So You Want to Run a Restaurant with Rick Rosenfield

October 26, 2026
Education Theater 115

Join us for a live taping of the So You Want to Run a Restaurant? podcast brought to you by the team at Back of House. We'll be joined by the original founder of California Pizza Kitchen, Rick Rosenfield, who will share the trials and tribulations he faced while building a pizza empire, including what he might have done differently in hindsight.

  1. Discover key insights about how to scale your pizza business
  2. Learn from Rick's mistakes -- he made them, so you won't have to
  3. Understand the evolution of the pizza business over the past 30 years
Speakers
Rick Rosenfield
Rick Rosenfield, Founder - California Pizza Kitchen
Spencer Michiel
Spencer Michiel, Executive Producer/Co-Host - So You Want to Run a Restaurant Podcast
Nick Florek
Nick Florek, Executive Producer - So You Want to Run a Restaurant Podcast