Work With Justin
Bring an Experienced Hospitality Voice Into the Conversation
Seven ways to bring thirty-five years of restaurant, bar and kitchen experience into your event, team or brand. Choose the one that fits and start a conversation.
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Speaking engagements
Thirty-five years behind bars, in kitchens and on floors, shaped into talks that people remember. No slides full of theory — stories from real shifts, real teams and real pressure, with takeaways a room can use the next day.
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Podcast and media interviews
A candid guest who does not need a script. Justin speaks plainly about kitchens and bars, leadership and burnout, fatherhood, recovery, and what three and a half decades in hospitality actually teaches a person.
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Hospitality panels
Panels work when someone on stage has actually run the shift. Justin brings an operator's perspective to conversations about labor, culture, service standards, beverage programs and where the industry is headed.
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Leadership conversations
Sessions built for the people who hold a room together. Justin works directly with managers, chefs and floor leaders on the difference between managing tasks and leading people — and on the habits that survive a bad Saturday.
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Restaurant and beverage collaborations
Beverage work grounded in service, not just flavor. Justin builds drinks and programs that a real team can execute on a Friday night — and that give guests something to remember and repeat.
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Mentorship and educational opportunities
Honest, practical guidance for the next generation. Justin mentors bartenders, cooks, managers and students who want a career in this industry instead of a series of jobs — including the parts nobody warns you about.
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Book-related events
Events built around Serving Life: Behind Bars, Kitchens, and Hospitality — the autobiography of more than thirty years in restaurants, bars and kitchens. Readings that lead into real conversation, not just a signing line.
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