No Bed of Roses

Goodwin Recruiting, Founder and CEO, Eric Goodwin is our guest today. This was not an easy session to schedule - Eric and I have been trying to make this happen since October of ’21. Crazy.

Goodwin grew up in a restaurant family and, typical to that lifestyle, didn’t see his dad very much unless he worked back of house with him - yep, he really started his career as a dishwasher. Eric was determined not to have that kind of life for his own family, which he’ll touch on today.

Once he got into multiple-units, Eric quickly saw an opportunity for competent, effective, and communicative recruiters and Goodwin Hospitality, eventually to become Goodwin Recruiting, was born.

Having launched a few different businesses over the years, Eric is a bit of a serial entrepreneur, and if that’s not enough, he’s also a restaurant operator with The Friendly Toast throughout, MA, Portsmouth, NH, Burlington, VT, and coming in September to Portland, ME.  He's also involved in NOBL Coffee also in Portsmouth and NOCA Beverage Company. To round it all out, Donut Love will be opening in August.

Portsmouth, Bedford NH now  with Concord and Salem NH June 2023

Boston Back Bay Mass, Burlington Mass, Danvers Mass, North Andover Mass, Chestnut Hill Mass Harvard Square, Dedham at Legacy Place Mass

https://www.goodwinrecruiting.com/

https://thefriendlytoast.com/

https://noblbeverages.com/

https://drinknoca.com/

As a 13 year old dyslexic student struggling through school, and of course not knowing he was dyslexic, Bobby Stuckey started bussing tables at a Greek restaurant in Phoenix.

His journey continued, with Bobby working his way up from dishwasher to management and taking a path through The Little Nell restaurant in Aspen in 1995, as sommelier then in 2000, onto Thomas Keller’s French Laundry in Napa where Bobby’s team won the James Beard Foundation’s Award for Outstanding Wine Service and where Bobby met his present day business partner, Chef Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson.

In 2004, Bobby earned his Master Sommelier Diploma. He and his partners opened Frasca in Boulder, CO where Stuckey and his team again won the Beard award for Outstanding Service, later changed to Outstanding Hospitality, at Bobby’s suggestion.

In 2007 Stuckey and Mackinnon-Patterson launched Scarpetta Wines.

Today, the partners own and operate Frasca and Pizzeria Locale in Boulder and Tavernetta and Sunday Vinyl in Denver.

Ok, so who’s hungry..?

https://www.frascafoodandwine.com/

A Break In The Action - Thanks for showing up for what should have been a new episode.  Instead, we loaded up the fam into the mini van and drove 1,200 miles, one way, to see Grandma!  Yay vaccines!!!

Former CEO and co-founder of Virgin Hotels, Raul Leal, joins us and shares his very American immigrant story and wonderful tales from the trenches of the Hospitality world.

Kevin Hall is back with us to talk about what can happen when we hit the road, get out of our comfort zones a bit and open ourselves up to talk with strangers.

Kevin Hall shares more adventures in travel. Whether going south of the border or to southeast Asia, the experiences we have and share while traveling are ones that shape us and shape our world view.

Kevin joins us to talk about some of the more interesting jobs we've had over the years so grab your black bowtie and running shoes and get that freakin' car, now!

NEW EPISODE EVERY TUESDAY, 3 PM MST - Chef Chris joins for more adventures from his career, moving from the line of top Vegas restaurants to his first Executive Chef position.  How would you like to be in the kitchen for Elaine Wynn's birthday, cooking with these Chefs, all at the same time - Charlie Trotter, Wolfgang Puck, Daniel Boulud, Alessandro Stratta, Nobu, Alain Ducasse, Thomas Keller..?

Kevin joins us to talk about owning the attitude of not giving a sh*t, "going up" or completely blanking on your lines and the inescapable pull of being an artist.

Corey Tocchini, Founder and CEO of BeforeTheMovie, joins us to share stories of his family's old school American success story in the independent movie theater world, taking us from the days before Talkies to the current challenges facing a mostly family-run business during the pandemic and how BeforeTheMovie has found a way to survive and even help a little bit.

Chef, teacher, entrepreneur Chris Starkus joins us sharing his story of coming up through the culinary ranks, from fast food to fine dining and his current position teaching the culinary arts to a new generation of Pros.

Kevin Hall is back and we share our take on the pomp & circumstance, playing with the A team and Bernie's mittens.

Larry Yates is a successful life coach, musician, author and radio host and joins us to share a fascinating story of his childhood in rural Mississippi, reflecting on the whisper on a porch that changed his life forever.

Kevin Hall joins to talk ideas from the Dick Van Dyke writers' room, Eddie Izzard and cake and what happens when you're boarding and just catch that edge the wrong way.  How does it all fit together, you ask..?  We'll let you know as soon as we figure it out.

Sheron Bellio joins to share tales from our early days as studio tour guides (On my side of the tram...) up to her current successful career as the Executive Producer of the Tim Conway, Jr. show.

What do you get when you put 3 different generations in a room and try to watch a movie..?  You get US!  We're all watching more streaming content than we can handle.  How do you find something everyone can watch, no one can watch, that you should just watch by yourself?  Maybe we can help and if not, we can have a few good laughs while doing whatever it is we're doing as we bring you our take on movie reviews from 13 year old twins, middle aged (yikes) parents and we've got a Grandma in the mix too!

Tales of the Stereo Guy on the Edge of Town.  Kevin joins me to talk about what at first seemed like a simple task and then winds up making him and us ask questions beyond, "Why won't this freakin' thing work..?"

Kevin Hall joins us to chat and share some old stories as I get to catch up with a wonderful old friend, a man of many talents, keen insight and lots of surf wax.

Kaylie talks about her artistry, dyslexia and more, sharing what it's like as the other half of the Haber twins and what inspires her to be the dynamic creative channel she is.

Dylan Haber joins us to talk about his passion for and approach to animation and his YouTube channel, Ready Or Not Animation.

Sometimes you gotta’ have the crazy... apparently.  I was sitting with my mom in our living room one day when we had this conversation.