Business Expansion Caused the Famous Humm and Guidara Split
Daniel Humm · Eleven Madison Park: Daniel Humm · May 3, 2021 · at 44:13
Daniel Humm reflects on the divergence in vision and loss of schedule control that ultimately broke up his acclaimed culinary partnership with Will Guidara at Eleven Madison Park.
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“I think in our partnership also with Will, this is kind of when things started to be where we didn't Always see eye to eye. And I felt like a lot of these opportunities were taking my time away from the things that I really wanted to do. And so I felt that when I looked at my schedule on a daily basis, I wasn't even fully in control of the schedule. Eventually it was just clear that You know, our incredible ride is coming to an end. And I think it felt at the end that maybe we were holding each other back from what we really wanted to do.”
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