Will Guidara on Creating the Best Restaurant in the World and Unreasonable Hospitality

Will Guidara, of Eleven Madison Park, talks about his journey to creating the #1 restaurant in the world, with three Michelin Stars and Four Stars from the New York Times. He discusses how being obsessive and noticing everything can work for you, not against you, how unreasonable hospitality became their signature mark, dealing with unhappy customers, and how to get your team to own your culture and buy in.
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[@bertbennick]

Anyone in the hospitality industry should definitely watch this.
Amazing stuff

[@boblee335]

Carey, this is one of my favorite podcasts. Thanks so much!

[@CareyNieuwhof]

So glad!

[@boblee335]

@@CareyNieuwhof Thanks Carey -- I got the book and can't wait to start reading it. Again, this podcast really spoke to me. One of my favorite guests! As a pastor, I love the podcast and appreciate all you do to help us out here in the field.

[@joshkatz8275]

You should interview John DiJulius. This is a great interview and it's sounds like Will get's a lot of inspiration from John DiJulius. If not they have parallel lines thinking and use a lot of the same terms.

[@luduong]

Excellent! Thank you!

[@msbermudez33]

I wonder why....