The Repertoire Podcast
Your Repertoire is the most valuable asset in your career. It's the collection of skills, stories, experiences, and lessons you've had to hard-earn in this hospitality industry. What if you could ask some of the best professionals in the world how they built their Repertoire?
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Utah Just Changed the Michelin Guide Forever (opens the original)
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Interested in Chef Tech Stack? Learn more here. Want 1-on-1 Coaching with Repertoire? Apply here. Justin Khanna and Ray Delucci break down the week in food and restaurant news, starting with Michelin's new Southwest Guide — a surprisingly conservative debut that returned to Las Vegas after 17 years and handed Utah its very first star. They dig deep into Monte, the 14-month-old Salt Lake City tasting menu restaurant run by a husband-and-wife team who sold their house and cars to make
It's actually Cook to Chef to Entrepreneur (opens the original)
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Apply for Coaching with Repertoire Written version of this episode on the Repertoire blog My episode on “Cook to Chef” from 2019 7shifts FREE 2026 Industry Report Reps Series of Skill Exercises from Repertoire Episode with Chris Spear Sorcerer’s Apprentice book by Lisa Abend The E-Myth Revisited book by Michael Gerber Useful, Not True book by Derek Sivers Seth Godin’s Freelancer Post Balaji’s Founder vs Inheritor Model Tim Ferriss and Michael Mauboussin (where he shares the Greg Northcraft quote
The Private Chef Business Is Booming (opens the original)
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Interested in Chef Tech Stack? Learn more here. Want 1-on-1 Coaching with Repertoire? Apply here. The restaurant industry is changing faster than most operators can react — and this week Ray goes solo on four stories that show exactly where it's headed.First, a Wall Street Journal piece on chefs, plumbers, and contractors turning client work into media companies. Private chef Olivia Tiedemann went from a couple thousand Instagram followers to 4.3 million in three months, and she's not a
Noma Is Officially Back. So What Changed? (opens the original)
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Noma is back in Copenhagen — and this time with a new leadership structure, a creative-director role for René Redzepi, and a menu format that scraps the old three-season model for 12 microseasons. Justin and Ray dig into what the reopening actually signals for the industry: whether the Wall Street Journal's "controversial celebrity chef" framing does a disservice to the team doing the work, why Noma still doesn't appear anywhere in the Michelin Guide, and what a genuine redemption arc would have
The Truth About Becoming a Chef in 2026 (opens the original)
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Ray Delucci breaks down whether it's actually worth joining the hospitality and food industry in 2026, why networking might be the most undervalued skill in this business, Sweetgreen's stunning fall from a $5 billion valuation, ongoing food safety outbreaks hitting Chipotle and Qdoba, and a first look at A24's Anthony Bourdain biopic "Tony."If this episode was helpful, please like and subscribe — at 2,500 YouTube subscribers, we're doing a follower Q&A. Listening on Spotify or Apple? Share with
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