447: Sommelier to Self-Employed: A How-To Guide from Will Predhomme

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🗓️ 13 March 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Will Predhomme operates Predhomme, Inc. a wine communications firm based in Toronto, Canada. He is also a partner in Pearce Predhomme, a wine label sourcing wines from Oregon and South Africa.

Will traces his history with restaurants and wine, from humble beginnings in Windsor, Ontario to sommelier jobs in Calgary and Toronto. He discusses how his goals changed over time, and how he approached a transition off the floor and into working for himself. Will addresses the potential pratfalls of self-employment, and describes why someone who has worked within the sommelier culture might not want to leave it behind. Real life examples are provided to illustrate the points made to those looking to make a move off the restaurant floor.

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0:00.0	I'll drink to that where we get behind the scenes of the Beverage Business.
0:05.0	I'm Levy Dalton.
0:06.0	I'm Aaron Scala.
0:07.0	And here's our show today. Oh, Will Pratham of Pratham Inc and also Pierce Pratham.
0:28.0	Hello Sir, how are you?
0:29.0	Good Levy, how are you?
0:30.0	Nice to see you.
0:31.0	Nice to see you as well.
0:32.0	So you were born in 81 and by 95 you were working in restaurants.
0:35.0	That's pretty much sums it up. I was about 14.
0:38.0	I grew up just in Windsor, Ontario, which is on the other side of Detroit. So we had a huge American influence.
0:45.8	My first restaurant job was, I was a short order cook at a high volume, very popular restaurant.
0:53.0	I loved making my own money.
0:55.0	I never liked relying on my family or parents for money.
0:59.0	I mean at 14 working on a line that's pretty amazing actually. I wrote my bike to the interview and I got there about an hour and a half early. By the time I got in from my interview and I was about fourth person in line the Q went down
1:14.1	the block about 300 people and I immediately assumed that I wasn't getting a job
1:20.8	and I was applying for a dishwashing job. I did well in the interview, well enough to get a call back obviously and they offered an upgrade.
1:30.0	14 years old waiting in line when there's people older than you and more experienced for very,
1:37.8	you know jobs are hard to come by especially in Windsor Detroit. It's a boom and bust economy, and you don't have the confidence, but if you don't
1:45.9	step forward and try something, you're never going to find out anyway.
1:51.0	But I was built with that blue collar mentality of you work hard.
1:56.0	Who was working with you?
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