In this episode, I chat with Chef Michael Feker about the importance of creating systems, how to build a top-notch team, and why passion is so important when it comes to building a successful business.
Bio:
Chef, Restaurateur Michael Feker spreads his passion and joy of cooking and eating healthy meals through his varied roles as: Product Consultant; Product Spokesperson; Corporate and Private Caterer; Culinary Instructor, TV Host, and Kitchen Design consultant.
• Chef and restaurant marketing-management specialist
• Owner Il Mito/Zesti Catering, Milwaukee
• Host of ABC affiliate Milwaukee’s WISN “Our Dinner Bell”, now starting its third season
• Featured on Food Network’s “Guy’s Grocery Games” on the episode “Aisle and Error” and Food Network’s “Cutthroat”
• Consultant for Biospringer, a branch of La Saffre
• Chef presenter for Stella Artois at Kohler Wine and Food event, Milwaukee
• Consultant JFK Kitchen Build, Milwaukee
• Recipe-Menu Development, Product Development, Restaurant Branding, On Air Culinary, Employee Training, P&L Analysis, Budgeting, Menu Costing
• Culinary consultant to Wisconsin’s largest healthcare provider, Aurora Health Care. Revamping and revived their culinary techniques and practices to bring fresh and pure foods to both patients and staff.
• Founder of Milwaukee non-profit, Culinary and Hospitality Education Foundation (CHEF), a 501c3
Restaurant entrepreneurs, Chef Feker and his wife were recently featured in Milwaukee’s M magazine as “community and Milwaukee-minded activists who have been recognized for using their vocational skills, creativity, and influence to move the city forward working behind the scenes to ensure the city continues to thrive”.
In 1997, he opened the IL MITO brand. He then went on to open a second Il Mito in 2006, in Wauwatosa, in 2008, he expanded that location to include CMF’s School of Culinary Magic/Chef’s Counter, where he hosts private cooking lessons, gourmet wine and beer tastings, private cooking demonstrations and corporate events. In 2015, Michael opened Zesti in Hartland, Wisconsin. Based on his worldly travels and experiences, combined with Feker’s passion for food and culinary artistry.
