The Industry

The Industry
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The Industry

A discussion with people working in the Service Industry - Bar, Restaurant, Hospitality - Front of House, Back of House, all aspects of what is commonly referred to as The Industry.

  1. Brittany Brennan

    6 HR. AGO

    Brittany Brennan

    This weeks guest is Brittany Brennan. Brittany is currently the Director of Beverage & Bar Manager of Goodnight Cocktail Club. Brittany fell into bartending accidentally 12 years ago when applying for a serving job at a bar on York University’s campus and fell in love with it immediately. Some of the notable establishments Brittany has worked at include the following: Laissez Faire, The Drake Hotel, Church Aperitivo Bar, Poetry Jazz Cafe, Oretta, Hunters Landing, Moxies, Shopsys Sports Grill. Some of Brittany’s previous endeavours and projects include the following: Director of Beverage for DJR inc. Sister restaurants/bars of Goodnight Cocktail Club (Cherrys High Dive, Laissez Faire, Locals Only) Participated in one of the OG Bar Fights at Death & Taxes 5 years ago shortly after starting to bartend at Laissez Faire (kick started transition into beverage directing) Mover & Shaker Canadian popup with Nick Hogan and Jay McNeely Charlemagne Guest Book Volume 4 Popup (Vintage vest inspired concept menu) Artwork/decor curator for Goodnight Cocktail Club and Cherrys High Dive (both are a work in progress). A big thank you to Jean-Marc Dykes of Imbiblia for setting up our new website theindustrypodcast.club. Imbiblia is a cocktail app for bartenders, restaurants and drink nerds and built by a bartender with more than a decade of experience behind the bar. Several of the features includes the ability to create your own Imbiblia Recipe Cards with the Imbiblia Cocktail Builder, rapidly select ingredients, garnishes, methods and workshop recipes with a unique visual format, search by taste using flavor profiles unique to Imbiblia, share recipes publicly plus many more……Imbiblia - check it out! Looking for a Bartending Service? Or a private bartender to run your next corporate or personal event? Need help crafting a bar program for your restaurant? Contact Alchemist Alie for all your bartending needs: @alchemist.alie Links @brittbea_ @goodnightcocktailclub @sugarrunbar @babylonsistersbar @the_industry_podcast email us: info@theindustrypodcast.club

    1h 1m
  2. David Schaub

    JAN 20

    David Schaub

    This weeks guest is David Schaub who joins us from Ottawa, Ontario. Trained and raised in Waterloo, Ontario, David Schaub spent a decade learning his craft in the area’s restaurants, caterers, and butcher shop. Most notably, Dave spent nearly five years at Bhima’s Warung, learning the foundations of his career. Settling in Ottawa in 2010, Dave worked his way through some of the city’s kitchens before perfecting his ketchup recipe at The Black Cat Bistro. He started bottling small-batch condiments as The Ketchup Project in 2017. A big thank you to Jean-Marc Dykes of Imbiblia for setting up our new website theindustrypodcast.club. Imbiblia is a cocktail app for bartenders, restaurants and drink nerds and built by a bartender with more than a decade of experience behind the bar. Several of the features includes the ability to create your own Imbiblia Recipe Cards with the Imbiblia Cocktail Builder, rapidly select ingredients, garnishes, methods and workshop recipes with a unique visual format, search by taste using flavor profiles unique to Imbiblia, share recipes publicly plus many more features……Imbiblia - check it out! Looking for a Bartending Service? Or a private bartender to run your next corporate or personal event? Need help crafting a bar program for your restaurant? Contact Alchemist Alie for all your bartending needs: @alchemist.alie LInks theketchupproject.ca @theketchupproject @liverwurstprovisions @indoorrecessottawa @utilityinfieldimprov @sugarrunbar @babylonsistersbar @the_industry_podcast email us: info@theindustrypodcast.club

    43 min
  3. Lia Dionisio

    JAN 13

    Lia Dionisio

    This weeks guest is Lia Dionisio who joins us from Bergen County, New Jersey. Lia is a WSET II Certified spirits industry professional. Over the last thirteen years, Lia has worked in various aspects of spirits including marketing, PR, event production, spirits education and more. Lia has worked for leading brands including Johnnie Walker, Jose Cuervo, Hendrick’s Gin, Maker’s Mark and has reached thousands of consumers in NJ/NY through her own cocktail and events company - Jersey Drinks. She has also been featured on ABC News and Forbes and served as guest speaker and educator for brands including Shop Rite, The Financial Diet and Seaton Hall University. Lia currently works as the US Brand Manager for the world’s largest tequila company and continues to host cocktail experiences in NJ/NY and sharing her passion with all those who attend. To learn more and see what’s currently shaking, check out @jerseydrinks on Instagram. A big thank you to Jean-Marc Dykes of Imbiblia for setting up our new website theindustrypodcast.club. Imbiblia is a cocktail app for bartenders, restaurants and drink nerds and built by a bartender with more than a decade of experience behind the bar. Several of the features includes the ability to create your own Imbiblia Recipe Cards with the Imbiblia Cocktail Builder, rapidly select ingredients, garnishes, methods and workshop recipes with a unique visual format, search by taste using flavor profiles unique to Imbiblia, share recipes publicly plus many more features……Imbiblia - check it out! Looking for a Bartending Service? Or a private bartender to run your next corporate or personal event? Need help crafting a bar program for your restaurant? Contact Alchemist Alie for all your bartending needs: @alchemist.alie LInks @jerseydrinks jerseydrinks.com @sugarrunbar @babylonsistersbar @the_industry_podcast email us: info@theindustrypodcast.club

    35 min
  4. Mandy Naglich

    JAN 6

    Mandy Naglich

    Mandy Naglich is an author, journalist, and educator covering all aspects of our beloved booze industry. Her book “How to Taste: A Guide to Discovering Flavor and Savoring Life” which recounts her adventures in the wild world of professional tasting, is a Spirited Awards Finalist. Mandy travels the world as a cocktail judge, host, and consultant, but calls NYC home. As a certified taster, Advanced Cicerone®, National Homebrew Competition Gold Medalist, CCP, and WSET Spirits certified professional Mandy is a pro at blind and focused tasting. Mandy regularly teaches both enthusiastic consumers and bonafide professionals about finer points of flavor, hospitality, and memory and how the three intertwine in workshops and master classes. A variety of print and digitaloutlets feature Mandy’s point of view on beer, spirits, cocktails, and hospitality trends including VinePair, Food & Wine, American Whiskey Magazine, Vice, Popular Mechanics, and Club Oenologique. A true nerd at heart, Mandy is happiest geeking out on the science, history, and culture of drinking with other eager learners in person or on her popular Instagram account @drinkswithmandy. Looking for a Bartending Service? Or a private bartender to run your next corporate or personal event? Need help crafting a bar program for your restaurant? Contact Alchemist Alie for all your bartending needs: @alchemist.alie LInks www.mandykn.com @drinkswithmandy How To Taste: A Guide to Discovering Flavor and Savoring Life @sugarrunbar @babylonsistersbar @the_industry_podcast email us: info@theindustrypodcast.club

    41 min
  5. Miroki Tong

    12/23/2024

    Miroki Tong

    This weeks guest is Miroki Tong. When not sipping, learning, and educating about vino, Miroki is the Chief Executive Officer of The Story Engine Deck, which develops card based open prompt creative tools for writers, game masters and educators. She holds an MBA with specializations in Strategic Management, Organizational Behaviour and Entrepreneurship. She is also an award-winning performer, producer and musician currently working on an upcoming Opera Metal EP under her artist name Mahjong Witch. She has two singles, “Until The Last Planet Dies” and “The Edge of Life” released on Spotify, Apple Music and other major streaming platforms. A passionate enthusiast of all things wine, Miroki Tong has tasted her way all around the world, learning from winemakers, experts, and fellow enthusiasts, always eager to talk with someone who shares in her love of this drink. Miroki seeks to highlight not only the best wines for taste and value, but to introduce the world to the people behind the glass. Winemakers, bar owners, and people looking to make positive change in the wine industry are all highlighted with Miroki’s characteristic humour, endearing geekiness, and easy-going nature. You can find her on Instagram @9OuncesPlease, as well as the co-host of the podcast Tasting Together, which explores the food and drinks scene with some of the best chefs, mixologists and restaurateurs in Canada and globally. Links @9ouncesplease storyenginedeck.com Mahjong Witch on Spotify Mahjong Witch on Apple Music Tasting Together Podcast @sugarrunbar @babylonsistersbar @the_industry_podcast email us: info@theindustrypodcast.club

    52 min
  6. Jean-Marc Dykes

    12/02/2024

    Jean-Marc Dykes

    This weeks guest is Jean-Marc Dykes - who is the creator, developer and driving force behind the Imbiblia app - a cocktail recipe platform for bartenders, bars, restaurants and pretty much everyone and anyone interested in cocktails. Imbiblia allows for quick visual filtering of information and eliminates the need for content scanning of text which makes the platform far more efficient than searching for a cocktail recipe in a physical binder. Since the initial release of Imbiblia when it was a collection of recipes, it now also features subscriptions for bartenders so that they can create a shareable portfolio of recipes in order to showcase the range of their creativity. Furthermore, Imbiblia can support virtually any degree of complexity in a drink imaginable. Want to top a drink with Lime "pearls" made with sodium alginate and calcium lactate? Well, someone has already done that on Imbiblia. Jean-Marc is also the driving force behind guestbarshift.com To learn more about Imbiblia - check out the Imbiblia Website Imbibila on the Apple App Store Imbiblia on Google Play Store Links @sugarrunbar @babylonsistersbar @the_industry_podcast email us: info@theindustrypodcast.club

    49 min
  7. Emma Janzen

    11/25/2024

    Emma Janzen

    This weeks guest is Emma Janzen. Emma s an award-winning book author and journalist who reports on global drinking cultures for outlets including The New York Times, PUNCH, The World’s 50 Best Bars, and more. The recipient of two James Beard Foundation awards and two Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards, Emma co-authored The Way of the Cocktail with Julia Momosé, The Bartender’s Manifesto with Toby Maloney, and The Bartender’s Pantry with Jim Meehan; authored Mezcal: The History, Craft & Cocktails of the World’s Ultimate Artisanal Spirit; and has contributed to other texts including The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails by David Wondrich and Signature Cocktails by Amanda Schuster. Emm currently serves as the Midwest Academy Chair for The World’s 50 Best Bars and has been included in the Drinks International Bar World 100, an annual list of the industry’s most influential people, since 2023. Links @emmajanzen emmajanzen.com @sugarrunbar @babylonsistersbar @the_industry_podcast email us: info@theindustrypodcast.club Podcast Artwork by Zak Hannah zakhannah.co

    39 min
  8. Beckaly Franks

    11/18/2024

    Beckaly Franks

    This weeks guest is Beckaly Franks, who joins us from Hong Kong. Originally born in Hawaii, but raised in Idaho, Beckaly moved to Hong Kong in 2015. Beckaly co-founded The Pontiac, which has been featured on the list of Asia’s 50 Best Bars for 7 years and is credited with pushing for female empowerment and creating an inclusive space where everyone is welcome. More recently, Beckaly founded Hungry Ghost with her wife and opened venues Call Me AL and Artifact Bar. Beckaly is a born leader and the legion of acolytes who have received her mentorship, sampled her drinks or, simply, spent an evening in her consuming, intoxicating presence, will agree that she is well deserving of the Altos Bartenders’ Bartender Award for Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2023. Hungry Ghost - Founder includes venues: Call Me AL, ARTIFACT Bar Asia 50 Best Bartenders Bartender 2023 The Pontiac - Co-Founder from 2015-2024 Asio 50 Best list for The Pontiac 2016-2022 (7 years) LInks @beckalyfranks @articact_bar @callmealhk @sugarrunbar @babylonsistersbar @the_industry_podcast email us: info@theindustrypodcast.club Podcast Artwork by Zak Hannah zakhannah.co

    53 min
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A discussion with people working in the Service Industry - Bar, Restaurant, Hospitality - Front of House, Back of House, all aspects of what is commonly referred to as The Industry.

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  • Creator
    The Industry
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
    221
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Copyright 2025
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