Hear from our thought leaders
Available Speakers:
Ed Chiles Proprietor, Chiles Group
Chuck Wolfe CEO, Chiles Group
Will Manson General Manager, Gamble Creek Farms
Zack Rasmussen Farm Manager, Gamble Creek Farms
Our leadership are passionate about sharing their expertise on important topics and issues. Both Ed Chiles and Chuck Wolfe are available for speaking engagements in their core areas of environmental sustainability, business growth & mergers, and personal successes.
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PODCASTS
Our team have been booked by media around the world and are happy to participate in thought-provoking conversations about what we do. Hear some podcast interviews below!
I Always Wanted To Be An Architect
Creating a Sustainable, Circular Restaurant Culture
Ed talks about the connection between the food industry and the design process. It’s essential that architects and designers consider sustainable improvements when designing commercial buildings, especially ones that house restaurants. Our future depends on more sustainability.
Length: 19 minutes Guest: Ed Chiles, Founder
Released: October 24, 2024
From the Corner Office
Building sustainable restaurants with Ed Chiles
The Business Observer spoke with Ed Chiles. Ed’s company owned and operated three popular Manatee County waterfront restaurants: Beach House, Mar Vista and Sandbar. Together, we discuss how Ed and his team built the waterfront restaurant company over 45 years, working for a purpose larger than yourself, and the leadership lessons Ed learned from his father, the late Florida Gov. Lawton Chiles.
3 Takeaways:
(12:45) Especially now, you want to be about something that addresses a greater challenge.
(14:30) Your culture is how you get people to self-police.
(15:10) Every business tells a story.
Visit businessobserverfl.com for more.
Length: 29:31 Guest: Ed Chiles
Released: August 31, 2023
JRNY Travel Podcast
Understanding the fragility of the area we live in: Appreciating the natural environment with Ed Chiles
Ed Chiles is the owner of Chiles Group, formerly operating the Sandbar, Beach House, and Mar Vista restaurants on Anna Maria Island and Longboat Key in western Florida. Ed was the managing partner for the Pine Avenue Restoration project in the City of Anna Maria and engages in a number of local sustainability initiatives.
He and host Si Willmore talk about the All Clams on Deck project, which aims to restore seagrass and oyster beds to combat problems like harmful 'red tide' algal bloom outbreaks; restoring Pine Avenue on Anna Maria Island to the 'greenest little main street in America'; and the Love It Like a Local program which aims to educate tourists about preserving the area and minimizing the effects of transport.
Ed works with local partners including Zach Rasmussen, farm manager at Gamble Creek Farms, and Zach discusses waste reduction through composting and worm casting as part of the Leave No Trace initiative. Si and Ed also discuss Ed's favorite places to eat in Florida such as shrimp boxes in Cortez, the oldest continual fishing village in the state of Florida. Episode sponsored by Visit Florida. For more information go to visitflorida.com.
Length: 33 min Guests: Ed Chiles, Founder and Zach Rasmussen, Farm Manager
Released: June 18, 2023
The Southern Fork
Zack Rasmussen & Natasha Ahuja: Gamble Creek Farms
Stephanie Burt has been covering food for two decades. Most of the high-volume places she visits don’t present menus that follow local seasons, feature local produce, or work with local farms. Beyond the restaurants, the company also includes Gamble Creek Farms, a certified organic farm in Parrish, FL, that supplies sustainable farm-to-fork produce to all of the restaurants, as well as composts the food waste from serving the thousands of tourists weekly.
Zack Rasmussen and Natasha Ahuja are part of the leadership team of Gamble Creek, and both have extensive experience in permaculture design as well as an intense curiosity about the interrelatedness of the natural world. Begun in 2021, this 26-acre farm is still in its infancy, but a visit to Gamble Creek is already a kaleidoscope of flavor, mini-ecosystems, and creative possibilities of how care for the environment and commerce can co-exist instead of being a forgone dichotomy.
Length: 38:28 Guest: Zack Rasmussen & Natasha Ahuja
Released: August 11, 2023
