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    Good Food

    Four-Star Hospitality Secrets

    Four-star waiter and author Phoebe Damrosch shares four-star hospitality secrets. In her book, Service Included , Damrosch details her rigorous service staff training for New York's Per Se. It's all about finesse and making the guest comfortable.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Four-star waiter and author Phoebe Damrosch shares four-star hospitality secrets. In her book, Service Included, Damrosch details her rigorous service staff training for New York's Per Se. It's all about finesse and making the guest comfortable. She also talks about the roles of being of service, subservient and providing hospitality, which are traditionally female qualities in our culture, until it comes to the four-star restaurant, where these roles are typically filled by men. Damrosch was one of only a couple female captains at Per Se.

    Music break: Sweet Pie by RJD2

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    Table Manners; Four-Star Hospitality Secrets; Jitlada
    1. 1:00The Market Report
    2. 8:00Taste Like a Pro
    3. 15:00Table Manners
    4. 22:00Four-Star Hospitality SecretsYou’re reading this
    5. 29:00Cast Iron Pans
    6. 36:00The Gold Standard: Jitlada
    7. 43:00Aquaculture and Organic Seafood
    8. 50:00Small-Space Gardening Techniques
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Bob Carlson

      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Jennifer Ferro

      Jennifer Ferro, President, KCRW, Los Angeles

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      Thea Chaloner

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

      CultureFood & Drink

    The full episode

    4 of 8
    Table Manners; Four-Star Hospitality Secrets; Jitlada
    1. 1:00The Market Report
    2. 8:00Taste Like a Pro
    3. 15:00Table Manners
    4. 22:00Four-Star Hospitality SecretsYou’re reading this
    5. 29:00Cast Iron Pans
    6. 36:00The Gold Standard: Jitlada
    7. 43:00Aquaculture and Organic Seafood
    8. 50:00Small-Space Gardening Techniques
    Back to Good Food