
Start your week with a sharper mindset and a better plan. Hosted by Shaun de Vries from Open Pantry Co., The Prep List is your under 10-minute Monday hit of hospitality insights, made for venue owners, operators, and team leaders who don’t have time to scroll or sit through an hour-long podcast. Each week, you’ll get: – One trend to watch – One tool to test – One real-world operator move – One sma... more
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 37 | Founded | a year ago |
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| Categories | ManagementBusinessFoodArts | ||||

Every venue tells a story — the question is whether you're telling the one you actually meant to.
This episode closes the series with story incoherence: when the brand says one thing, the chairs say another, and the bathrooms say a third. Three ques... more
Long before a guest reads your menu, your room has already told them how to feel — through light, sound, temperature, and music.
This episode is about sensory drift: the slow way these atmospheric details stop being intentional, and how to wake the... more
Every service is a relay race between front of house and back of house — and when the relay breaks, it's rarely because someone isn't trying hard enough. It's because the space itself is making it harder. This episode walks through the three friction... more
Before your room is an experience, it's a machine — with capacity, flow, bottlenecks, and dead square metres quietly costing you money every service. This episode introduces the three- question capacity check: your seat-to-square-metre ratio, your tu... more
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The show centers on practical, actionable hospitality insights tailored for venue owners, operators, and leadership teams. Across episodes, listeners encounter concise, weekly guidance on space, branding, revenue optimization, and operational discipline, all delivered in a tight under-10-minute format by a single host with hands-on industry experience. The host leans into frameworks, checklists, and real-world moves—such as space audits, three-point location reads, and brand consistency scans—designed to improve guest experience, profitability, and team focus. A notable throughline is the emphasis on turning physical spaces and operating decisions into strategic advantages, rather than relying solely on marketing or superficial branding. Th... more
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