus decided to talk to us about his struggle navigating his mental health while also keeping his station in life as a high profile restaurateur, consultant and chef. He's doing it because we need him to talk about it. A leader not just in the kitchen, but someone shining a light on what depression looks like.

Sheamus built the foundation of his career with the Hillstone Restaurant Group in executive-level positions. Having held roles from General Manager and Executive Chef/Research and Development to Executive Chef & Vice President. Sheamus attended the University of Arkansas, studying journalism, has been a guest speaker at Cornell University, commencement speaker at The Culinary Institute of America, Greystone, having also taught aspiring restaurant managers there. He was a Featured Chef at the prestigious James Beard House and continues to be part of the James Beard Celebrity Chef Tour.