When leading your team, what's your holy grail approach? Are you in the trenches with your team or do you allow your team to navigate the business without you most of the time? For me, it's a mix of both. I am always approachable if they need help, but I set expectations and boundaries. I want to see how they shine under pressure and how they handle hard situations (problem-solving). I don't believe in passive aggressive approaches so my communication is usually very upbeat, but also straight-forward if I notice anything that needs improvement. Praise is important to a team! As much as we want to keep order, we must recognize that without our team, the business wouldn't be as fruitful. I send them reviews we receive on Yelp and Google praising our food and services because it's not about me, it's about us all as a whole.

What’s something in your life or business that deserves your full attention right now — and hasn’t been getting it?

Cicero said, “If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” In your world, what’s your “garden” and what’s your “library”? Mine: my kitchen and the books that built my business brain.

Thanks for being here! This is a place for creative minds to gather, unload some real-life struggles, celebrate the wins, and be here through engagement and I'm here to share my knowledge with you as best I can with my own experience! Let us know: Where are you from? What's your favorite thing to cook? What culinary entrepreneurial goals do you have? Food truck, bistro, cafe, upscale restaurant, etc What do you want to learn about most? Talk soon!

With talks of financial stress and an apparent decrease in consumer spending across the board, how are you coping/dealing with this? How is it affecting your own business?