Scott Dolch, President of the Connecticut Restaurant Association

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Episode Transcript

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I our communities. Here, weare we are live at Foxwoods. It
is the Crazies with Scott Saltz,President, the man himself, the man
of the hour, the Connecticut RestaurantAssociation, your dreams this year. I
think this is literally going to startbeing the bar like this is amazing,
it is it is the bar whatevery years a new bar Rene you know,

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No, this is out of control. We're we're having a great time
here tonight. But this sold outfaster. Thousands and thousands and thousands of
people in Connecticut voted. I mean, talk about getting the entire Connecticut community
involved. It's the Oscars for thehospitality industry. Yeah. I mean I
look back sometimes pinch myself that wewere able to grow this so fast,
you know, to have fourteen hundredpeople here tonight celebrating our industry in such

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a big way, and then youhave twenty five thousand votes we had,
which was almost ten thousand more thaneven last year. Yeah, you know,
people are excited about hospitality. Youknow, whether that I have general
public telling me how do I getto come to the Crazies. It's not
just our industry and it's just sayyeah, buy your ticket. But obviously
tonight it's sold out hopefully next year, but really, you know this,
this is the culmination of so muchwork on my team and so excited for

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what tonight brings and the people thatare being nominated as I see them smile
walking by, and you know whatit means to them, and you know
they they work so hard for threehundred and sixty four days a year inside
their restaurants, so to be ableto be recognized and kind of celebrate,
dress up a little bit and havea great night out and everybody looks beautiful.
I would you believe I haven't eatena thing yet. Wow, we

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need to act you some food ornot? I say. I was actually
got a chance to go in theback with the Foxwoods culinary team. They
had about sixty people working because they'reprepping for fourteen hundred people and they're prepping
for fourteen hundred hospitality people. Yeahthey are and no pressure, no pressure,
but honestly, like they love it. And all their chefs came out
to me and we're like, Scott, thank you so much. And their

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team so we they actually have theirpastry chef is up for Pastry Chef of
the Year, so their culinary teammakes this event also is so special,
so it's exciting all right. Well, Scott Julch, thank you for being
here. It's iHeart Communities Live atFoxwood's for the crazies. Yeah, I
can't wait to get in there andhave a good time tonight. Thanks Tone.
As always in the sport,