Jeff Gigante and I spent 15 minutes talking about how is restaurant group, Ciccio & Tony’s, is exploring ways to use hyper-local ingredients. Jeff discusses the pros, cons, myths, struggles, and successes of his efforts to source fresh, organic local food for his six restaurants.

All consumers who expect their restaurants to use local food should listen to this…

http://www.schedulefly.com/player.swf

If you have additional thoughts or advice you’d like to share on this topic, hit me at wbrawley [at] schedulefly [dot] com. I’d love to do a follow up interview with you or share your written thoughts here on the blog.

Wil