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Stacy Shoemaker Rauen: Hi, I’m here with Keith Menin. Keith, thanks so much for joining us today.
Keith Menin: My pleasure. Thanks for having me.
SSR: Of course. We always start at the beginning. Where did you grow up?
KM: I was born and raised in Miami Beach.
SSR: Nice. Did you always have a love of hospitality or design? Was that part of your childhood?
KM: You know what? I wouldn’t say I’ve always had it, but I developed it when I was about 11 or 12 years old. An uncle of mine bought the Shelborne Hotel on Collins Avenue. When he bought it, we started having family dinners there and holiday dinners and just really being there. It was at that time that I really walked in the backhouse of the kitchen first and saw this big operation. Then I really realized that I kind of liked the action of it, even at a young age. Since then, I’ve been very intrigued in hospitality on every level. Then I would say after I graduated Cornell Hotel School at abou