Rebecca Banks: McNally Restaurant Group Veteran on New Beginnings
Rebecca Banks is the former Beverage Director of the Keith McNally restaurant group in New York City. A wine professional extraordinaire, Rebecca was formerly the Beverage Director of Balthazar and was a Wine Educator at The International Culinary Institute.
Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:
How Rebecca Banks became a part of the alcoholic beverage industry
Rebecca looks back on her wine sales career and shares what she wishes she’d learn early on
Rebecca talks about the ugly side of the glamorous hospitality industry
How the COVID-19 pandemic has affected Rebecca’s career
Rebecca discusses wine tariffs and the efforts being made to reverse them
Rebecca shares the challenges that women face in the hospitality industry
Rebecca’s advice to the hospitality industry
In this episode…
From a fashion design background to becoming a Beverage Director at the prestigious Keith McNally restaurant group, Rebecca Banks has had a colorful career. Her experiences made her resilient and has also made her capable of wearing different hats, allowing her to grow a successful career within the alcoholic beverages industry.
Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic happened and she has had to endure its repercussions in an already-strained hospitality industry. According to Rebecca, the pandemic exposes the faults in the hospitality industry and what needs to be done to chart a new beginning for the industry.
In this episode of the Alexi Cashen Podcast, former Beverage Director at the Keith McNally restaurant group, Rebecca Banks, looks back on her career and talks about what needs to change for the hospitality industry going into the future. She also shares the challenges that women face in the industry and the things she wishes she learned early on in her career. Stay tuned.
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