Episodes

Had an amazing and raw conversation with Christina Veira of Side Duties about the state of the industry, who work in advocacy and training, intersectionality in the industry along with some in-depth advice pieces of changing ...

This week's Post Shift Shot is a mash-up of advice about side hustles and entrepreneurship over the last year and a bit. I think side hustles, projects and entrepreneurship are more important than ever. Share a dram with the ...

Had a great chat with the husband-wife team behind Bittered Sling Bitters based right here in BC, a great bitters line that has been slowly taking over the globe for the last 8 years. We chat their backgrounds and get into th...

This is a great episode with Miles Jones, Senior Commercial Manager Western Canada for anyone who ever wondered how brands like Aperol and Campari went from obscure to mainstream in five years, this is a really great insight ...

Have you ever wondered the driving force behind Speed Rack to take it from a humble idea to a worldwide phenom? We have a chat with the dynamic duo behind the competition, the early days, the global success and the future. Jo...

This is from an interview with Eugene from Rhum Bishop in Kenya, chatting about hospitality, industry mentorship and entrepreneurship. Join us every Tuesday & Friday as award winning industry stalwart, Shawn Soole interviews ...

I have always admired Simon Ford, he was always a brilliant marketer and ambassador for the brands he backed. I wanted to get to the bottom of why he gave up a fantastic gig for taking the risk on his own brand, the pitfalls,...

Haley was actually one of my very first podcasts back at San Antonio Cocktail Conference in Jan 2019, but I butchered the audio and had to scrap the interview. So happy that I reconnected and got to chat to her about her obse...

John is the man behind some seriously amazing events like World Class, Coachella and more. How did he go from bartending at a TGI Fridays in South Hampton to running a massive event, advocacy and training company in the US an...

This is for the My RodeCast podcast competition, a brief episode of my origin story; which I don't think I have ever told. Vote for it here! Join us every Tuesday & Friday as award winning industry stalwart, Shawn Soole inter...

With restaurants and bars reopening this week, I wanted to get a live stream Q&A with Ian Tostenson of the BC Restaurant and Foodservice Association and Jeff Guignard of ABLE BC . We chatted about the fundamentals int he reop...

Franky Marshall is a tour de force bartender out of NYC, we discuss where she has come from, how 2012 was a huge year for her, her love of all things French including the super obscure Pineau de Charentes and sticking to you ...

We look at the meteoritic rise to one of the top bartenders and consultants in the world. This was a great episode that covers so much about where Chris came from and his plans in the future. His outlook on the APAC market pr...

To give this man a title in the hospitality industry would be a grave disservice, flair god, OG mixology magician, just all-round industry legend. Dean started in small-town Ontario and took the flair world by storm, competin...

Dean and I go back almost 20 years to our days starting out in Brisbane. The conversation was full of great stories, taking Monkey Shoulder world wide and the reason he started the Dean Callan Show . This was just a great cat...

This is the first of most likely 3 restaurant reopening episodes in the coming weeks. This one focuses on the BCRFA's recommendations to the government for restaurant reopenings. Some good pointers in here, ABLE BC sent me a ...

Sit down with long time friend and mentor, Philip Duff and chat about his career, Old Duff Genever and the state of the hospitality industry in New York and the future of the industry as a whole. This is the second time Phili...

One of the longest-standing brand ambassadors in the game, Charlotte has helped shape the way brand ambassadors are trained and respected. With a huge and diverse portfolio to work with William Grant & Sons, she gives insight...

Great to catch up with a dear friend and peer, Sven Almenning from Speakeasy Group and Ananas Academy , touching on the jump from consultant to the owner and then owner of multiple venues. This was a great eye-opener for any ...

I took a larger view of the macro of small business this week and chatted to Michael Smith from Save Small Business.ca and chat about the things they are lobbying from the government along with changes they want to see stretc...

Side hustles and projects are more important than ever in this current climate of quarantine, but should you always have a side hustle, a passion project or something that can produce some passive income? Turn whatever your p...

Had a great live stream with Jason Littrell out of New York about his humble beginnings, working with the late great Sasha Petreske and making the leap from bartending to consultant and how branding, social media and online p...

I got to know Jesse during my time in Singapore last year, an amazing bartender and manager who always had me in awe of his skill set. I wanted to find out where he had come from and where he was heading, great origin story a...

This is a special edition episode as we delve into the impact of the pandemic on the craft spirits industry in BC with Tyler Dyck, co-owner of Okanagan Spirits and the head of the Craft Distiller's Guild , the lobbyist to the...