Chef Andrew Gruel | Making Great Food and Helping Others
The Jon Gordon Podcast
Jon Gordon
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2021
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
In this episode Jon Gordon is joined by Chef Andrew Gruel.
Andrew is the Founder and Executive Chef of Slapfish Restaurant, the award-winning food truck turned international brick and mortar restaurant sensation with nearly 30 locations nationwide.
Chef Andrew has appeared on multiple Food Network shows, the TODAY Show", PBS, Cooking Channel and more.
During this conversation Andrew shares his story and how he's created the success he's had as well as how he has addressed the biggest challenges brought on by the pandemic to his restaurants and others. One of those is how He was able to make a difference by raising over $400 thousand dollars to directly help restaurant workers during the lockdowns of the pandemic. It's really amazing.
If you enjoy this, be sure to share it. Post on social and let us know your favorite takeaways. Tag Jon and Andrew so they can share as well.
Our featured resource today is our upcoming LEAD POSITIVE CONFERENCE. It's a free one day leadership learning experience ONLINE on November 17th. It features 12 speakers including Jon Gordon, Miles McPherson, Valorie Benton, Erwin McManus, Candy Valentino and more. Go to LeadPositiveConference.com to learn more and sign up for FREE online access.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to John Gordon's Positive University Podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Daniel Decker, the co-host of the show, and in this episode, John is joined by Chef |
| 0:08.9 | Andrew Grohl. |
| 0:10.3 | Andrew is the founder and executive chef of Slapfish Restaurant. |
| 0:13.8 | The award-winning food truck turned international brick-and-mortar sensation with now nearly |
| 0:17.6 | 30 locations nationwide. |
| 0:20.1 | Chef Andrew has appeared on multiple food network shows, the Today Show, PBS, Cooking |
| 0:24.4 | Channel, and more. |
| 0:25.7 | During this conversation, Andrew shares his story, how he's created the success he's |
| 0:30.0 | had, and how he has been able to address some of the biggest challenges brought on by |
| 0:34.1 | the pandemic to his restaurant and to others. |
| 0:36.8 | And one of those is how he was able to make a difference by raising over $400,000 to directly |
| 0:42.6 | help restaurant workers who were impacted during the lockdowns from the pandemic. |
| 0:46.9 | It is a really amazing story, and Andrew shares so much more during this episode. |
| 0:51.0 | So if you enjoy it, be sure to let us know, share on social, and let others know as well, |
| 0:55.5 | and our featured resource today is our upcoming Lead Positive Conference. |
| 0:59.2 | It is a free, one-day leadership experience online on November 17th. |
| 1:03.5 | It features 12 speakers, including John Gordon, Miles McPherson, Valerie Bitten, Erwin |
| 1:08.3 | McManus, Candy Valentino, and more. |
| 1:10.8 | Just go to LeadPositiveConference.com to learn more and sign up. |
| 1:14.7 | Again, it's free online on November 17th. |
| 1:17.8 | And if you're listening to this after the 17th, you can get archived access as well. |
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