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"Yes, We Are Open" Season 3 Episode 6 - Impact Kitchen
November 07, 2022
Personal trainer and nutrition expert Josh Broun had a vision for a restaurant focused on providing simple meals with real, wholesome ingredients to ”provide energy to take on the day with purpose and optimism”.
In 2015, he teamed up with Frank Toskan, co-founder of MAC Cosmetics to open Impact Kitchen despite neither of them having previous restaurant experience. Since then, Impact Kitchen has grown quickly, opening 4 more locations in Toronto.
The future looked bright, but then came the pandemic forcing them to close their doors indefinitely.
How did they survive? Listen to find out.
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You can learn more about Impact Kitchen at impactkitchen.ca.
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