About this Event
ABOUT BOLD FORK BOOK CLUB
Our food writing section has it all - fiction, memoir, food studies, history, and more. Led by a member of our team, Bold Fork Book Club is a monthly in-shop event where we pick a book to read ahead and discuss together in a group — with snacks!
If you want to learn more about food and meet other members of the Bold Fork community, this is the group for you. NOTE: THE AUTHOR WILL NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE.
If you buy a ticket including a book, we will email you when your book is ready for pickup or shipping.
This Book Club will be led by Bold Fork Books' Owner Clementine Thomas.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Will Guidara was twenty-six when he took the helm of Eleven Madison Park, a struggling two-star brasserie that had never quite lived up to its majestic room. Eleven years later, EMP was named the best restaurant in the world.
How did Guidara pull off this unprecedented transformation? Radical reinvention, a true partnership between the kitchen and the dining room—and memorable, over-the-top, bespoke hospitality. Guidara’s team surprised a family who had never seen snow with a magical sledding trip to Central Park after their dinner; they filled a private dining room with sand, complete with mai-tais and beach chairs, to console a couple with a cancelled vacation. And his hospitality extended beyond those dining at the restaurant to his own team, who learned to deliver praise and criticism with intention; why the answer to some of the most pernicious business dilemmas is to give more—not less; and the magic that can happen when a busser starts thinking like an owner.
Today, every business can choose to be a hospitality business—and we can all transform ordinary transactions into extraordinary experiences. Featuring sparkling stories of his journey through restaurants, with the industry’s most famous players like Daniel Boulud and Danny Meyer, Guidara urges us all to find the magic in what we do—for ourselves, the people we work with, and the people we serve.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Will Guidara is the author of the New York Times bestseller Unreasonable Hospitality. He is the former co-owner of Eleven Madison Park, which under his leadership was named the Best Restaurant in the World. He is the host of The Welcome Conference, a co-producer on the Emmy Award-winning series The Bear, and a recipient of the Wall Street Journal Innovator Award.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Bold Fork Books, 3064 Mount Pleasant Street Northwest, Washington, United States
USD 6.61 to USD 33.33
