Fred Dex is one of only 236 Master Sommeliers in the world. Fred’s career as a wine and beverage professional spans nearly two decades and has touched upon nearly every aspect of the business.He got his start early in childhood while growing up in a multi-concept family business Wolfey’s in Central Pennsylvania that included a video arcade and miniature golf course replete with a pizza and burger joint.After traveling and working in some of the US's top seasonal spots like Nantucket and Jackson Hole an offer to move to New York City to work at the four-star Restaurant Daniel was too good to pass up. The rest, as they say, is history.Fred has spent nearly 20 years in NYC working in some the the top gastronomic and wine savvy temples in the city. His many years and resume highlights include working closely alongside James Beard Award-winning chefs and restaurateurs including Jean Georges Vongerichten, Danny Meyer and Chris Cannon. He then spent five years with his good friend and mentor Chef Laurent Tourondel as the National Wine and Beverage Director for BLT Restaurant Group where he helped develop and open over a dozen outposts across the United States.In 2009, Fred started a consulting business, Juiceman Consulting, with the mission of making the world a better place to drink. Fred has built an incredible array of diverse clients and has worked as the exclusive United States Educator for both Wines of Chile & Wines of Southwest France. He’s been consultant to Chef Laurent Tourondel, Motorino Pizzeria, Max Brenner Chocolate, The Grand Hyatt NYC, Tao Group, Maple Leaf Sports Entertainment, Full Circle Wine Solutions, Nespresso, Star Chef’s and more.Fred is an accomplished mixologist and cocktail enthusiast. He has had several of his cocktail creations published in The New York Times, Food and Wine, Bon Appetit, People Magazine, Cosmopolitan and Bill Hamilton’s Shaken and Stirred.His goal is to Rock Your Wine World!

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Fred Dex-Master Sommelier

Joshua Kopel is an American entrepreneur, restaurateur and environmental advocate. Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the spawn of bootleggers and retail giants, he was bred for the hospitality industry. Throughout Kopel’s 20+ year career in food and beverage he has managed venues ranging from the Alligator Bayou Bar, located on Alligator Bayou Road, seated on Alligator Bayou (it was exactly how you’re picturing it in your mind) to the hottest Hollywood nightclubs, bars, and ultra-lounges (far less glamourous than you’re picturing it in your mind). Kopel went independent in 2010 opening his first concept Five0Four, a New Orleans-inspired bar, on the Walk of Fame in the heart of Hollywood. Four years later, his sophomore effort, Preux & Proper, opened cementing his role as an arbitrator of taste in all things Southern within the confines of the city of Los Angeles.Kopel’s varied interests and talents have landed him several positions of influence ranging from being voted one of the Steamiest Southern Stars by E! Entertainment Television to the elected position of Business Chair on the Hollywood Hills West Neighborhood Council to founding and serving on the Board of Directors of the Friends of Runyon Canyon, a non-profit focused on the protection of local Los Angeles Park areas. 

Joshua Kopel-Restaurant Owner, Entrepreneur and Environmental Advocate

Jimmy Page is the President Of Hudson Creative.Our storyHudson Creative began on Hudson St. in Hackensack, New Jersey, at a local print and web dev shop over 10 years ago. Here our Founder, James Page was exposed to a variety of business owners all with different website needs. Time and time again, however, he noticed that despite each website being different, the business owners had a common question:“My website looks beautiful but seems to be broken – why can’t I find it when I ‘google’ it?”So began our journey with Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Since then we’ve built a talented team of digital marketing experts, and had the opportunity to work with some truly incredible clients. Our team shares a genuine interest in predictive web analytics and how to leverage this information to help companies grow.Marketing your business online comes with many challenges, especially in today’s rapidly changing digital landscape.  Hudson Creative will work with you to navigate these challenges and push your business to new heights.Hudson Creative is a team of digital marketing experts based in New York City-with experience in the Restaurant And Hospitality Industries. Locate it in 79 Madison Ave ,2nd Flr. New York NY 10016 Phone (646)-844-4952 www.hudsoncreative.com  

Jimmy Page-President Of Hudson Creative

Stephen FahySales Director and Senior Buyer at the Wine LibraryStephen C. Fahy, DWS is the Sales Director and Senior Buyer at the Wine Library, and is passionate about the business of direct-to-consumer wine education and the complete customer service experience. He has proven to be a specialist in finding and promoting a wide range of exciting wines from around the world, working directly with importers, distributors, and the wineries themselves. His palate is widely recognized by an ever-growing local, regional and national consumer base, due in large part to the extraordinary quality of the wines he selects to put on offer, and loves the excitement of the business, especially when his contagious enthusiasm spreads to others.For more than a decade prior to Stephen’s role at the Wine Library, he managed and ran the wine retail programs for other key, large scale wine merchants in both New Jersey and Manhattan. He also serviced and sold to some of Manhattan’s top restaurants and retailers while a Wine and Spirits Consultant with Winebow.Stephen has been an active Adjunct Professor teaching “Concepts of the Sommelier” at Montclair State University. This three credit University course grounds students in the principles of wine tasting, key varietal and regional knowledge, and the service expectations of the wine professional in both on and off premise settings. Stephen has also been actively consulting with the London-based research and business strategy firm, Wine Intelligence as a Research Associate specializing in the U.S. wine trade and consumer sector.In 2011, Stephen earned his Diploma in Wine & Spirits (DWS), with Merit, from the Wine & Spirits Education Trust in London. He is the proud father of three girls and with his wife, enjoys the hustle and bustle of the Garden State where he lives, in northern New Jersey.

Stephen C. Fahy-Sales Director and Senior Buyer at the Wine Library

Robert Scillia is the founder of Vignetti Wine Distributors Company .In this episode we talked abot being a small distributors how hard is it,but also we talked about his new prodcut Fratelli Saracenci. 

Robert Scillia-Vignetti Wine Distributors

Alexander LaPratt – Principal / Beverage DirectorAlexander LaPratt MS is no stranger to fine food and wine. Having grown up in Detroit Alexander fell in love with wine at a young age while working for Madeline Triffon MS.  His passion has since taken him around the country where he has worked the floor for some of the finest restauants in the world including: Michael Mina, The French Laundry, Daniel, Atera, Le Bernardin and Jean-Georges.  He has received many accolades including winning the first Ruinart Trophy competition in the United States, being named Wine and Spirits Best New Sommelier 2011, having won ASA's Best Sommelier in America 2011 competition, he represented the United States of America at the ASIs Best Sommelier in the World competition in Tokyo Japan 2013 and he passed his Master Sommelier Exam in 2014 thereby becoming the 217th person in the world to ever do so. He has also been inducted as a Chevalier in the L’Order des Coteaux du Champagne, he starred on the “Uncorked” wine series with the Bravo network and has been featured in many top news publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Figaro as well as popular periodicals such as Men’s Health, Men’s Journal and Cosmopolitan.In 2013 Alexander put to the test an entire careers worth of knowledge when he opened his own restaurant, Atrium DUMBO, with partners Leslie Affre and Laurent Kalkotour in the posh neighborhood of DUMBO Brooklyn which has been met with rave reviews. Alexander and his partners are currently preparing to open their next restaurant, Beasts & Bottles, in the first quarter of 2016 in the historic Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn.

Alexander LaPratt-Master Sommelier And Restaurant Owner

 Sommelier Charlie Arturaola is legendary in culinary and oenological circles. A charismatic wine expert, Charlie approaches his life’s passion with expert knowledge and contagious enthusiasm. His unique presentations are enjoyed around the world.Arturaola is the president of the Miami based Grappolo Blu Inc. where he lectures, conducts educational tastings, acts as an expert appraiser for insurance companies, consults with foreign importers, and mentors new members of the wine community. His fluency in five languages has taken him from Brazil to Bordeaux and from Montefalco to Patagonia, allowing him to deliver his passion for wine in Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and English.In 2010, Arturaola starred in “El Camino del Vino,” a fictionalized documentary. In the film, he is at the Masters of Food and Wine in Mendoza, an event he originated and of which he is the founding sommelier. The fiction is that he loses his palate and seeks counsel from various people in the Mendoza wine business to get it back. He begins with Michel Rolland and proceeds on a funny and touching journey to six wineries in Mendoza, eventually returning to his birthplace, Montevideo, Uruguay. “El Camino del Vino” won the FIPRESCI award at the Mar del Plata Film Festival in 2010. In 2011, the film screened in the prestigious Kino Kulinarsche program at Berlinale, at the newly established Transatlanyk Film Fest, as well as at Enolgica 32 in Montefalco. Plus film festivals in Copenhagen, Moscow, and San Sebastian. The US premiere was at the Napa Valley Film Festival. “El Camino del Vino” is scheduled to screen in London in April and the Melbourne Film Festival in August.Charlie has been honored with the 2012 International Wine and Spirits Competition Communicator of the Year Award, Sponsored by Vinitaly. The award recognizes an individual whose communication skills in the last 12 months have made an exceptional contribution towards promoting and increasing public awareness and interest in wines and spirits.He is currently working on a television pilot with the director of the film, Nicolas Carreras. A second movie is also being discussed.Charlie and Joaquin Parra Lopez recently published a book in Spain, “Manual de Cata, Es Bueno este Vino?” Charlie wrote the prologue and a brief history of wine. The second edition is currently being printed. 

Charlie Arturaola -Sommelier, Movie Star

Gerard Piserchia is Director of Education And On Premise Wine Sales For Fedway Associates . For over 20 years he is been running this division and his success with the company is tremendous.Please listen to the podcast 

Gerard Piserchia-Director of Education and On Premise Wine Sales (Fedway Associates)

MEET ANDRE HUESTON MACKDespite having a successful career with Citicorp Investment Services, Mack decided to leave his “desk job” to pursue his passion for wine. While working as a sommelier in San Antonio, Mack discovered the joys of introducing guests to the little known vineyards that first attracted him to the business and “the instant gratification of a guest’s reaction.”While still in Texas, Mack was awarded the prestigious title of Best Young Sommelier in America by the highly regarded Chaine des Rotisseurs. This recognition led to a job as sommelier at Thomas Keller’s world-renowned French Laundry in Yountville, California. Mack went on to accept the position of Head Sommelier at Keller’s equally famed Per Se in New York City, where he managed a 1500-selection award-winning wine list and consulted regularly with Chef Keller on menu and pairing development. Winemaking had always been a dream of his and came to fruition in 2007 when he founded Mouton Noir Wines. Throughout his career, Mack has forged special relationships with star growers and winemakers from Oregon and it is with this luminary group that he is currently making his most exciting wines. Mouton Noir wines are served at the best restaurants across the United States. He recently began curating wines for Club W, a wine club for a new generation of drinkers, to continue his mission of making wine more accessible.Based on the success of his own wine labels, in 2011 Mack established Get Fraiche Cru, a boutique graphic design firm, for which he serves as creative director. He has worked with clients such as Joel Gott, Palm Bay Imports, and Charles & Charles.Mack has been married since 2008 to author Phoebe Damrosch, whose New York Times notable book, Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter, detailed their courtship and collaboration in opening Per Se restaurant.Mack has been featured in major publication such as Food and Wine, Wine & Spirits Magazine, New York Times, The Huffington Post, and Wall Street Journal. Mr. Mack has been recognized for his outstanding contributions to business. He was honored in 2007 with The Network Journal’s 40-Under-Forty Achievement Award. Mack is an ardent wine educator who has been invited to host seminars as well as lead panel discussions at several of the country’s most prestigious food and wine gatherings including Aspen Food and Wine and Newport Mansions Wine and Food Festival. 

Andre Hueston Mack-Sommelier,Winemaker, Author

 Neil A. Owens, CIC, Esq.Senior Vice Presidentneil_owens@cohenins.comAs a principal, Senior Vice President and team builder at E.B. Cohen, Neil manages the commercial practice group.  Neil develops long term business partnerships by applying his unique expertise to client needs.  With over 16 years of experience, Neil delivers caring, professional solutions to complex insurance and risk management problems. Neil earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1999.  After graduation, he joined his brother David Owens at E.B. Cohen.  Learning from Jonathan Cohen and his considerable experience, Neil developed a passion for the craft of insurance and risk management.  Neil, David and Jonathan have led all aspects of the organization as partners since 2005.Neil is committed to continuing education.  In 2000, he earned his Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) designation. At the time, he had the distinction of being the youngest person to earn a CIC. A lifelong learner, he went on to obtain his J.D. from Seton Hall University Law School in 2005 and became a member of the New Jersey Bar Association.  He frequently provides educational workshops on various aspects of commerical insurance and risk management in  a variety of industries including real estate, healthcare and hospitality. Neil lives in Montclair, NJ where he enjoys spending time with his wife and daughters.  He is an enthusiastic home cook, loves exploring the outdoors and is an avid backyard gardener.

Neil Owens-The premier provider of insurance and risk management services to the hospitality industry

With 20+ years of leadership in the hospitality industry and a lifetime of customer service experience, Steve uses storytelling to share real-world tips and tactics to help you provide the experience your customers’ desire and promote a positive team culture.You can find him on Linked IN and Twiter and also at www.stevedigioia.com 

Steve DiGioia-Customer Service Expert And Speaker

Scott’s illustrious career as a therapist and performance coach has been dedicated to helping groups and individuals achieve their true potential. He uses his 30+ years experience to help elevate those around him and shares his knowledge often through conferences, workshops, consulting, teaching and mentoring.• He is the founder of High Performance Inc., now Premiere Performance, a successful multi-disciplinary performance centre based out of Montreal, QC, Canada.• He has contributed to the success of many influential athletes and organizations in the world of health and fitness and continues to do so.• He remains a principal leader within the B2Ten foundation.• He is a regular contributor to Thrive Global.• He wishes to build a culture of health professionals that excel in human performance solutions.

Scott Livingston - Reconditionig Master

In this episode we have a guest from different industry( Beauty Industry)so we can learen from their aspect. Tony Gordon from Gordon Salons. Tony always says when you visit us , you can count on our careful technique, exceptional customer service, team approach to beauty, and our singular focus on you. You can find Tony on Facebook, Instagram etc....and www.gordonsalon.com listen to his story of succes and get inspired.

Beauty Industry Hospitality With Tony Gordon

In your life you have to improve yourself in home or work .What this person I'm interviewing today took his life and work very seriously.He is only 28 years old he is Professional Waiter and Real Estate Investor-His name is James Baczewski. Listen to his journey........

Professional Front of The House-James Baczewski

Josip Franc is amazing Chef and a Pastry Chef ,his journey started very early to learn more please listen to the podcast.You can find Joe on Facebook and Instagram.And his favor hash tag is #itaintsafe 

Kitchen Management And Mentor-Josip Franc

If you want to be Successful, Unstoppable in the Restaurant Hospitality Field you have to suscribe my channel . We are going to interview very successful restaurant owners and leaders. We will get their secret sauce and i will share with my audience.

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