878: Donald Moore Partner DOM Food Group

With excitement allow me to introduce to you today’s guest Former Chief Culinary Officer and EVP Kitchen Operations at the Cheesecake Factory and Current Partner at DOM Food Group, Donald Moore. Donald found a passion for cooking and the kitchen early on in his life because of the parallels he found between teamwork in the kitchen and on the soccer field. After college, he worked in kitchens all around the country before joining the Cheese Cafe Factory in 2001 as a kitchen manager. He quickly rose through the ranks and by 2010 he was the Chief Culinary Officer for the entire organization. In 2020 Donald left the Cheesecake factory to form DOM Food Group. a Los Angeles-based venture studio that incubates, invests in, operates, and consults the leading scalable food businesses of the future. <p>Check out <a href="https://amzn.to/38bKGwX">The Checklist Manifesto: How To Get Things Right by Atul Gawande</a> as <em>highly recommended</em> in today's episode by both Eric and Donald.</p> <p>Donald says this is the best book for multi-unit leadership: <a href="https://amzn.to/36OdZoY">Multi-Unit Leadership: The 7 Stages of Building Profitable Stores Across Multiple Markets by Jim Sullivan</a></p> <p>Today’s feature affiliate: Bentobox. In need of a restaurant website? Click <a href= "https://getbento.com/signup/?ref=Resta18">this link</a> to find out why so many of my guests use Bentobox!</p> <h2>Show notes…</h2> <h3>Calls to ACTION!!!</h3> <ul> <li>Join <a href= "https://www.restaurantunstoppablenetwork.com/plans/47357?bundle_token=17a3bdca1ccbc19303dff68d05df5ab2&utm_source=manual">Restaurant Unstoppable Network</a> and get your first 30 days on me!  Connect with my past guest and a community of superfans.</li> <li>Subscribe to the <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJSERtxnAE3V7T9PQ19w_Og">Restaurant Unstoppable YouTube Channel</a></li> <li>Join the private <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/groups/493649961457862/">Unstoppable Facebook Group</a></li> <li>Join the email list! (Scroll Down to get the Vendor Lis