Folly Rob sits down with Chef Karyn Tomlinson (@katomlinson), owner of Myriel (@myrielmn) in St. Paul, MN. Hear her story of shifting to a culinary life in her early 20s including (but not limited to) moving to Paris, France to study at Le Cordon Bleu, working her way to run the pastry program at Borough in Minneapolis, working at a Michelin starred restaurant in Sweden, Chef de Cuisine at Corner Table in MPLS, to opening a new restaurant during a pandemic.

Pre-order your holiday dinner now at myrielmn.com (I highly recommend the apple pie) and check out the weekly takeout menu

Folly Rob sits down with two University of Minnesota students, Josh and Matthew, who have a business concept based on single origin espresso. They contacted Rob to meet and discuss the plan and potential opportunities and challenges which turned into this episode. Listen along with the discussion as potential strategies and pivots are discussed in changing a pop-up concept into an educational platform with a digital and physical presence. Topics discussed include but are not limited to:

In this episode, Folly Rob sits down with Ross Jett, owner of Second State Coffee in Charleston, a cafe and coffee roaster with multiple locations. Beginning 9 years ago as Black Tap Coffee, they began roasting their own coffee two years later and rebranded to Second State. Hear his story of starting from one cafe ahead of the specialty curve in Charleston, expanding to two, and now three with their most recent purchase of a specialty cafe. Enjoy!

@secondstatecoffee

secondstatecoffee.com

This episode is a must listen for anyone who is or aspires to be an entrepreneur, especially within food & beverage. Folly Rob sits down with Kamal Mohamed, former founder of the Uptown Food Truck Festival, Juicebot, and most recently, Nashville Coop in St. Paul. Nashville Coop combines the popular Nashville Hot Chicken with the traditional Ethiopian spices Kamal grew up with for an incredible and unique blend. Hear how a nightmarish first year of the Uptown Food Truck Festival (from too many people showing up!) led him down an entrepreneurial path of multiple successful businesses within food & beverage. Enjoy!

@nashvillecoop

www.nashvillecoop.com

Recorded November 9th, 2020

If you live in Minnesota, you likely know the name. Chef Justin Sutherland (@chefjustinsutherland) has blown up over the past few years from launching Handsome Hog in St. Paul, winning Iron Chef, competing in Top Chef, and much more. He even has a new show, Fast Foodies, launching on TruTV. Hear how he went from packing up on a whim and living in Costa Rica after a life-changing car crash to becoming one of the most popular chefs around. Enjoy!

@chefjustinsutherland

@handsome_hog

If you live in the Twin Cities, you likely follow @eatdrinkdishmpls one of the most popular food Instagram pages in Minnesota with 70.9k followers. Folly Rob sits down with the person behind the page, Golnaz Yamoutpour, who started the page in 2014 and organically grown a following through engaging content and intelligent social media marketing strategy. Golnaz also recently announced the launch of Eats with Eddy (www.eatswitheddy.com) a curated Twin Cities food and restaurant guide as well as being an independent social media consultant. Hear her story here! Enjoy!

@eatdrinkdishmpls

@eatswitheddy

www.eatswitheddy.com

@teameatdrinkdish

This impromptu episode happed when Jake was in town from Duluth to pick up some green coffee from Cafe Imports in Minneapolis. Folly Rob sat down with him to discuss his journey in coffee from barista, to head roaster, all the way to launching Underwood Coffee Roasters (now available!). Jake is humble, hard working, and roasts a damn good cup of coffee. Hear his story here!

@underwood_coffee

underwoodcoffee.com

This is like a 2 for 1 special, because the massively growing business of Revitalyte (a hangover/hydration cure) is not his first venture. Hear how Ryan started a frozen pizza business specializing in mac n cheese pizza and ended up in the business of a unique hydration solution. This is a great example of how hard work and feet on the street can be the game changer for a business. Enjoy!

In this episode, Folly Rob sits down with Alexa Score. She is a professional TV Personality with the MN Vikings, Made for the Outdoors, Destination Polaris, CW Twin Cities, and even had a role in 2 Headed Shark Attack (it's as amazing as it sounds). Here how Alexa went from surviving leukemia at age 16 to graduating high school early to become a professional wakeboarder at 21. Since then she has made a name for herself with appearances on MTV, ESPN, Travel Channel and more. Alexa has a great outlook on life and this was a fantastic conversation. Enjoy!

@alexascore