Helping Restaurant Workers in the Fallout from COVID-19, with Chris Shepherd

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Dan Crenshaw

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🗓️ 8 April 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The restaurant industry is in deep pain right now and the future looks very uncertain. Dan spoke with Chris Shepherd, award winning chef and owner of four Houston restaurants that employed 200 people before the shutdown, to learn about the creative approaches his business has taken to weather the crisis. Chris explains the tough economics of running a restaurant, policy ideas that would help businesses like his survive the shutdown, and the most effective ways to support your local restaurants and their employees during this crisis.

Chris Shepherd’s charitable foundation ‘Southern Smoke’ has donated more than $2 million to those in the food and beverage industry in crisis and to the National MS Society. In 2014 he won the James Beard Award for Best Chef in the Southwest for his contributions to the incredibly diverse Houston culinary scene.

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0:00.0	We hold these truths to be self-evident.
0:02.0	That all men are created.
0:04.0	Because I remember Congress, I get to have a lot of really interesting people in the office.
0:07.0	Experts on what they're talking about.
0:09.0	This is the podcast for insights into the issues.
0:11.0	China, bio-terrorism, Medicare for all, in-depth discussions.
0:16.0	Breaking it down into simple terms.
0:18.0	We hold these truths with Dan Crenshaw.
0:24.0	Hey, welcome back everybody.
0:25.0	Today I want to highlight one of the biggest issues in our economy right now,
0:29.0	which is the restaurant business.
0:31.0	It's one of the hardest hit.
0:33.0	It's the first on the chopping block when we tell people to not gather into places.
0:38.0	Restaurants are hurting badly.
0:41.0	To help us with that conversation, I brought in a Houston renowned chef, Chris Shepherd.
0:47.0	Chris, thank you so much for being with me.
0:49.0	Thank you for having me.
0:50.0	Well, I'll just read a little bit about you real quick.
0:53.0	You're an award-winning chef.
0:55.0	You've helped change the landscape of the Houston culinary scene since opening underbelly in 2012.
1:02.0	You buy local, you draw inspiration from cultural around the city.
1:09.0	It's really cool to go into your restaurants.
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