Jon Taffer

Host and co-executive producer, Bar Rescue (2011). President, Nightclub & Bar Media Group Chairman, "Taffer Dynamics, Inc." The wine world has Robert Parker. Cigar and pipe smokers have Richard Carlton Hacker. However, within the greater nightclub, bar and restaurant industry, there is no greater authority than Jon Taffer. With close to three decades of hands-on experience, Taffer is a two-time winner of the Bar Operator of the Year award, among myriad of other honors, and his renowned method of management, "Taffer Dynamics", has become the gold standard of the industry. As chairman of Taffer Dynamics and President of the Nightclub & Bar Media Group, Taffer is a highly respected industry expert, management guru and, as of 2011, television star as well. In the summer of 2011, Spike TV debuted Bar Rescue (2011), a documentary-style series spotlighting Taffer as he gives struggling restaurants and bars a last chance to succeed. Focusing on one establishment each week, the series puts Ta