SNACKS Episode 3: What Great Kitchens Get Right About Leadership

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In this episode, Chef JKP discusses leadership and mental resilience in high-pressure kitchens with insights from Björn Frantzén and Regan Hillyer.

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the third episode of the SNACKS series. SNACKS are short, bite-size episodes from the Chef JKP Podcast, built to spotlight the strongest ideas from our most impactful conversations. In SNACKS Episode 3, Chef JKP brings together insights from Björn Frantzén and Regan Hillyer, exploring leadership, mental resilience, and how emotional state influences performance inside high-pressure kitchens. Björn reflects on leadership from lived experience at the highest level of...

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Host: Chef JKP

Guests: Björn Frantzén, Regan Hillyer

Topics covered

• leadership
• mental resilience
• emotional state
• performance
• high-pressure kitchens

Keywords

• leadership
• mental resilience
• emotional state
• performance
• kitchens
• high-pressure
• Chef JKP

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