Chicago restaurateur Billy Dec is the host of the Meal of Your Life podcast, where distinguished guests — from fellow renowned chefs to athletes to celebrities — talk about a defining meal. 

In the latest installment of this podcast series, Dec chats with Nick Kokonas, James Beard Award-winner, co-owner and founder of Alinea Group and founder and CEO of Tock, Inc. Kokonas details the unique way he handles business, the hospitality industry and the change he is bringing.

You can subscribe to Dec’s podcast on iTunes.

Billy Dec is an Emmy Award winning television personality and actor and the CEO and founder of Rockit Ranch, which operates seven restaurants, bars and nightclubs in Chicago. For the past three years he has served on the White House Advisory Commission on Asian American & Pacific Islanders and the White House Bullying Prevention Task Force.