#45 Dan Kluger: Taking Time to Get It Right

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

Farnam Street

Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2018

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Dan Kluger, award-winning chef and owner of NYC’s Loring Place joins me on the podcast to reveal what really happens behind the scenes of a bustling restaurant, why every detail of your craft matters, and how to create the perfect experience for every guest.

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0:00.0	But I think there is something really important about in any field not getting to the top too quickly.
0:15.8	I'm Shane Parish and this is another episode of the Knowledge Project, a podcast exploring the ideas, methods and mental models
0:23.0	that help you learn from the best. What other people have already figured out.
0:26.6	To learn more about the show and past guests go to fs.plog.slashpodcast.
0:31.6	My guest today is Chef Dan Clueger. I first met Dan when a friend took me to his restaurant,
0:36.8	Loring Place in New York for a late dinner one night.
0:39.6	And like he does most nights, Dan left the kitchen to come out and talk to all the people in the dining room.
0:44.6	That prompted me to get more interested in the food and the business of running a restaurant.
0:49.6	We started an email conversation shortly after.
0:52.6	Dan worked in Danny Myers Union Square Cafe starting in the front of the house and working his way back to Prep Cook and then every station in the kitchen.
1:00.6	In 1999 he helped open Tabla restaurant and worked his way up to Chef de Cousin.
1:06.6	As you'll hear, working his way up and earning a stripe so to speak was important to Dan and something that's lost on a lot of chefs today.
1:14.6	In 2010 Dan opened ABC Kitchen as the executive chef and won a whole bunch of awards like the 2011 best new restaurant,
1:22.6	the 2010 Food and Wine Best New Chef. And in the fall of 2016 he opened Loring Place in New York which is exceptional.
1:30.6	And that's where this conversation takes place. I highly recommend this Sunday's. Enjoy.
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