Post Shift Podcast #109 - Jackie Summers
This was an epic, impromptu and fantastic chat with award winning author, writer and entrepreneur, Jackie Summers. We had a few technical difficulties but pushed through and was a great conversation about the process, the journey and getting what you want out of life.
Jackie Summers is an acclaimed author, seasoned public speaker, and serial entrepreneur. Summers is the founder of JackFromBrooklyn Inc. and the creator of the award-winning Sorel Liqueur. A native New Yorker, he served as an Executive Editor for The Good Men Project for six years.
Ranked among the world’s “100 Most Influential Bar Industry Figures” by Drinks International Magazine (2019, 2020), The 50 Most Influential People In Brooklyn Food (Brooklyn Magazine, 2015), named to the Imbibe 75 (2021), and named the 2019 Award winner for “Best Food Essay” by the Association of Food Journalists, Jackie has written for everyone from the James Beard Foundation to Plate, Wine Enthusiast, VinePair, Epicurious, Deslish, and Edible Brooklyn.
He was honored to serve as a judge for the 2018 James Beard Awards, a judge for the 2019 Bombay Sapphire “Most Imaginative Bartender” competition, the 2019 Patron Perfectionists competition, and a judge for the 2017, 2018, & 2019 American Craft Spirits Association Awards. He currently serves as a co-chair of the Education Committee for the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation.
Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed hospitality for decades. Now, he delves into the advice, opinions, and provocative stories that are helping to define the creative, culturally-necessary space of ‘modern hospitality’—covering topics from front-of-house service, to back-end business operations, and every inch between.
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