100 | The Life of a Las Vegas Culinary Entrepreneur | Jolene Mannina

Jolene Mannina is the current President & Co-Founder of SecretBurger.com and the Founder of Vegas Test Kitchen. Jolene Mannina has been in the hospitality industry for 20+ years. Since starting her hospitality career at Commanders Palace in New Orleans Jolene’s journey has been substantial. Proprietor and Chef of Sloppi Jo’s, Head of Culinary for the Life is Beautiful Festival, Head of Culinary for Further Future, Creator of the Back Of House Brawl, Executive Producer of Late Night Chef Fight Season 1 & 2 and President of SecretBurger.Com to name just a few milestones of her career to date. With decades of experience under her belt Jolene’s event management company quickly became the go to resource for all thing’s food and beverage. Jolene has brought her unique tenacity and ability to foresee needs to create unique culinary experiences. As President of SecretBurger.com, Jolene partnered with top Chefs in 12 cities and executed over 200 #OffTheMenu culinary experiences in 2019. Just one of these events was Picnic In The Alley Boutique Epicurean event 100% designed and executed by leading women in Las Vegas hospitality industry.|JoleneMannina|-SecretBurger.com-VegasTestKitchen.com-@JoleneMannina|JakeGallen|-Instagram-Twitter-Facebook-Linkedin|TimeStamps|0:00 - Introduction1:20 - The Ghost Kitchen Model8:30 - Vegas Test Kitchen16:20 - SecretBurger.com19:58 - Head of Culinary for Life is Beautiful 2012 23:15 - Independant Food Vendor Experience 30:40 - Food Truck Courts 36:00 - Pop-Up Dinners 41:02 - Foodie or Entrepreneurship? 43:14 - Back of House Brawl 51:05 - What does Las Vegas mean to you?|LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE to the platform of your choice|-Apple Podcasts-Spotify-Google Podcasts-Amazon Podcasts-Youtube (VIDEO RECORDINGS)