This week we're joined by JT (Jason Timothy) for a conversation about love for food, the importance of the dinner table, and cultivating creativity in the kitchen. JT is co-owner and head chef at Troop - an elevated street casual restaurant that has its roots in street food from around the world.

Topics include food as a shared experience, the old and new school kitchen environment, learning through failure, and empowering your staff to take risks.

Show Notes

• The dinner table as a symbol of family and bonding
• Learning to let people help you
• The most important culinary lesson: don't cut your fingers off
• Cultivating creativity in the kitchen
• Babka: the friendlier swear word
• You're going to fail, so you might as well do it and learn from it
• Ups and downs of the Yelp mentality
• Being community oriented
• And for real though, go get brunch there and order The Pinnacle. It's really damn good.

Links

• Follow Troop on Instagram
• Like them on Facebook
• Check out their website
• And maybe even (5 star) review them on Yelp

Big thanks to NGHTSWM for the use of their song, Fiji, on this show.