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Pineapple Sessions Episode 16, Chef and Entrepreneur David Rodriguez
Chef David Rodriguez is a culinary and business entrepreneur – he is passionate about food and cooking and operates a growing food business that includes a successful food cart and catering business. You may have heard of his Melted Craft Grilled CheeseFood Truck, or The International Catering Co (Chef's Table and Catering) or even the newest venture, Taco Local up in the Wisconsin Dells. And you may have seen him on the show "Car to Table" which brought local chefs into strangers kitchens, including Madison College's Hospitality Management program alumni, China Moon and Food Fight Restaurant Group's Chef Giovanni Novella.
A Food for Thought, his new web series highlighting sustainable food systems throughout Wisconsin, and connects Madison chefs and the public to the producers who thoughtfully raise and grow our sustenance.
🎥 The series premiere drops July 28 at 7 p.m. on isthmus.com, Facebook, YouTube and Vimeo. To best take in the stunning Sitka landscapes, they recommend watching on a large screen!
In this interview, David is so raw and shares incredible advice that I can’t wait for you to hear. Some nuggets include:
•That the food can’t be meh – you have to put out a good product.
•Why he ate humble pie, learned to ask for help and started caring about how things operate while surrounding himself with talented people.
•That he swears he nearly died when he first opened up.
•Once he realized he management wasn’t his strength and let someone else rock that position, he could put the pieces together and do the work he needed to do and gain freedom.
•If you don’t get cost control, it’s super easy to get blind-sighted and go under.
•Defensiveness and cockiness will not help you identify and fix problems. Humility and reflection does.
•Ego can get in the way of the work – nobody has time for that.
•You won’t get there without help.
•How he got himself out of a bad situation and is proud of what they’ve done.
•You have to work hard. No matter who you are, the only way out is up.
•Your dreams won’t come to you. And if you don’t want to work for them, you don’t deserve them if you do get them.
Enjoy and help spread the great work being done in our industry by sharing these interviews on your social media sites
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By Dr Lynea LaVoy, CHEChef David Rodriguez is a culinary and business entrepreneur – he is passionate about food and cooking and operates a growing food business that includes a successful food cart and catering business. You may have heard of his Melted Craft Grilled CheeseFood Truck, or The International Catering Co (Chef's Table and Catering) or even the newest venture, Taco Local up in the Wisconsin Dells. And you may have seen him on the show "Car to Table" which brought local chefs into strangers kitchens, including Madison College's Hospitality Management program alumni, China Moon and Food Fight Restaurant Group's Chef Giovanni Novella.
A Food for Thought, his new web series highlighting sustainable food systems throughout Wisconsin, and connects Madison chefs and the public to the producers who thoughtfully raise and grow our sustenance.
🎥 The series premiere drops July 28 at 7 p.m. on isthmus.com, Facebook, YouTube and Vimeo. To best take in the stunning Sitka landscapes, they recommend watching on a large screen!
In this interview, David is so raw and shares incredible advice that I can’t wait for you to hear. Some nuggets include:
•That the food can’t be meh – you have to put out a good product.
•Why he ate humble pie, learned to ask for help and started caring about how things operate while surrounding himself with talented people.
•That he swears he nearly died when he first opened up.
•Once he realized he management wasn’t his strength and let someone else rock that position, he could put the pieces together and do the work he needed to do and gain freedom.
•If you don’t get cost control, it’s super easy to get blind-sighted and go under.
•Defensiveness and cockiness will not help you identify and fix problems. Humility and reflection does.
•Ego can get in the way of the work – nobody has time for that.
•You won’t get there without help.
•How he got himself out of a bad situation and is proud of what they’ve done.
•You have to work hard. No matter who you are, the only way out is up.
•Your dreams won’t come to you. And if you don’t want to work for them, you don’t deserve them if you do get them.
Enjoy and help spread the great work being done in our industry by sharing these interviews on your social media sites