Show notes
We’re glad to welcome Neal Brown to the Practice First podcast. Neal is a celebrated chef--twice nominated for the prestigious James Beard Award for Best Chef in the Midwest Region. He’s been named to the Indianapolis Business Journal’s prestigious “Forty under 40” award and serves on a number of advisory boards involving food, health, and climate change. He currently operates three of the best restaurants in Indy: Pizzology, The Libertine, and Ukiyo.
Neal shared some practice gold, including:
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Neal shared some practice gold, including:
- Why constant practice, from tasting to cutting, is essential to running a great kitchen
- How an old-school technique called Tournée-ing taught him the importance of practice
- The importance of reinforcing, or verifying, practice
- How to balance speed/brevity with positive encouragement.
Practice First is produced by Lessonly. Our training software helps over 1000 business teams across the globe learn, practice, and do better work. Learn more and listen to more episodes at lessonly.com/podcast.
We’d love to hear from you! Connect with us on social media (Conner Burt or Ben Battaglia) or shoot us an email at [email protected].



