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Matthew’s culinary career began in 1998 when he opened his first restaurant in Oklahoma. Since then, Matthew has traveled and studied Culinary Arts overseas and throughout the United States. In addition to pursuing his culinary passions, he has also been catering since 2000. Matthew has had the honor of catering for government officials, city officials, and many other high-end individuals.

It’s no surprise then that Matthew has also spent time being a Private Chef for celebrities and athletes.In 2010, while still attending culinary school, he opened a BBQ restaurant in Long Beach with great reviews that he eventually sold later on. He became an American Culinary Federation member in 2010, and has completed several volunteer events with the ACF.

Matthew has won numerous cooking events during his time as a Chef. He’s won BBQ awards, Cajun/Creole awards, and several other awards to date. His overseas experience is powerfully displayed in his finished culinary works. While working for the Hyatt Regency, he ran several of their 5-star restaurants including a Teppanyaki restaurant, Italian restaurant, Japanese restaurant, and even their Las Vegas style buffet restaurant. Matthew is well versed in butchery, training, and menu planning.

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Russ Rosenband is the founder of The Lot Next Door, an ideas-driven real estate, hospitality and start-up consulting and investment firm based in Brooklyn, NY. A licensed real estate broker in the state of New York, Russ also works with emerging restaurant/retail brands and their investors on site selection and real estate strategy.

Russ has extensive experience developing distinct destinations and multi-tenant food & beverage outlets across multiple markets such as The Market Line in Manhattan, Building 77 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and The Roost in Washington, DC.

Prior to founding the Lot Next Door, Russ served as Vice President of Development at The Prusik Group, a NY-based real estate developer focused on retail and mixed-use assets throughout the tri-state area.

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Mike Kelly is the Director of Distribution Partnerships at AtmosphereTV. His career spans across several years in the wine and spirits industry working on behalf of some of the largest spirits brands in the world. Mike joined AtmosphereTV in 2016 (then known as CHIVE TV) as one of the first employees as the concept of audio-free TV content specifically for businesses was created by CHIVE Media Group, who you may recognize from their early days as theCHIVE.com. Since then, fresh off a $100M Series C announcement last week, CHIVE TV has spun off to become known as AtmosphereTV. Home to 50+ content channels built specifically for bars, restaurants, and businesses of all kinds Atmosphere provides a 100% FREE TV service for your business. Their service features several owned and operated channels like CHIVE TV, Happy TV, and BeachBumTV as well as partner channels like Red Bull TV, TikTokTV, America's Funniest Home Videos, Geeks Who Drink Trivia and more. Get AtmosphereTV for your business and have your setup fee waived by using the code KYLE or clicking here: https://atmosphere.tv/partner/nro-podcast "

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Matt Plapp is a restaurant marketing guru, CrossFitter, quthor/speaker, consultant, business coach, and dad based out Cincinnati OH.   He's owned his restaurant marketing company since 2008 and since then he has helped hundreds of restaurateurs across the country.  Matt is also an author, two books in the restaurant marketing field, “Don't 86 Your Restaurant Sales” & “Sell More Slices” and his third book, out now , titled “Restaurant Marketing That Works.” 

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Zaid Ayoub is the founder and CEO of the Bay Area-headquartered, rapidly expanding fast-casual concept SAJJ Mediterranean. While studying engineering in college, Ayoub frequented a local falafel shop that often had a line out the door. He realized that if Mediterranean food could blend great flavors with streamlined operations, there was a strong market (full of hungry people) eager to eat it! After a few years in tech startups, a friend of his mentioned his Mediterranean fast-casual concept idea, and Ayoub and four partners took the plunge, opening the first SAJJ location in Menlo Park in 2012. At the opening, Ayoub was approached and asked “How long have you been open?” Ayoub’s cheerful response of “45 minutes!” was met with disbelief, then, “Can I invest?”

As SAJJ has grown in the last 9 years, Ayoub never took his eyes off the product: high-quality, fresh food that was also approachable and transparent. He realized that people want convenience and speed without sacrificing a culinary experience, which is why SAJJ uses a customize-your-own service model. Ayoub knew that “Mediterranean food” covers a wide variety of geographic regions, and the cuisine is often adjusted to meet the local palate. In Paris’ Latin Quarter, for example, falafel and shawarma sandwiches are paired with french fries, which SAJJ offers. Keeping in the spirit of this culinary localization, ingredients like kale and avocado adapt Mediterranean food to the California palate. Ayoub also understood that customers want to know what they’re eating, and where their food comes from. Early on, SAJJ adopted a policy of transparency and formed partnerships with local farmers and bakers to source fresh produce and bread. In fact, each SAJJ restaurant proudly and prominently displays a large map of California that shows exactly where that location gets their produce. This customizability, localization, and transparency of SAJJ’s offerings makes Mediterranean food convenient and approachable.

Under Ayoub’s strategic leadership, SAJJ Mediterranean has grown from that single brick-and-mortar location into a growing network of 15 restaurants and additional food trucks offering catering and event services. Ayoub plans to use his background in entrepreneurship, and his longtime love of Mediterranean food, to continue expanding SAJJ Mediterranean into a trusted restaurant brand that brings fresh, healthy Middle Eastern eats to those around the globe.

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Monte worked in the restaurant industry since he was 15 years old and has over 20 years experience as a restaurant manager. Rising from bar manager, service manager, kitchen manager to GM for Wolfgang Puck in the first four years in management. During his time with Wolfgang Puck he was featured in David Steadman’s book Beverage Biz is Show Biz. 

His restaurants were consistently named in best of categories of several Nashville magazines in reader and writer polls. His successful stewardship of these restaurants got him featured in Nashville Wine Press, The Tasting Panel, Restaurant Business Magazine, Nashville Scene, and many other publications. One of those restaurants was Acme Feed & Seed (the 31st highest grossing restaurant in the country at $18,500,000.) He later became Director of Opera-ions overseeing four restaurants including Acme. And he did it while maintaining work/life balance.

Today, Monte is an expert restaurateur, restaurant coach, thought leader, author, and speaker. He works with restaurant owners and executives all over the country to maximize the success of their restaurant empire while still maintaining work/life balance.  His proven system focuses on People, Product, Systems, Sales, and Profits.

If you would like to schedule a complimentary call t with Monte please email him at [email protected]

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Chris Wyland is an accomplished franchise development and business professional with a track record of successfully connecting experienced multi-unit operators with franchise concepts. Chris began his career in the professional sports industry having worked in the front office for both the California Angels Baseball and the Los Angeles Kings Hockey sports franchises. From 2011 to 2019 he helped create and franchise multiple concepts where he served as CEO, VP of Franchise Development, and as an independent franchise consultant. Most recently he has held the title of Franchise Sales Director for Capriotti's Sandwich Shops and Slim Chickens.

Chris and his wife Dawna live in Huntington Beach, CA. They have 4 children- Alexis, Austin, Kaylah & Kingston. Outside of the office, he is committed to spending time with his family, hiking, sports, traveling, and attending live music events. Chris attended Portland State University where he played football and received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Sports Marketing.

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Craig Barber is the CEO of Restaurant Growth Services, with several years of experience as a C-level executive for a multi-concept franchisor along with owning a franchise while serving as board chair for the franchisee association provides unique insight into the opportunities (and challenges) of franchise relationships. Have served on the boards of a public company, private equity owned companies and the franchisee association of a large (1,500+ unit) mid-scale restaurant concept.

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Adam Weiss is the CEO + Director of Honeybee Burger, a mission driven, plant-based, QSR concept two locations ( 3rd on the way) in  Los Angeles, California.

Adam's goal is to focus on businesses that can change the world for the better with a primary concentration on Food-and Agricultural  Tech related businesses that  can leverage new and disruptive products,  and technologies in order to reduce the impact and use of animals in the food chain.

In 2018, when he  came up Honeybee Burger, a brand that is quickly establishing itself as a platform for new and emerging plant-based brands including Impossible Foods, Beyond meat, Just Egg, and Eclipse Foods.

Honeybee has recently raised more than a million dollars on START ENGINE, to assist Adam, and the Honeybee brand in growing nationally, through small-footprint brick and mortar locations, virtual kitchens to broaden delivery, and franchising.

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