Founder & Owner of Pomegranate Hospitality

The most Important lesson I have learned throughout my career is to surround yourself with people who share in your values. Very few businesses are run by one person. Ensure that you are leading your decisions through your values and not because of your talents.

When hiring, we look for nice people first and foremost. We look for people who believe in empowering the people around them, people who are respectful and have a positive attitude. It's important to us that we hire people who are passionate about hospitality and believe in fairness for all. We want to work with team members who value education, who are reliable to their colleagues and who believe that an organized workplace is the best way to succeed. These are the core values of Pomegranate Hospitality and they are the pillars in how we decide who we want to surround ourselves with.

We focus heavily on empowering our team to share their values with the people around them. We love learning about cooking dishes that inspire us, and working with vendors, artisans and ingredients that excite us.

In order to do my job, I could not live without my wife and partner, Emily Shaya.