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Unreasonable Hospitality

The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect
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Learn the surprising power of delivering beyond your customers' expectations. The New York Times Bestseller As seen on the hit TV show The Bear Essential lessons in hospitality for every business, from the former co-owner of the legendary restaurant Eleven Madison Park. Will Guidara was twenty-six... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback

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Unreasonable Hospitality

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Learn the surprising power of delivering beyond your customers' expectations.

The New York Times Bestseller

As seen on the hit TV show The Bear

Essential lessons in hospitality for every business, from the former co-owner of the legendary restaurant Eleven Madison Park.

Will Guidara was twenty-six when he took the helm of Eleven Madison Park, a struggling New York City 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. His hospitality extended beyond those dining at the restaurant to his own team, who learned to deliver praise and criticism with intention. Discover 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.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529146820

Publisher: Ebury Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 January 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Ebury Edge

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 233.0mm

Weight: 354g

Pages: 288

About the Author

Hailing from Sleepy Hollow, New York, Will Guidara has been immersed in the restaurant industry since the age of thirteen. He is a graduate of the school of hotel administration at Cornell University and attended culinary school in the north of Spain. Guidara trained in the dining rooms of Tribeca Grill, Spago, and Tabla and opened the restaurants at the Museum of Modern Art before becoming the general manager of Eleven Madison Park in 2006.

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