Monte Silva started in the restaurant industry as a dishwasher when he was 15 years old. He spent the next 15 years working every back of house and front of house hourly position. After that, Monte spent 25 years as a restaurant operator. He had a very successful restaurant career early on. He rose from bar manager, service manager, kitchen manager to GM for Wolfgang Puck in the first four years in management. During his time with Wolfgang Puck he was featured in David Steadman’s book Beverage Biz is Show Biz. However, this fast rise cost him dearly.
After experiencing burnout and a divorce, Monte determined that he would figure out how to run successful restaurants while maintaining work/life balance. And he did! He moved to Nashville and dug in. His restaurants were consistently named in best of categories of several Nashville magazines in reader and writer polls. His successful stewardship of these restaurants got him featured in Nashville Wine Press, The Tasting Panel, Restaurant Business Magazine, Nashville Scene, and many other publications. One of those restaurants was Acme Feed & Seed (the 31st highest grossing restaurant in the country at $18,500,000.) He later became Director of Operations overseeing four restaurants including Acme. And he did it while maintaining work/life balance.
In 2020 during Covid, Monte founded Monte Silva Coaching. Today, Monte lives with his wife and son in Florida. He a restaurant coach, author, trainer and speaker. Monte recently released his book Shift Hapeens- 7 Proven Strategies to Help Your Restaurant Crush the New Economy. He also started The Restaurant Success Club Podcast. He works with restaurant owners and executives all over the country to maximize the success of their restaurant empire and scale the business while still maintaining work/life balance.
Monte also Co-founded Ten Tables Hospitality a management and consulting company with his partner chef Mark Bodenstein. He also Co-founded a member-ship site called The House of Humans where he is part of a growing community of restaurateurs and business leaders who are pursuing their personal growth and business success.
For more information or to connect with Monte Silva
visit www.montesilvacoaching.com