Could childhood memories and family recipes shape a successful business venture?

In this episode, Jon Schuetz and Brent Connelly welcome Chef Bob Haney as their guest. He shares his journey from being a former model to pursuing his passion for cooking and starting his company, Heavenly Waffles®.

Chef Bob talks about the inspiration behind the waffles, the unique ingredients used, and how they differ from regular pancakes and waffles. Bob also shares his story of being in the modeling industry, his encounters with famous personalities, his struggles with addiction, and ultimately finding a turning point in his life.

Bob discusses:

The birth of his brand “Heavenly Waffles®” and how it is a game changer for professional athletes across America
His broad career journey: Modeling, bartending, and now a chef!
The turning point within his career after having a dark patch
What’s next for Heavenly Waffles® and where you might find them in the future
And more

Resources:

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About Our Guest:

Chef Bob Haney is a chef instructor, and menu development consultant, now Founder and Executive Chef, of Heavenly Waffles®.

Haney started cooking with his grandma Glady when he was 4 years old.

Glady taught Chef Bob, or Bobby, as she called him, how to develop flavors, and taught him about flavor profiles. Glady was a meat and potatoes kind of cook, basics, with outstanding flavor, while Bob’s mom, Joanne, who also helped cultivate Chef Bob’s taste buds, was also an amazing cook. Mom Joanne, was more creative, and took more risks in the kitchen, helping Chef Bob think more outside the box.

Chef Bob cooked for friends and family but didn’t start working in restaurants until his early 20’s in Kansas City, then in Chicago.

While modeling all over the world, Chef Bob would always cook for people he met, giving away recipes he had created over the years, but never gave out his pancake recipe he had created, combining 3 ingredients of a recipe Glady made, and 2 ingredients of a recipe Joanne made. One morning, in Glady’s kitchen, making his famous pancakes there wasn’t enough of one of the ingredients, which was sour cream, but there was yogurt in the fridge, Haney though, “oh that will work” and years later Heavenly Waffles® were born.