Big Bad Breakfast Makes COO Hire

Big Bad Breakfast has appointed Kyle Frazier as its chief operating officer.

In this role, he will oversee day-to-day operations, with a focus on operational consistency, the continued development of the company’s operating partner model, and the expansion of the brand into new and existing markets. He also will help lead menu and beverage innovation.

Frazier, who has over two decades of multiunit restaurant operations experience, joins the group from Smalls Sliders, where he led the operations services team and oversaw commercialization for the enterprise. Before Smalls Sliders, Frazier held operations leadership roles with Krispy Kreme, Logan’s Roadhouse and Marco’s Pizza. Oxford, Miss.-based BBB is set to cross the 30-restaurant threshold this year, plus has a pipeline of 10-15 additional restaurants targeted for development by September 2027. The brand was founded by James Beard Award-winning Chef John Currence.

“Kyle is exactly the kind of operator we have been looking for to lead BBB through this next chapter,” Currence says. “He has spent his career building the systems that allow great restaurants to grow without losing what makes them great, and he understands that for us, consistency and hospitality come first.

“Kyle grew up in Mississippi, so he knows our food and our restaurants as a guest, not just as an executive,” he adds. “That matters. We are not building a cookie-cutter chain. We are building a group of restaurants that feel like genuine parts of the communities they serve, and Kyle shares that vision completely.”