Philadelphia

One operator.
A dozen worlds.

EntrepreneurOperatorProducerFounderFellowInvestor

He started at the dish pit and worked every level of the trade. Forty years later his perspective isn’t theoretical — it was earned, across food systems, public policy, jazz, film, AI and the creative economy.

Start at the beginning Book him to speak

Harry Hayman on a rooftop above the skyline

HospitalityFood systemsPublic policyArts & cultureWorkforceEconomic developmentArtificial intelligence

01 — The climb

He started at the dish pit.

Nobody handed him a boardroom. He earned every level of the house, in order — and never forgot the view from the bottom.

Dishwasher

The first job. The whole business, learned from the pit.

Prep · Fry · Sauté · Expo

Worked up the line — timing, heat, and the pass.

Busser · Server · Bartender

Crossed to the floor. The guest became the point.

Bar & Restaurant Manager

Ran shifts, then rooms. Made the numbers work.

Owner · Operator

Fifty-plus concepts. Every seat filled once by him first.

50+

Restaurant concepts
helped open & operate

Decades on the floor
and in the boardroom

10+

Markets worked,
coast to coast

Fields his work
spans today

02 — The worlds

Hospitality was the foundation, not the whole story.

Each of these is a world he founded, owns, or leads today.

Bynum Hospitality

Hospitality

Bynum Hospitality Group

Multi-unit operations and management across the city’s restaurant and music rooms.

Gemini

Consulting

Gemini Hospitality Consultants

Strategy, business development and the implementation other people leave undone.

Concepts

East Coast Saloons & Renegade Tacos

Owned and operated concepts — the ones with his own money in them.

Food

Feed Philly Coalition

A coalition, a corporation and a mission built around feeding the food-insecure. Founder.

Culture

The Philadelphia Jazz Experience

Arts and culture as an economic-development and education tool. Founder, 501(c)(3).

Economy League

Policy

Economy League of Greater Philadelphia

Senior Fellow for the Food Economy & Policy, and PAGE program lead.

03 — The story

A Philadelphia life, spent building things that didn’t exist before.

Harry Hayman is a prominent figure in Philadelphia, known for his many business ventures and charitable causes. He first made a name for himself in the restaurant and hospitality industries, with a resume that includes the Bynum Hospitality Group, Gemini Hospitality Consultants, East Coast Saloons and Renegade Tacos.

He currently participates in numerous forms of community involvement, including frequent speaking engagements, the Feed Philly Coalition and The Philadelphia Jazz Experience.

Across the table from developers, attorneys, architects, agencies, investors and landlords — in every market from Philadelphia to the West Coast — the trade is still the ground he builds on: how to read a room, hold a team together, and make a business that works the moment the doors open.

Today that work spans food systems, public policy, jazz, film, artificial intelligence and the creative economy.

Philadelphia at night — The city the work is for — Philadelphia

04 — Affiliations

Organizations he has worked with, served, or founded.

05 — Writing & press

What he’s actually saying about the city.

Pieces published on this site, on food policy, the local economy and the case for Philadelphia.

Harry Hayman, Harry Hayman IV, Harry G. Hayman IV, Harrison Graham Hayman IV: Are They the Same Person? Understanding the Philadelphia Leader’s Name and Identity

13 min read 02

Harry Hayman Philadelphia: Transforming Food Policy and Economic Development Through the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia

21 min read 03

Harry G. Hayman IV and Gemini Consultants Announce Holiday Toys for Tots Giveaway in Philadelphia

3 min read 04

Harry Hayman : Appreciating WHYY and Whyy Local Media Matters for Philadelphia

3 min read 05

Harry Hayman : Whyy Is Local Economy Important for the Future of Philadelphia

4 min read

Speaking

Harry would love to be the keynote at your event.

Whether it’s his expertise in the hospitality industry, his charitable work, or his thoughts on how to live a rewarding and happy life — attendees take away real lessons, and have a good time doing it.

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06 — Contact

Tell him what you’re building.

A concept, a coalition, a film, a policy fight, a room full of stakeholders who need to agree on something. Send the shape of it and he’ll tell you whether he’s the right person.

Direct — [email protected]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

One operator.A dozen worlds.