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The Business of Restaurants

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Frequency: 1 episode/20d. Total Eps: 21

The Business of Restaurants is an interview based podcast series hosted by Irish based restaurant consultant Evan O'Ceallaigh. Every week Evan sits down with a leading restaurant owner to hear about their stories to get to where they are, some of the highlights and challenges along the way, and most importantly chats about the business of the restaurant industry!

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🇬🇧 Great Britain - food
11/08/2026
#54
🇬🇧 Great Britain - food
05/02/2026
#89

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Interview with Michael Bonacini | MasterChef Canada | Running Over 40 Restaurants #21

Season 1 · Episode 21

Wednesday, April 13, 2022 • Duration 44:44

In Episode 21 of The Business of Restaurants Podcast, I chat with legendary chef Michael Bonacini.

Michael was born in South Wales. He trained classically under legendary Chef Anton Mosimann at London’s Dorchester Hotel. Micheal is today one of the most famous Canadian chefs and has written multiple cookbooks as well as hosting many of his own Tv shows on American Tv. Micheal partnered up with Peter Oliver in 1993 and founded Oliver & Bonacini restaurants.

Oliver & Bonacini Hospitality is recognized as one of Canada’s leading restaurant and event groups. With locations in Toronto, Montreal, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton and beyond, O&B’s diverse portfolio includes a collection of unique and innovative restaurants, event spaces, a bakery, and several strategic partnerships. O&B’s restaurants include à la carte dining, quick service, catering, grocery and special events. The company’s private dining and events division, Oliver & Bonacini Events and Catering, manage several large-scale event venues, including Arcadian, The Carlu, Malaparte, and others.

I chat with Michael about his early career working in kitchens in London, opening his first restaurant Jump in Toronto, the tough slog of the first few months in business, why his business partnership works so well, how he runs over 42 restaurants, why it is important to always be in growth mode, the reason for the success of O & B, the core value handbook, the management structure of his business, what criteria they look at when opening a new location and much much more!

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Interview with Mike Deas-Dawlish | Jam Cafe | Vancouver Food Scene | Running a $ 20 million business #20

Wednesday, December 29, 2021 • Duration 36:11

In Episode 20 of The Business of Restaurants Podcast, I chat with the co-owner of the well known Vancouver hotspot Jam Cafe. Mike has a long and successful career in the restaurant industry and before Jam cafe, was the director of operations of the Aburi restaurant group in Canada where he oversaw 4 restaurants, 400 staff and a yearly revenue of 20 million.

Jam cafe opened their first branch in Victoria, Vancouver in 2012 by husband and wife team Jim and Candy Walmsley and Mike partnered up with the company in 2016 to launch their second location on downtown Vancouver on Beatty Street.

I chat with Mike about his early career, going into a business partnership with his long time friend, opening Jam Cafe, scaling the business, the importance of a good team, the key behind the success of Jam Cafe, the key criteria that dictates a new location, future expansion plans for the Jam Cafe Group and much more!

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Interview with Paul Lenehan | Hotel Background, Opening Firecastle, The Future of Pubs in Ireland

Thursday, June 3, 2021 • Duration 27:49

Paul Lenehan is the owner of a number of bars and restuarants in Kildare and Dublin including Harte's, Ashtons, Dew Drop and most recently Firecastle. In The Business of Restaurants Podcast Episode 11, I chat with Paul about his training in GMIT Hotel school, opening his first pub, the Kildare restaurant scene, opening a business during the economic crisis in Ireland in 2009, opening the 'hybrid' Firecastle in 2020, the "opportunities" that Covid gave the business, the future of the Irish pub plus much more. Click the Subscribe Button above or follow us on Spotify or most other podcast platforms to get new episodes every Wednesday.

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The Business of Restaurants Episode 10 with Jules Mak, owner Mak at D6 and Hush Restaurants Dublin

Season 1 · Episode 10

Wednesday, May 12, 2021 • Duration 24:21

Jules Mak is one of the up and coming restaurant owners in Dublin owning some of the most new restaurants to open in the city in recent years. He is the man behind Mak at D6 and also most recently Hush, which is a sandwich restaurant by day and a burger restaurant by night concept. I chat to Jules about his early upbringing in the restaurant world working in his Dad's restaurant, opening his first restaurant, creating a new age Chinese restaurant, some struggles in the early years, the fundamentals of opening a new restaurantr and his opinions on the future of dining among much more!

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The Business of Restaurants Podcast #9 with David Dunne of Knox and Flipside in Sligo, Ireland

Wednesday, May 12, 2021 • Duration 32:30

The Business of Restaurants Podcast Episode 9 with David Dunne. David Dunne is the owner of two of the best restaurants in Sligo - Knox and Flipside. Knox is an all day gourmet cafe and Flipside is a high end burger restaurant doing what some believe are the best burgers in Ireland! In this episode, I chat to David about his career in corporate finance and how that helped Knox, the logistics of opening his very first restaurant, opening a restaurant in an urban town, challenges to running a restaurant, pivoting during Covid 19, opening Flipside restaurant in Sligo and future expansion plans with the brand, key skills required for a successful restaurant and much more!

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The Business of Restaurants Podcast #8 with Mark Spagnuolo of Hoagitos Sandwich Restaurant, Belmar New Jersey

Season 1 · Episode 8

Thursday, April 29, 2021 • Duration 41:40

Mark Spagnuolo is the owner of Hoagitos Restaurant in Belmar New Jersey. Hoagitos is a bite sized sandwich restaurant serving really exciting gourmet sandwiches. In The Business of Restaurants Podcast Episode 8, we chat to Mark about his background before going into the restaurant industry, opening the very first Hoagitos and subsequently closing it down, mistakes they made in the early days, Instagram for Restaurants, how they adapted during Covid and some exciting expansion plans with Hoagitos into the future.

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The Business of Restaurants Podcast #7 - Adrian Martin, Wildflower Restaurant London

Season 1 · Episode 7

Wednesday, April 21, 2021 • Duration 26:47

Chef Adrian Martin is a celebrity chef, cookbook author and tv presenter from Cavan in Ireland. He is well known in Ireland as a tv chef and has appeared on a number of television series and also has writtern multiple award winning cookbooks. In March 2020, Adrian opened his own restaurant called Wildflower in a shipping container in Camden in London. In this episode of The Business of Restaurants Podcast, we chat about Adrian's early career to date working in restaurants, becoming a 'celebrity' chef, opening his own restaurant and running it from his home in Ireland during a global pandemic, his future ambitions with the restaurant and much more!

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The Business of Restaurants Podcast #6 with Oran McGonagle, Serial Restauranteur in Boston

Season 1 · Episode 6

Tuesday, April 13, 2021 • Duration 44:01

Oran McGonagle is an Irishman from Donegal who now owns and runs his own restaurant group in Boston. In this chat we discuss his story moving to Boston and living the 'American Dream', striking lucky working for the East Coast Tavern Group, openeing new restaurant concepts, the importance of staff, ambitions to open the best bar in America and plenty more!

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The Business of Restaurants Podcast #5 with Colm McDonagh of Esquires Coffee Shop, Galway

Season 1 · Episode 5

Tuesday, April 13, 2021 • Duration 33:54

Colm McDonagh is a well known entrepreneur and businessman in Galway who is most well known for owning his own travel agency business in Galway for 30 years. In 2015, Colm along with his wife Caryl, swapped industries and went into the food business and opened Esquires cafe on Eyre Square. In this episode, I chat with Colm about his younger days and his entrepreneurial upbringing, leaving the travel business as he saw the industry was going to the web, opening up Esquires coffee shop, challenges he had along the way, why service is everything and his future ambitions with the business.

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The Business of Restaurants #4 - Richard Kennan of Ruibin Restaurant, Galway

Tuesday, April 13, 2021 • Duration 26:29

Rúibín is a contemporary bar & restaurant located in Galway City on Ireland's Wild Atlantic way, the brainchild of couple Richard Kennan & Alice Jary. Their ethos is to cook & create using the best seasonal Irish produce they can find and pairing this with influence & inspiration from flavours around the world. The pair spent numerous years travelling and soaking up different cultures, before bringing this knowledge back home to Galway’s Historic Docklands. In this episode, I chat with Richard about his background growing up in hospitality, opening up his own restaurant Ruibin with his partner and chef Alice Jary, opening up with a very tight budget, the anger he felt when Covid hit in March 2020 and they were forced to close Ruibin and the future of his business.

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