Join James Beard Foundation and Best Served as industry pros unpack the issues plaguing the hospitality industry today: staffing, hiring, wages, and what it means to have a quality workplace. “Everyone talks about building a relationship with their guests. They need to build one with their employees first.” The hospitality industry’s long history of bad pay, lack of benefits, toxic cultures and no path to retirement have been exposed. It is time to build Workplaces Worth Working, that are Equitable, Profitable, Sustainable and invest in their most valuable assets, people.

ModeratorsChef Jensen CummingsChef Mimi LanChristine ChungKiki LouyaTeo Reyes Roc UnitedAbbey Miller 

Resources

JBF website / industry newsletter signup at bottomSafety First playbookOyster Sunday x JBF resources: Strategies for Hiring and Retaining EmployeesOyster Sunday x JBF resources: Reopening WebinarOyster SundaySignup for Industry newsletterLegacy NetworkWomen’s Leadership ProgramsBeard House Fellows ProgramMIT Living Wage CalculatorRob Walker Storytelling Experiment Creative Ways to Solve the Labor CrisisBlack Box Study