191: Eric Donnelly| Leveraging Discipline, Goal Setting, & Definite of Purpose to Achieve Restaurant Dreams

in this episode we discuss:

• the importance of self discipline, setting goals, and living intentially;
• the impact of cutting drugs and alcohol out of your life.
• how rewarding it can be to provide opportunity for your people.
• why its so important to get a proven track recording before opening a restaurant. 
• developing and providing opportunity to those in your restaurant in order to retain those in your restaurant. 

Executive Chef Eric Donnelly is a Seattle native and local chef favorite. He’s been working in and running kitchen for over 22 years. His first, personally owned restaurant, RockCreek Seafood & Spirits opened in Fremont to rave reviews in July 2013. This year Eric was a James Beard Award nominee for Best Chef Northwest, and was referenced as one of “Seattle’s Best Chefs” by The Seattle Times. RockCreek was named one of 2013’s Best New Restaurants by Seattle Magazine and one of the Top 20 US Restaurants by UrbanSpoon. Seattle Metropolitan Magazine included his Wild Mexican Prawns with Anson Mills Heirloom Grits as one of the top 50 dishes of the year.