Monday Meditations with Wine – 2/21/22 Taariq David – Correction Monday Meditations with Wine is a weekly live interview session on BRAVO!’s Facebook page highlighting hospitality, culinary, and beverage industry professionals from the American South. This weekly series is meant to shine a light on the enthusiastic, passionate, professionals in the south blazing trails in their respective fields. We are telling the stories of the south’s brightest in the hospitality industry. So, grab your favorite glass of wine and experience southern hospitality from your living room, office, dorm room, or where ever you please every Monday at 6 PM CST. In this week’s episode Chuck will be interviewing Taariq David who hails from Washington, DC, and currently calls Water Valley, MS home with his wife and four daughters. Taariq David has over 25 years of restaurant experience in the kitchen and dining room. He has served as everything from busser to General Manager. Taariq David is the definition of a true entrepreneur and has excelled as a 2021 member of the Big Bad Business Lab. The Lab is funded by Yoknapatawpha Arts Council (YAC) and in part through grants from the National Endowment for the Arts Our Town program and the Mississippi Arts Commission. The Lab offers entrepreneurs a place to self-define their goals and professional development support to achieve these goals. David owns David Hospitality Services and is the co-founder of Hospitality Bruhs. These are restaurant consulting businesses that also focus on cocktails. These businesses are designed to teach locals how to replicate restaurant-quality food and cocktails at home. David is most excited about his small business because it focuses on empowering others while being something that he has created from start to finish. Taariq started his own business due to restaurants shutting down during COVID. Creating his own vision through cocktails and food was a dream of his that he had wanted to do for a while, and with the onset of covid, he was able to accomplish his dream. Another reason for starting his own business was so that he did not have to continue living paycheck to paycheck. Taariq is currently working with Fox Sports Center and is being featured in their segment Ultimate College Roadtrip. Check out Taariq’s latest cocktails and cuisine at @Taariqdavid or @hospitalitybruhs on Instagram! Watch Live Monday 2/21/22 on Facebook Live: https://fb.me/e/1YPIwzUfA Interested in learning more about Taariq David check out these great blogs and videos as well as his social media. https://www.oxfordarts.com/bbbblog/732-a-true-entrepreneur https://www.facebook.com/taariq.david https://www.instagram.com/taariqdavid/?hl=en https://vimeo.com/512363181 – Business in a Virtual World http://www.invitationmag.com/post/creative-cocktails-featuring-taariq-david – Creative Cocktails: Featuring Taariq David