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Table for Two
by Phillip Hallani
Inspiring and educational interviews with the best business and hospitality operators in Australia and all around the world.
Episodes
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Table for two: Episode 58 The Burger Head Story Part 2
After 7 years, Burger head co-founders, Joshua Deluca and Tim Rosenstrauss have decided to call it quits after a couple really tough years in the industry. They are closing 4 of their bricks and mortar store. But it's definitely not the end of Burger Head. They and are putting all their effort to...
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode 57: Meet Jonny Massaad owner of the very popular Cake mail.
Meet Jonny Massaad owner of the very popular Cake mail. When Johnny couldn’t get a job at KFC at the age of 17 he decided to take matters into his own hands and start his own business from his garage while still at High school called Sugar high. Sugar high focused on creating Custom cakes and...
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode 56: Meet Tyron Simon and Ben Williamson
Episode #56 now Live! Meet Tyron Simon and Ben Williamson, owners of some of Australia’s best restaurants. Ben And Tyron’s journey crossed paths during their hospitality careers and when the opportunity to work together came up they jumped at the chance to combine their skills and create…
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode 55: Meet Anna Petridis
Episode #55 is now Live Meet Anna Petridis former owner of Patissez. Anna and her family have been in business and Hospitlaity their whole lives After selling their successful school uniform business to Lowes an opportunity to open their own cafe presented itself, so they jumped at the…
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode 54: Meet Joshua Khoury
Meet Joshua Khoury, Co owner of The Rusty Rabbit. Josh was only 19 when him and his brother decided to take over a cafe in Darlinghurst. With limited experience in running cafes, the brothers received full support from their parents to take the risk letting them know they had their full support…
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode 53: Meet Greg Mclean
Episode 52 is now Live! Meet Greg McLean. Greg’s journey in hospitality started at the age of 18 when his parents bought a coffee franchise. After spending a few years managing their store he decided to move back to the Gold Coast with no intention to ever get back into hospitality. It didn’t…
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode 52: Meet John Lazarou
Episode #52 is now Live! Meet John lazarou, John is one of the founders of the coffee club, which now has over 400 locations world wide. Johns journey in hospitality started a little different to most successful hospitality operators. At the age of 15 he left school to take on a hairdressing...
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode 51: Meet Simon Gloftis
Episode #51 Meet Simon Gloftis Simon’s journey in Hospitality started in the early days as a teenager selling corn on the cob at the markets, what started as a little side job turned into a very successful business, selling over one thousand corn on the cobs in one day, earning more than some...
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode: 50: Meet Charlie El Hachem
Episode #50 is now LIVE! Meet Charlie El Hachem, owner of Piccolo Me and Go Dark. Charlie has seen the highs and lows of the hospitality industry, at the start of the pandemic he genuinely thought he would lose the business. He and his family worked so hard to build. But after some dark times,...
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode: 49: Meet Sean & Mark
Episode #49 is now Live! Meet Sean and Mark. Sean had a background in HR and mark spent 20 years making gelato at bar Italia which was one of the first artisan gelato shops in Sydney. After Sean was made redundant, they decided it was time to open their own business. After 12 months of searching...
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode: 48: Meet Lisa and Argi
Episode: 48 is now Live! Lisa and Argi met while working at Rashays. Several years later they decided to take a risk on a shop in Liverpool Westfields that no one would go near and was considered a dead spot in the shopping centre. With strong marketing, great food and service, It didn’t take…
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode: 47: Meet Johnathon Israfil
Episode #47 Meet Johnathon Israfil, owner of Kerbside Creamery. Jonathons journey in hospitality only came about when he was fired from his civil engineering job during the start of the pandemic. He had an idea to create Sydney’s first cheesecake on a stick with your option for your favourite...
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode: 46: Meet Chloe Watts
Episode 46 Meet Chloe Watts Chloe was born and raised on the Gold Coast but spent several years in Sydney before heading to London for two years to work with London’s best chefs and hospitality groups. She decided to head back to the Gold Coast, where she bought Paddock Bakery with her parents,...
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode: 45: Meet Tony Pantano
Episode #45 is now live! Meet Tony Pantano, partner and chief operating officer of @onlyhospitality. Tony’s journey in hospitlaity started at the age of 13 working in an Italian restaurant in Lygon St, Melbourne. After finishing high school he managed several venues while also competing his...
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode: 44: Meet Hadi Chami
Episode #44 is now live! Meet Hadi Chami Owner of Notorious espresso, Werribee. Like most kids growing up in a Lebanese family business, as long as you were tall enough to see over the counter you were old enough to work in the shop. Being the eldest, Hadi would always be there helping his family...
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode: 43: Meet Jon Ford
Episode #43 is now Live! Meet Jon Ford Jon Ford is owner and operator of teddy picker restaurant in Werribee Jon was born in Liverpool, England, his hospitality journey started at the age of 14 when he got his first job in a kitchen, he was instantly obsessed and knew he wanted to make a career…
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode: 42: Meet Lucia Di Luca
Episode #42 is now Live! Meet Lucia Di Luca Lucia’s home turned weekend restaurant, offers guests traditional Italian food on the back verandah of her Orchard Hills home. In 2012 Lucia opened Cucina Casareccia. The humble restaurant serves a four-course seasonal menu, which changes every month,...
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode: 41: Meet Matt Woods
Episode #41 is now Live! Meet Matt Woods Matt Woods passion for creativity and drawing started at a young age. With a passion for art and design he later went on to study industrial design at university. His first job was at Sunbeam but hated it immediately. He then joined a joinery company which...
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode: 40: Meet Christine Elbakht
Meet Christine Elbakht Christine spent 20 years in corporate working for some of the world's top luxury brands in Australia and Dubai. After spending 3 years in Dubai she decided it was time to come home. Knowing her time was up in the corporate world and decided to chase her dreams of opening…
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode: 39: Meet Kenneth Rodrigueza.
Episode #39 Meet Kenneth Rodrigueza. Kenneth’s journey isn’t the typical hospitality journey but a passion for baking set him up for what would end up becoming one of the best donuts in Australian. After finishing a uni degree after 7 years, he decided to take a gap year he started working in...
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode: 38: Meet Roman Urosevski
Episode #38 Is now LIVE! Meet Roman Urosevski, owner of Son of a Baker, one of Sydney’s most popular bakeries. Romans journey in baking started from a early age helping his dad at his bakery. With no real passion for baking and knowing he wasn’t going to go to university, he decided to quit…
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode: 37: Meet Alex Riviere
Episode #37 is now Live! Meet Alex Riviere Alex was born in France and his passion for hospitality came at a young age watching his family of restraunteurs run hospitality venues. He moved to Australia at the age of 22 and worked in several well known restaurants around Bondi one of them being...
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode: 36: Meet Joshua DeLuca and Tim Rosenstrauss
Episode #36 Is now live! Meet Joshua DeLuca and Tim Rosenstrauss, 2 of the 3 owners of the very successful fast casual restaurant Burger head. Josh, Tim and Richard all completed their apprenticeships working together in some of the best fine dining restaurants in Australia, but it wasn’t until a...
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode 35: Meet Danny Russo
Episode #35 Meet Danny Russo, chef and owner of Russolini Group, one of Australia’s most respected and skilled boutique food service consultancy groups. Danny’s passion for food came from a young age watching and cooking with his mum. He started his apprenticeship with the Merivale Group. He…
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode 34: Jamila Houcher
Episode #34 Meet Jamila, owner of the amazing strawberries and co who specialises in strawberry towers, macaroon towers, desserts, event styling and workshops. What started as a side gig for a little bit of income doing projects for the family, turned into one of the most popular and unique…
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode 33: Meet Sal and Huss
Episode #33 Meet Sal and Huss Sal, Huss and his sister Amani’s journey is not the typical hospitality story. There was no burning desire to ever open a cafe but when there was a relationship breakdown and a 9 year lease in Huss’ name, he had no other choice but to step in and take control. With…
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode 32: Meet George Nahas
Episode #32 Meet George Nahas George is the owner owner of Belluci Cuccina, Gypsy Coffee Roasters, Romolo Espresso and is also opening one of the most anticipated restaurants in Sydney later this yeah with Ibby Moubaddar called Aalia. George had been working in the industry from his teenage…
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode 31: Meet Rarbie and Mohamed Taha
Episode #31 Meet Rarbie and Mohamed Taha. Two of the three founders of Sydney Brunch Crawler. With a passion for finding the best hospitality venues, Rarbie started getting phone calls and messages asking where the best places for brunch in Sydney were. His brothers Billy and Mohamed encouraged…
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode 30: Meet Mathew Abi - Arrage
Episode #30 Meet Mathew Abi - Arrage Mathew started his hospitality journey to make a bit of money with no intention to ever open his own shop. By the time he was 25 he was running some of Sydney’s best venues. Working his way up in the Merivale Group he became the licensee for the establishment,...
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode 29: Meet Jonathan Faro
Episode #29 Meet Jonathan Faro, owner of Society Pizzeria and Johnny Gios. Johnathon started his hospitality journey in catering at the age of 23 with Society Catering. With jobs all around Australia their mobile food business couldn't keep up with demand, Jonathan than opened Society Pizzeria on...
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode 28: Meet Ibby Moubadder
Meet Ibby Moubadder Ibby grew up in Lebanon, Beirut and like most teenagers loved the life he was living. But after the war in 2006 he knew it was time to get out to help create a better future for himself and his family. He moved to Australia in 2007 to study nursing with dreams of one day being…
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode 27: Meet Adam Mcasey.
Meet Adam Mcasey. At the age of 25, Adam decided to head to Bali to invest in property with no plans to go into hospitality. But things quickly changed when he realised Bali was missing the high quality venues that he had come to love in Melbourne. He had a long lease in a commercial property,...
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode 26: Meet Issac Martin
Episode #26 is now live! Meet Issac. Issac started his hospitality journey as a chocolatier in Melbourne, a few years later he decided to move to Sydney where he met his now wife Sammi. He started working for other hospitality venues but when their son Teddy was born 3 months premature he decided...
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TABLE FOR TWO: S2: Episode 1: Meet Chris Sheldrick
Episode #25 Meet Chris Sheldrick, Co-owner of Banksia Bakery, Thicc Cookies, Big Brownies and Passion Tree Velvet. Chris was born and raised in England, after university the age of 23 he was selected to join the new entrepreneur foundation, a paid program, where every year they pick 25 of the...
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode: 24: Meet Osheen Arakelian
Episode #24 Meet Osheen Arakelian, owner of The Valley specialty coffee, West Pennant Hills. Osheen went to University to study law and finished with a double degree, but once he had graduated he knew his future was hospitality. He has now been in the industry for over 15 years and has built an...
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode 23: Meet Jesse Orleans and Chris Theodosi
Episode #23 Meet Jesse Orleans and Chris Theodosi - the owners of Happyfield in Haberfield. We previously spoke to Jesse and Chris 35 hours before they opened their first venue. They have now been open for 9 weeks and the whole of Sydney has gone crazy for Happyfield. They have had a waitlist…
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode 22: Meet Attila Yilmaz.
Episode #22 Owner of Pazaar food collective. Although Attila was born into hospitality, it wasn’t until a serious incident working for NSW police that he decided to pursue a career in hospitality. After gaining inspiration from his travels, his journey as restauranteur began in 2012 where he…
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode 21: Meet Jonny Pisanelli
Episode #21 Meet Jonny Pisanelli - Owner of Adelaides best bakery...Abbots and Kinney. After studying for 6 months at a Pastry school 20 year old Jonny felt he was limited in Adelaide, so decided to fly to Italy to work in the best bakeries. For free! He returned to Adelaide and started selling…
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode 20: Meet Gee Ozgen
Episode #20 Is now live! . Meet Gee Ozgen. Owner of Mister Gee’s burger truck. After finishing school and working in a few different industries, Gee knew he wanted to stay in hospitality and own his own business. After a trip to The States, he was inspired by the amazing burger scene that was...
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode 19: Meet Ameer El-Issa
Episode #19 Meet Ameer El-Issa, owner of Knafeh Bakery, one of Australia’s most well known and respected hospitality brands in Australia. Ameer’s hospitality journey started way before their first venue. He was born into a family where hospitality was a way of life. Once they were old enough…
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode 18: Meet Sam Suiter
Episode #18: Meet Sam Suiter, owner of Kai coffee in Hawaii. Sam was born into hospitality, his family owned the Honolulu Coffee Company. One of the first specialty coffee venues in Hawaii, which now has over 40 locations. After the family sold the company, he decided to stay on as director of...
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode 17: Meet Noreen Bryan
Episode #17 Meet Noreen Bryan, co-owner of High st Depot, Penrith. Noreen started her career as an apprentice chef at Aria, one of Australia’s most popular restaurants. It’s also where she met her now husband Tim Bryan. After years of working and opening venues for other people they decided to…
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode 16: Meet Nico Alary
Episode #16 Meet Nico Alary. Co owner of Holybelly. Europe’s most popular cafe. Catching up for breakfast or grabbing your morning coffee at 9am on the way to work was completely unheard of in Paris. This all changed when Nico and his wife Sarah opened Holybelly. Inspired by their travels from...
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode 15: Anthony Karnasiotis
Meet Anthony Karnasiotis Anthony and his family are resposible for some of Sydney’s most memorable venues. Anthony’s family have been in takeaway shops, and restaurants for over 30 years. They made their name in a venue that was ahead of its times, in The Butchers Block, Wahroonga 2013 with...
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode 14: Meet Chris Theodosi & Jesse Orleans
Meet Chris Theodosi & Jesse Orleans the owners of Happyfield in Haberfield which has officially open today! We interviewed them 35 hours before they opened their cafe. This interview is a little different to previous interviews as most of my guests have had their venue for several years and we…
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode 13: Meet Jay Fantom
Meet Jay Fantom. The host of the super successful ‘The Story Box’ podcast. Jay has interviewed some of the worlds biggest stars, celebrities, motivational speakers, business owners and hospitality operators including the king of hospitality - Horst Schulze the Co Founder of the hotel chain Ritz...
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode 12: Meet Roy El-Hachem
Meet Roy El - Hachem. Co-owner of Piccolo Me. A family owned business which has over 25 stores around Australia. Roy is the creative genius behind Piccolo Me, and is considered the ‘Willy Wonka’ of cafes. His menu creations are always attracting media attention in Australia and around the world.…
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode 11: Meet Tim Bryan
Meet Tim Bryan. Tim has worked in some of the best kitchens in Australia and the UK. He completed his apprenticeship at Opera Bar, was Senior Su Chef of Aria, and also opened Chiwisk, as head chef, which is owned by Australia top restraunteur Matt Moran. In this episode, we chat about the…
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode 10: Meet Giorgina Venzin
Episode 10 is now Live! Meet Giorgina Venzin One of Brisbane’s best restauranteurs, Giorgina started in hospitality at the age of 14, washing dishes, working front of house and learning what the industry is is all about. Now, at the age of 31, with over 10 stores, Giorgina is what you call a real...
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TABLE FOR TWO: Episode 9: Trung Bui (Part 2 of 2)
Part two of Episode 9 is now live! Meet Trung Bui. A good friend and one of the smartest guys you will ever meet! Trung’s story is quite unique, and inspiring. He came from the construction industry to opening his first store as a franchisee with the Coffee Emporium. He had no idea about...
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Inspiring and educational interviews with the best business and hospitality operators in Australia and all around the world.
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Phillip Hallani
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