The Hot Minute

The Hot Minute

The Hot Minute is a hospitality-focused podcast that delves into the bare knuckles, brass rings and big names within BC’s burgeoning food and beverage scene. In each episode, co-hosts Dan Larsen and JC Sorensen share the origin stories, travails and triumphs of this province’s most acclaimed chefs, sommeliers, restaurateurs, change-makers and risk-takers. Always off the cuff, of the moment and in the weeds, The Hot Minute serves up hot takes on the BC hospitality scene and those who live and work within it.

Episodes

  1. 2023-11-05

    Jennifer Rossi - Kitchen Party

    You may not be familiar with the name Kitchen Table Group, but we guarantee you’ve heard of their concepts. The KT portfolio includes such award-winning cafés and restaurants as Ask For Luigi, Carlino and Bacaro (all three of which were recently recommended by the Michelin Guide) as well as Pourhouse, Pizzeria Farina and its North Shore offshoot Farina a Legna, Di Beppe, Monzo Burger, giovane caffè, Mercato di Luigi and Motoretta. In this episode, we gather ‘round the Kitchen Table with Co-Founder and 2023 BC Restaurant Hall of Fame inductee Jennifer Rossi and take a bite into the backstory of the KT brand. In this episode, Jennifer discusses her early foray into the industry working for her grandfather’s food services company and as a server at the ‘Mug and Musket’ in Surrey; how KT has been able to thoughtfully cultivate unique identities and personalities for each concept in their portfolio; The story behind KT’s first venture, Gastown’s Pourhouse, in 2009, and its longevity in the city’s hospitality scene; What led her and husband Nick and partner Chuck McIntosh to lean into and embrace Nick’s Northern Italian heritage as the touchstone for KT’s projects beginning with Ask For Luigi; How the people behind the brand play key roles in the continued success of each existing and new project; the importance of managing the human resources for a workforce of more than 400 and ensuring the workplace culture is on point; and their new partnership with Westbank Corp.

    1h 35m

Ratings & Reviews

5
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5 Ratings

About

The Hot Minute is a hospitality-focused podcast that delves into the bare knuckles, brass rings and big names within BC’s burgeoning food and beverage scene. In each episode, co-hosts Dan Larsen and JC Sorensen share the origin stories, travails and triumphs of this province’s most acclaimed chefs, sommeliers, restaurateurs, change-makers and risk-takers. Always off the cuff, of the moment and in the weeds, The Hot Minute serves up hot takes on the BC hospitality scene and those who live and work within it.