The Family Meal Podcast

If you start working in the restaurant industry at a young age, it can be hard to know just what you\'re getting yourself into. TLDR: Don\'t date your co-workers.

If you start working in the restaurant industry at a young age, it can be hard to know just what you're getting yourself into. TLDR: Don't date your co-workers.

Join Grace on her soapbox as she rants about how we aren't out of the COIVD-19 woods yet. Let's talk about what we should do so that in the future none of us ever find ourselves in the state we're in right now.

Join Grace on her soapbox as she rants about how we aren't out of the COIVD-19 woods yet. Let's talk about what we should do so that in the future none of us ever find ourselves in the state we're in right now.

Special guest Zayd appears for a gameshow episode where we play a restaurant themed round of Would you Rather. Our answers will definitely surprise you, if only because we actually managed to agree on a few!

Special guest Zayd appears for a gameshow episode where we play a restaurant themed round of Would you Rather. Our answers will definitely surprise you, if only because we actually managed to agree on a few!

Join me for a relaxing episode where we discuss Burnout, stress, and alcoholism. If you have been working during this pandemic in any industry, just know that I see you, I appreciate you, and I'm proud of you!

Join me for a relaxing episode where we discuss Burnout, stress, and alcoholism. If you have been working during this pandemic in any industry, just know that I see you, I appreciate you, and I'm proud of you!

Chef Holly (my mom) joins us for a very special Valentine's Day episode! NYC is opening up for indoor dining on the 14th, but we've come up with even BETTER and SAFER ways for you to spend the evening. Kids or no kids, takeout or homemade, we've got a plan for you!

Chef Holly (my mom) joins us for a very special Valentine's Day episode! NYC is opening up for indoor dining on the 14th, but we've come up with even BETTER and SAFER ways for you to spend the evening. Kids or no kids, takeout or homemade, we've got a plan for you!

What is Comparative Optimism and why is it the most dangerous part of indoor dining? It's understandable to try believe that bad things in life PROBABLY won't happen to you, doesn't mean it wont happen to SOMEONE.

What is Comparative Optimism and why is it the most dangerous part of indoor dining? It's understandable to try believe that bad things in life PROBABLY won't happen to you, doesn't mean it wont happen to SOMEONE.

"Just send the starters out whenever they're ready!", "Tell the bartender to make it strong", "No, I want THAT table." Here is an extensive list of things customers always say that they think are going to achieve one thing while actually just making their entire experience worse.

"Just send the starters out whenever they're ready!", "Tell the bartender to make it strong", "No, I want THAT table." Here is an extensive list of things customers always say that they think are going to achieve one thing while actually just making their entire experience worse.

Not to be confused with people who ACTUALLY HAVE life threatening allergies, some folks who are more accurately described as picky eaters put servers in a tough position of knowing who to trust. How do you handle someone with a life threatening allergy? And how can ego make a tricky situation go from bad to worse?

Not to be confused with people who ACTUALLY HAVE life threatening allergies, some folks who are more accurately described as picky eaters put servers in a tough position of knowing who to trust. How do you handle someone with a life threatening allergy? And how can ego make a tricky situation go from bad to worse?

Trigger Warning: Discussion of Sexual Harassment at work. Sexual Harassment is an age old problem in the restaurant industry, but why is it even more present during COVID? What are the underlying issues that allow sexual harassment to continue and how can we as an industry change?

Trigger Warning: Discussion of Sexual Harassment at work. Sexual Harassment is an age old problem in the restaurant industry, but why is it even more present during COVID? What are the underlying issues that allow sexual harassment to continue and how can we as an industry change?

The Department of Labor now allows employers to put tips towards the wages of nontipped workers. Meaning they get to pay everyone less, and you as the customer are compensating for more through your tips. Newsflash: If you want restaurant workers to make more money, RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE!

The Department of Labor now allows employers to put tips towards the wages of nontipped workers. Meaning they get to pay everyone less, and you as the customer are compensating for more through your tips. Newsflash: If you want restaurant workers to make more money, RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE!