FancyBreadMiami

In this episode, Adrian and Ed take FancyBread outside to Coconut Grove for another real conversation about restaurant life and hospitality.

They start by breaking down the surprisingly complicated world of ordering a martini — from gin vs. vodka and premium brands to shaken vs. stirred, garnishes, and how a few smart questions can turn a basic cocktail into a much bigger sale.

From there, the conversation moves into the little things servers do to create an experience, why restaurants should control what influencers and promoter tables receive, and the complicated relationship restaurant workers have with celebrating guest birthdays night after night.

They also talk about learning from other restaurants, knowing when you’ve said your name one too many times, and finish with a very Miami question:

Who is brave enough to open a restaurant here right now?

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⏱ Chapters
0:00 Show Start — FancyBread Outside in Coconut Grove
0:53 How to Order & Upsell a Martini
1:21 The Most Expensive Martini We’ve Sold
1:57 What Actually Makes a Martini?
2:23 Martini Style: Classic, Dirty & Beyond
3:40 Gin or Vodka?
5:24 The Most Important Martini Question: Which Brand?
8:27 Up or on the Rocks?
9:14 Shaken vs. Stirred
10:24 Olives, Twists & Blue Cheese
11:34 How to Simplify the Martini Order
13:04 The Little “White Lies” We Tell Guests
14:00 Why Moscow Mules Come in Copper Mugs
15:17 Getting Recognized From FancyBread
15:46 Should Influencers Get Their Own Menu?
18:46 Promoter Menus & Controlling the Experience
20:59 Guest Birthdays — How Special Are They to the Server?
21:54 Fishing for the Free Birthday Dessert 😂
25:24 How Many Times Should a Server Say Their Name?
26:44 What We Learn From Dining at Other Restaurants
27:21 Opening a Restaurant in Miami Right Now
28:07 Last Words

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🎙 About FancyBread

FancyBread (formerly FancyBreadMiami) is about the real, raw, and sometimes misunderstood aspects of restaurant life.

Hosted by two food & beverage professionals with over 20 years of combined experience, we talk about what it’s really like working in hospitality — from service and guest psychology to the realities of being in the weeds.

Our mission:
Educate • Entertain • Inspire • Connect

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🌐 Website:
https://www.fancybreadmiami.com

🎧 Audio Podcast:
https://fancybreadmiami.buzzsprout.com

👉🍞💼 Business Inquiries:
[email protected]

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💬 Question for you:

What’s one thing you’ve learned from dining at another restaurant that changed the way you work?

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Adrian and Ed go deep on the things that break the illusion of a great dining experience — from crumbs in your seat to dirty glassware, auctioning food, and guests who disappear into the bathroom for 20 minutes right before the big presentation. Plus a raw conversation about Miami Spice VIPs who aren't actually VIPs, the dilemma of wanting your favorite restaurant busy but empty when you arrive, why restaurant food is never actually healthy, and the micro-charges sneaking onto your bill that you need to start paying attention to.

Chapters:
0:00 — Crumbs in the Seat — Breaking the Illusion
1:03 — The Hotel That Didn't Reset the Room
3:18 — Things You Shouldn't Think Too Much About If You Want to Live Happily
5:49 — Do Servers Eat Off Guest Plates?
8:46 — Auctioning Food — What It Is and Why It's Unacceptable
9:44 — Seat Numbers — The Line Between Casual and Fine Dining
15:05 — A Room Full of Women — The Data Conversation
17:53 — Miami Spice — Customer vs Server Experience
20:07 — Miami Spice Is a Necessary Evil
24:02 — Most of You Are Not VIPs and That's Okay
29:29 — Megan's Been in the Bathroom for 20 Minutes
34:38 — Ed's Dilemma — Wanting It Busy When You're Not There
39:26 — How to Properly Handle and Place Glassware
43:07 — Too Many Allergies? Stay Home.
45:37 — Micro-Charges Sneaking Onto Your Bill
46:46 — The Shake Shack Kiosk Tip Scandal
48:04 — FancyBread Is Going Outside on the 25th — Come Find Us

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🎙 About FancyBread
FancyBread is about the real, raw, and sometimes misunderstood aspects of restaurant life. Hosted by two food & beverage professionals with over 20 years of combined experience, we talk about what it's really like working in hospitality — honesty, humor, and heart.
Our mission: To Educate, Entertain, Inspire, and Connect.

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🌐 Website: https://www.fancybreadmiami.com
🎧 Audio Podcast: https://fancybreadmiami.buzzsprout.com
👉🍞💼 Business Inquiries: [email protected]

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💬 Have you ever noticed a micro-charge on your restaurant bill that you didn't expect?

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Adrian and Ed go full live pre-shift mode — tackling the unspoken rules guests break without knowing it, why "where are the appetizers?" might be the most unacceptable question in restaurant history, and the spiral that happens when one person at an eight-top orders coffee. Plus the death of restaurant coffee, the server who went way too over the top waiting on a coworker, bacon lardon as a life philosophy, and a PSA for anyone trashing Miami Beach.

Chapters:

0:00 — Live Pre-Shift Begins
0:22 — It's Too Dark in Here — The Restaurant Lighting Problem
3:16 — Guests Who Refuse Help and Need It the Most
5:56 — "Where Are the Appetizers?" — The Most Unacceptable Question
9:32 — Do You Cringe at Your Coworker's Fake Laugh?
12:26 — How to Handle an 86'd Item the Right Way
15:26 — Stop Taking Blame for Things You Don't Control
17:28 — The Bacon Lardon That Fixed Everything
21:34 — The Gap — Rules, Enforcement, and Why It Matters
26:46 — Being Waited on by an Ex-Coworker
29:44 — Guests Who Pre-Bus Their Own Tables
31:19 — Silverware Placement and What It Actually Means
39:32 — Restaurants Are Done With Coffee
41:43 — One Person Orders Coffee and the Floodgates Open
45:06 — Please Clean Up After Yourselves on Miami Beach

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🎙 About FancyBread
FancyBread is about the real, raw, and sometimes misunderstood aspects of restaurant life. Hosted by two food & beverage professionals with over 20 years of combined experience, we talk about what it's really like working in hospitality — honesty, humor, and heart.
Our mission: To Educate, Entertain, Inspire, and Connect.

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🌐 Website: https://www.fancybreadmiami.com
🎧 Audio Podcast: https://fancybreadmiami.buzzsprout.com
👉🍞💼 Business Inquiries: [email protected]

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💬 What's the most unacceptable thing a guest has ever asked you in a restaurant — or done to you as a server?

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In this episode, Adrian and Ed take FancyBread outside for a change of scenery and another real conversation about restaurant life and hospitality.

From water preferences and the awkward moment when a guest remembers you—but you don’t remember them—to hospitality teams, the Michelin Guide, menu pictures, guest spending habits, the World Cup in Miami, and why liquor trainings might need some fixing, the boys cover a little bit of everything.

Same FancyBread conversations. This time, we’re just outside. 😁

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⏱ Chapters

0:00 Intro
0:38 Heading Out
1:27 Show Start
1:50 Water Preference & Other Simple Decisions
4:08 When a Guest Remembers You, but You Don’t
6:09 The Business of Hospitality & Its Teams
8:49 Let’s Talk Michelin Guide
13:25 Pictures or No Pictures on Menus?
15:19 50/50 Behavior
20:48 Guests Can Still Spend Even If They Don’t Drink
22:22 World Cup in Miami
23:57 Let’s Fix Liquor Trainings
28:41 Fancy Announcements
29:13 Last Words

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🎙 About FancyBread

FancyBread (formerly FancyBreadMiami) is about the real, raw, and sometimes misunderstood aspects of restaurant life.

Hosted by two food & beverage professionals with over 20 years of combined experience, we talk about what it’s really like working in hospitality—from service and guest psychology to the realities of being in the weeds.

Our mission:
Educate • Entertain • Inspire • Connect

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🌐 Website:
https://www.fancybreadmiami.com

🎧 Audio Podcast:
https://fancybreadmiami.buzzsprout.com

👉🍞💼 Business Inquiries:
[email protected]

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💬 Question for you:

Do you prefer restaurant conversations inside… or is everything a little better outside? 😁

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In this episode of FancyBread, Adrian and Ed sit down with Imani @imanimusicofficial to discuss the role of the doorman, door host, and security professional in hospitality.

We talk about why restaurants need security, the difference between managing guests inside and outside the venue, dealing with VIPs, guest reputation, admission policies, Miami nightlife, earning tips at the door, and the opportunities available in this line of work.

Whether you’ve worked hospitality, security, or simply wondered what happens behind the velvet rope, this episode offers a real look into the people helping create a safe and smooth guest experience.

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⏱ Chapters

0:00 Show Start
0:57 Who is Imani @imanimusicofficial
3:08 What is a Doorman and/or Bouncer? (Google Says)
4:02 Why Does a Restaurant Need Security?
6:22 Outside Value of the Role
8:19 Indoor Value of the Role
10:13 Dealing with VIPs and Non-VIPs
13:53 Yes and No with the Doorman and/or Bouncer
15:03 I Know the…
15:57 Your Guest Reputation
17:43 Guests Who Spend vs Guests Who Don’t Spend
21:03 We Reserve the Right of Admission
23:06 Bringing Alcohol In or Out of the Restaurant or Club
24:55 Miami F***boys in Restaurants
28:29 Who’s This Job For?
30:53 Opportunities for This Role
34:09 Adrian & Ed Door Management Experience
36:58 How to Make Tips at the Door?
37:58 Live Means Live 🤷‍♂️ Skip to next chapter ➡️
42:18 How to Make Tips at the Door Continued 😁
44:52 Last Words: 1 Thing for People in the Line to Know 😂
46:23 Adrian’s Closer

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🎙 About FancyBread

FancyBread (formerly FancyBreadMiami) is about the real, raw, and sometimes misunderstood aspects of restaurant / hospitality life.

Hosted by two food & beverage professionals with over 20 years of combined experience, we talk about what it’s really like working in hospitality—from service and guest psychology to the realities of being in the weeds.

Our mission:
Educate • Entertain • Inspire • Connect

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🌐 Website:
https://www.fancybreadmiami.com

🎧 Audio Podcast:
https://fancybreadmiami.buzzsprout.com

👉🍞💼 Business Inquiries:
[email protected]

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💬 Question for you:

What’s the most important quality a doorman, bouncer, or security professional should have?

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Servers vs. Flight Attendants ✈️🍞

Adrian and Ed sit down with @janellynette, former server, now flight attendant, and @1caprice (off camera) to discuss the similarities between serving tables & serving planes. We’ll also share tips on how to make both experiences more pleasant for guests and passengers alike. 🍞✈️

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⏱ CHAPTERS

0:00 Ed’s Opener
0:29 Adrian’s Opener
1:17 Guest Intro @janellynette
2:24 2nd Guest (Off Camera) Intro @1caprice
3:16 Hooters vs. Flight Attendant
4:56 Smells on Planes
9:14 Receiving Tips vs. Soliciting Tips
13:13 Safety Demonstrations vs. Restaurant Spiels
16:56 Changing Seats on Planes and Restaurants
20:50 Flight Attendant Positions, Picks, and Roles
22:50 Male Flight Attendants?
23:46 What About Service Pets on Board? Fan Question ❤️
24:20 Team Layout on the Plane vs. Land
26:00 Snack Time (Food on Planes)
27:56 Smells in Restaurants & Vapes 🚭
29:45 Is the Mile High Club a Real Thing? @1caprice Joins the Table!
33:37 Flight Attendant Pet Peeves
36:20 Flight Attendants as Passengers
38:00 Safety Hazards Are a Real Thing on Planes! 🔥✈️
39:40 Which Airplane Safety Rules Actually Matter?
41:40 Entitled Passengers & Connecting Flights
43:04 Why Do People Clap When the Plane Lands? 👏✈️
44:13 Passenger Behavior vs. Restaurant Guest Behavior
44:54 What Annoys Us When We Fly?
47:22 Drugs & Alcohol in the Airline Industry
48:03 Servers & Flight Attendants Are More Similar Than We Thought
49:00 What Gets a Flight Attendant Written Up?
49:54 Passenger Complaints: Perception Is Reality
51:02 What Happens When a Flight Attendant Calls Out?
53:34 How Flight Attendants Handle Difficult Passengers
54:07 Scary Moments & Medical Emergencies in the Air
55:21 Turbulence: What Flight Attendants Want You to Know
56:29 Do Flight Attendants Get “In the Weeds”?
57:41 Who Forgot the Ice?! 🧊
58:55 Asking for Multiple Drinks on a Plane
59:44 What Flight Attendants Wish Passengers Knew
1:00:52 Will Adrian & Ed Behave Differently on Planes Now?
1:01:05 Welcome to FancyBread Airlines ✈️🍞

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🎙 About FancyBread
FancyBread is about the real, raw, and sometimes misunderstood aspects of restaurant life. Hosted by two food & beverage professionals with over 20 years of combined experience, we talk about what it’s really like working in hospitality — honesty, humor, and heart.
Our mission: To Educate, Entertain, Inspire, and Connect.

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🌐 Website: https://www.fancybreadmiami.com
🎧 Audio Podcast: https://fancybreadmiami.buzzsprout.com
👉🍞💼 Business Inquiries: [email protected]

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💬 Servers and flight attendants deal with a lot of the same things — demanding guests, long shifts, safety rules, tips, teamwork, and getting in the weeds. Which job do you think is harder?

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A restaurant / hospitality podcast.

In this episode, Adrian and Ed step out of the studio and into The Wrapper Miami to sit down with owner and operator Eli.

Together, they discuss the realities of running a restaurant in today’s world—from the impact of Google reviews and how restaurants should respond to them, to the pros and cons of self-ordering kiosks and the growing presence of delivery bots in Miami.

The conversation also explores customer feedback, adapting to industry changes, restaurant technology, and what it takes to operate successfully in an increasingly competitive market.

Whether you’re a restaurant operator, hospitality professional, or simply curious about where dining is headed, this episode offers a behind-the-scenes look at the challenges and opportunities shaping modern restaurants.

📍 The Wrapper Miami

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⏱ Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:53 Show Start
1:40 Who is Eli & The Wrapper Miami?
3:00 How Google Describes The Wrapper Miami
5:48 Can Google Reviews Help Your Restaurant?
9:15 How to Get Reviews From Customers
10:54 How to Deal With a Bad Review
12:53 3 Years of Advice for Restaurant Operators
17:08 What’s the Dream for The Wrapper Miami?
18:15 What is Shawarma?
19:15 How A Perfect Score Can Hurt You
20:38 Self-Ordering Kiosks: Pros & Cons
23:58 Industry Summer in Miami
24:48 What Bothers You About the Industry?
26:41 Who is The Wrapper For?
29:20 Being Right On the Beach and Adapting
33:49 Delivery Bots in Miami
41:46 Last Words
43:00 Adrian’s Closer

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🎙 About FancyBread

FancyBread (formerly FancyBreadMiami) is about the real, raw, and sometimes misunderstood aspects of restaurant life.

Hosted by two food & beverage professionals with over 20 years of combined experience, we talk about what it’s really like working in hospitality—from service and guest psychology to the realities of being in the weeds.

Our mission:

Educate • Entertain • Inspire • Connect

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🌐 Website:
https://www.fancybreadmiami.com

🎧 Audio Podcast:
https://fancybreadmiami.buzzsprout.com

👉🍞💼 Business Inquiries:
[email protected]

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💬 Question for you:

Would you rather order from a person, or self-ordering kiosk, and do you prefer a person delivering your food or a delivery bot?

👍 Like, comment, share, and subscribe for weekly episodes about restaurant life, hospitality, and real conversations.

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Eli's previous appearance on the show:
https://youtu.be/nczezBEBBXk

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FancyBread turns 4 🥂

Adrian and Ed look back at 4 years of the show — how they choose their topics, the hardest part of staying consistent, what keeps them going, and what year five looks like.

Then it’s back to restaurant life: wine prices and corkage fees, dealing with indecisive guests, selling another round, weekday vs. weekend service, building hospitality skills, restaurant red flags, oversized menus, and, of course, the importance of good bread.

Four years later, the mission remains the same: Educate, Entertain, Inspire, and Connect.

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⏱ CHAPTERS

00:00 – Welcome + FancyBread’s 4-Year Anniversary
01:17 – Restaurant Wine Prices & Corkage Fees
06:58 – How We Pick Topics for FancyBread
09:12 – Who Is FancyBread For?
11:07 – The Hardest Part of Building FancyBread
15:09 – What Would We Tell Ourselves 4 Years Ago?
17:48 – What Keeps FancyBread Going Into Year 5?
18:58 – How Much of the Menu Should You Explain?
22:29 – How to Handle Indecisive Guests
24:32 – The Psychology of Selling Another Drink
26:34 – Weekend Warriors vs. Weekday Philosophers
28:15 – Talk Yourself Out of This One: The Mistress Situation
32:29 – Why You Never Say “Welcome Back”
33:14 – Talk Yourself Out of This One: Crying Birthday Guest
36:09 – Why Weekday Shifts Make You a Better Server
37:19 – The Uncomfortable Question Scooter Game
39:27 – Weekday Training vs. Weekend Execution
42:31 – Who Makes More Money: Weekday or Weekend Servers?
44:03 – Which Shift Builds Better Hospitality Skills?
48:46 – Exhausted & Paid or Rested & Broke?
50:35 – Restaurant First Impressions & Red Flags
52:27 – Why Huge Menus Can Be a Bad Sign
54:29 – How Important Is the Bread?
57:13 – Last Words + Celebrating Four Years

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🎙 About FancyBread
FancyBread is about the real, raw, and sometimes misunderstood aspects of restaurant life. Hosted by two food & beverage professionals with over 20 years of combined experience, we talk about what it’s really like working in hospitality — honesty, humor, and heart.
Our mission: To Educate, Entertain, Inspire, and Connect.

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🌐 Website: https://www.fancybreadmiami.com
🎧 Audio Podcast: https://fancybreadmiami.buzzsprout.com
👉🍞💼 Business Inquiries: [email protected]

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💬 Would you rather work the busy weekend shift and make more money, or work the slower weekdays and have more time to connect with your guests?

👍 Like, comment, share, and subscribe for weekly episodes about restaurant life, hospitality, and real conversations.

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In this episode of FancyBread LIVE, Adrian & Ed are joined by a former manager — Miss @beeturnier — for one of the a real, unfiltered, and hilarious conversation. From employee evaluations (Adrian & Ed get an evaluation!) to dress codes, sugar daddies, and the BBA, nothing is off limits.

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🎙 About FancyBread FancyBread is about the real, raw, and sometimes misunderstood aspects of restaurant life. Hosted by two food & beverage professionals with over 20 years of combined experience, we talk about what it's really like working in hospitality — honesty, humor, and heart.

Our mission: To Educate, Entertain, Inspire, and Connect.

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📌 Chapters: 

0:14 Ed's Opener (Damned if you do, damned if you don't) 

4:02 Show Start 4:24 @beeturnier Hospitality Story 

8:07 @beeturnier Industry Pro's and Con's 

11:14 Employee Evaluations in Restaurants 

23:24 @beeturnier Evaluates Adrian & Ed as Servers! 

28:02 Know Your Spirits? 

32:09 How Many Spirits Should Your Servers Know? 

36:24 Those Who Spend and Those Who Don't 

41:30 How to Handle Those Who Don't Spend 

49:47 Male Guest Dress Code in Fine Dining Restaurants in Miami 

58:48 Female Guest Dress Code in Fine Dining Restaurants in Miami 

1:06:55 Sugar Daddies and The BBA "Bad B*tch Academy" 

1:12:00 Last Words 

1:12:20 Adrian's Closer 

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🌐 Website: https://www.fancybreadmiami.com 

🎧 Audio Podcast: https://fancybreadmiami.buzzsprout.com 

👉🍞💼 Business Inquiries: [email protected]

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💬 What topic from this episode hit closest to home for you?

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🍞🎙 Episode Description

In this week’s FancyBread Live episode, Adrian and Ed dive deep into guest relationships and service dynamics inside the restaurant world.

We talk about the awkward moment of changing your preferred server, what actually upsets guests more — being rushed or waiting, and how the host stand quietly influences whether guests become repeat customers.

We also explore an uncomfortable but honest topic in hospitality: when — and why — we sometimes stretch the truth to guests or even to staff members during service.

We finish with the Fancy Fan Question of the week:
How do you properly ask a guest for that all-important review?

If you’ve ever worked in restaurants, hospitality, food & beverage — or if you simply enjoy understanding the dynamics behind great service — this episode is for you.

This LIVE episode is unedited for authenticity.

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⏱ Chapters

0:00 Show Start
0:25 March Pre-Shift Notes
3:45 Changing Your Preferred Server
18:56 What Upsets Guests More: Being Rushed vs Waiting?
28:44 Turning Guest into repeat Customers
36:03 Under What Circumstances Do We Lie?
44:28 FancyFan Question: How Do You Ask for a Review?

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🎙 About FancyBread

FancyBread (formerly FancyBreadMiami) is about the real, raw, and sometimes misunderstood aspects of restaurant life.

Hosted by two food & beverage professionals with over 20 years of combined experience, we talk about what it’s really like working in hospitality — from service and guest psychology to the realities of being in the weeds.

Our mission:
Educate • Entertain • Inspire • Connect

⸻

🌐 Website
https://www.fancybreadmiami.com

🎧 Audio Podcast
https://fancybreadmiami.buzzsprout.com

👉🍞💼 Business Inquiries
[email protected]

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💬 Question for you:
What’s the best way to build a great relationship with your server?

👍 Like, comment, share, and subscribe for weekly episodes about restaurant life, hospitality, and real conversations.

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#FancyBreadMiami #RestaurantLife #HospitalityPodcast

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