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Restaurant Influencers

Are you SICK and TIRED of scrolling through your social media feeds and not seeing your business anywhere? On the new Restaurant Influencers podcast, top leaders in the restaurant and hospitality industries share their secrets to Smartphone Storytelling and showing up where your customers are spending time online. The weekly digital series is hosted by Cali BBQ Media Founder Shawn P. Walchef and presented by Entrepreneur Media, Yelp, and the Restaurant Point of Sale company Toast.

First 90 Days on the Job of P.F. Chang’s Chief Marketing Officer

35 mins; March 31, 2026

They Planned for 50 Burgers. After Selling 300, This Founder Began Building the Restaurant in Public

49 mins; March 24, 2026

José Andrés Group Is Using Technology to Cut Food Waste

51 mins; March 17, 2026

They Prayed Someone Would Buy a Cup of Coffee — Now They Run One of the Most Iconic Bakeries in America

46 mins; March 10, 2026

A Lie at a Family Reunion Turned Into a National Frozen Food Brand: Feel Good Foods

30 mins; March 03, 2026

Inside Google’s Offices, Food Does More Than Feed People — And It’s Completely Intentional

23 mins; February 24, 2026

His Restaurant Earned Michelin Recognition — But Survival Came Long Before the Awards

36 mins; February 17, 2026

This CEO Took Over a Beloved Ice Cream Brand — and Built Growth Without Cutting Corners

23 mins; February 10, 2026

He Rethought the Sports Bar Experience — Now Fans, Teams, and Celebrities Want In

36 mins; February 03, 2026

This NFL Star Spent Two Weeks in the Offseason Working at Smoothie King. Here’s Why

39 mins; January 27, 2026

This Founder Didn’t Set Out to Open a BBQ Restaurant – He Recognized an Opening And Went For It

45 mins; January 20, 2026

Here’s How Her 24-Hour Pizza Pivot Turned Into a $20 Million Deal

35 mins; January 13, 2026

He Started Making Wings at Home. Nine Buffalo Wing Festival Trophies Later, He’s Scaling Nationwide

30 mins; January 06, 2026

He Builds Events Like the National Restaurant Show. This Is the Strategy

21 mins; December 30, 2025

She Believed Digital Could Feel Human — Now Shake Shack Proves It Daily

40 mins; December 23, 2025

Super Bowl Champion Ndamukong Suh Chose This Emerging Franchise Company To Create Impact Far Beyond Restaurants

19 mins; December 16, 2025

She Realized CEOs Can’t Stay Quiet. Now Her Voice Is Helping Shape the Next Era of OpenTable

60 hours 52 mins; December 09, 2025

He Trained in Michelin-Starred Kitchens — Now He Brings Market-Fresh Cooking to One of California’s Fastest-Growing Restaurant Brands

31 mins; December 02, 2025

He Turned One Small Store Into One of America’s Fastest-Growing Salad Chains

39 mins; November 25, 2025

His Restaurants Won Awards. His Shoes Changed the Industry. Here’s How He Did Both

40 mins; November 18, 2025

What Happens When AI Thinks Like a Restaurant Operator? Toast IQ Is Showing Us.

43 mins; November 11, 2025

He Signed the First Business Deal on His Honeymoon. Now, His Coffee Brand Has 15 Locations

31 mins; November 04, 2025

She Dropped a Sharpie in the Fryer on Opening Night — and Her Restaurant Became One of New York City’s Best.

32 mins; October 28, 2025

A Restaurant Sign So Famous the Texas Governor Got Involved. El Arroyo’s Playbook for Building a Brand

40 mins; October 21, 2025

He Hid on a Keg During His Pub’s Opening Day. Now He Runs 27 Restaurants in Oklahoma and Arkansas

46 mins; October 14, 2025

He Spends $300k a Year to Fry in Beef Tallow. That Made Fry the Coop Into a Hot Chicken Sensation.

37 mins; October 07, 2025

This Former Simpsons Showrunner Ate 200 Foods in 24 Hours. Then Bill Oakley Came Back For More.

24 mins; September 30, 2025

He Lost $100 Million — But Now Calls It the Best Investment of His Life

16 mins; September 23, 2025

The Food Truck That Became a Reality Show — and Built a 9-Location Egg Roll Empire

37 mins; September 16, 2025

200,000 Restaurants, 1 Million Menus: PepsiCo is Fueling Digital Growth of Restaurants

26 mins; September 09, 2025

Meet the Entrepreneur Turning One of New York’s Most Iconic Slices Into The Next Top Pizza Brand

16 mins; September 02, 2025

He Went from Tech CEO to Dishwasher — Now He’s Behind 320 Restaurants and $750 Million in Assets

22 mins; August 26, 2025

He Posted a Sushi Burger. Got 50 Million Views on Instagram. And Built an Empire.

73 hours 37 mins; August 19, 2025

Super Bowl MVP Von Miller Built a Country Club for Chickens In Texas

26 mins; August 12, 2025

This Restaurant CEO Created His Own National Pita Holiday (and Turned It Into a Business Strategy)

36 mins; August 05, 2025

Chef Barry Did 26 Lobster Flambés in 1 Night. That’s the Commitment That Turned Guests Into Regulars.

26 mins; July 29, 2025

How a Storytelling Ph.D. and a Steakhouse Veteran Built a Hospitality Powerhouse in Las Vegas

31 mins; July 22, 2025

This Restaurant Tech Cost Him a Client — Then Changed Everything

33 mins; July 15, 2025

Jon Taffer Teamed Up With This Hot Franchise Company To Build Something Bigger Than Restaurants

21 mins; July 08, 2025

How US Foods Turned Their Massive Fleet of Trucks into Rolling Billboards for Success

20 mins; July 01, 2025

Bill Gates Told These Authors AI Is More Important Than The PC. ‘This Time, The Computer Understands Us.’

41 mins; June 24, 2025

A Man Smashed This Baker’s Window. A Video Of The Attack Has 11.2 Million Views And Counting.

29 mins; June 17, 2025

Giada De Laurentiis Is Taking Her Star Power to Amazon—and Building Something Bigger Than TV

41 mins; June 10, 2025

They Just Wanted To Sell Better Food. Now Sweetgreen is Trading on the NYSE and Booking Music Stars

39 mins; June 03, 2025

Fans Are Tattooing This Pizza Brand’s Logo On Their Skin for a Year of Free Slices

41 mins; May 27, 2025

This Chef Lost a Restaurant the Week Michelin Called — But Made a Name with Miami’s Most Addictive Tacos

22 mins; May 20, 2025

What It’s Like Putting on a Restaurant Show That’s Bigger Than 12 Football Fields

37 mins; May 13, 2025

How a Spot on the Montel Williams Show Sparked a Restaurant Power Brand for Chef Adrianne Calvo

32 mins; May 06, 2025

A Loyal Customer Asked Him to Cater One Event — Now He Runs a Well-Known Catering Brand

45 mins; April 29, 2025

This Chopped Champ Beat Cancer 6 Times, Lost 186 Pounds, and Found Power in Presence

46 mins; April 22, 2025

How This ‘Finance Guy’ and ‘Restaurant Guy’ Use Humor and Podcasts to Help Operators Thrive in a Changing Industry

63 hours 3 mins; April 15, 2025

How a Jersey Kid Scaled His Restaurant Vision into a West Coast Powerhouse with a First-Class Porterhouse

32 mins; April 08, 2025

This Sponsorship Expert Cracked the Code on Brand Deals — And Most Creators Are Doing It Wrong

47 mins; April 01, 2025

He’s Betting on Peruvian Fast-Casual Food — And Using Old-School Hotline Marketing to Spread the Word

48 mins; March 25, 2025

How a General Store Became One of NYC’s Busiest Restaurants — And What Technology Helps Them Grow

33 mins; March 18, 2025

This Long-Time Google Insider Shares The Ways Search Data Affects How Customers Choose Where to Eat

19 mins; March 11, 2025

Why This Hospitality Lawyer Isn’t Afraid to Get Her Hands Dirty to Help Restaurant and Hotel Leaders

38 mins; March 04, 2025

This Chef Built a Meatball Empire, Lost Millions, and Came Back Stronger with a Pizza Revolution

49 mins; February 25, 2025

This Chef Uses Memes to Call Out His Industry — and He’s Turning Online Influence into Real Change

44 mins; February 18, 2025

Your Guests Want The Same Thing, Says This Hotel Food & Beverage Consultant — Attention To Detail

38 mins; February 11, 2025

To Make The Perfect Cocktail, You Need Collaboration. It’s The Same When Owning A Restaurant.

45 mins; February 04, 2025

From NFT Restaurants to Sonic the Hedgehog Pop-Ups, This Entrepreneur Cares About The Fan Experience

26 mins; January 28, 2025

This NYC Man Is Revitalizing The Famous Bar From ‘Goodfellas’ As It Heads Into Its 200th Anniversary

41 mins; January 21, 2025

This Michelin-Rated Restaurateur Found Success in Digital Media with Strategic Vulnerability

43 mins; January 14, 2025

How These Entrepreneurs Turned a Seasonal Venue Into a Nightlife Powerhouse

51 mins; January 07, 2025

The Army Was Tough. But Restaurants Made Her Cry — Lessons from the Drive-Thru by a former KFC Exec.

44 mins; December 31, 2024

Shaquille O’Neal’s Superagent Perry Rogers is Helping His Big Client Build a Big Legacy With Big Chicken

21 mins; December 24, 2024

He Loved Capriotti’s Cheesesteaks. How this CEO Made His Favorite Sandwich Shop into a Big Franchise.

41 mins; December 17, 2024

Sohla El-Waylly is Now a YouTube Food Star, But She Started With Michelin Stars in Her Eyes

41 mins; December 10, 2024

‘I Hope You Fail’ says Slutty Vegan Restaurant Entrepreneur Pinky Cole

30 mins; December 03, 2024

From Pizza to Payments: Big Mamma Dove into the Tech Biz After Restaurant Success

45 mins; November 26, 2024

Bill Oakley wrote ‘Steamed Hams’ for The Simpsons. Now he’s the ‘Gordon Ramsay of Fast Food’

34 mins; November 19, 2024

Alison Roman Invited the World Into Her Kitchen. She’s Become a Big Brand by Doing it Herself.

45 mins; November 12, 2024

Hardships led MasterChef India’s Vikas Khanna to a 1200-page Masterpiece and Award-Winning Film

38 mins; November 05, 2024

How This Generational Alcohol Brand Built a Devoted Following By Leaning Into Hip-Hop Culture

46 mins; October 29, 2024

This ‘Chopped’ Celebrity Chef Has An Innovative Pop-up Restaurant That’s Only Open 3 Days a Month

46 mins; October 22, 2024

This Soup Dumpling Brand Is Demystifying Chinese Food and Bringing Visibility to the “Third Culture”

31 mins; October 16, 2024

Breathing New Life Into a Legacy California Ice Cream Institution Without Losing Its Cool Factor

39 mins; October 08, 2024

This Coffee Company CEO is Leading a “Bad Ass” Experiential Brand

39 mins; October 01, 2024

Big Diesel to Big Chicken: How Shaquille O’Neal is Leading his Restaurant Empire to Victory

28 mins; September 24, 2024

is Chicago Native Wants To Build the In-N-Out of Tacos

39 mins; September 17, 2024

“The Billionaire Chef” Wants To Bring West African Cuisine to the World

39 mins; September 10, 2024

Food Trucks Drive the Culinary Passion for this Food Network Star

40 mins; September 03, 2024

Creating a New Podcast Network for the Restaurant Industry

27 mins; August 27, 2024

Popmenu Started With Digital Menus. Now it's Using AI to Help Restaurants Flourish.

32 mins; August 20, 2024

This Legendary Fish Market Sold $30 Million In One Year Thanks To Storytelling

50 mins; August 13, 2024

This Fine Dining Titan Understands The Power of Hands-On Experience and Diversification

49 mins; August 06, 2024

Toast’s Most Successful App Launch Happened Because They Listened To Customers

42 mins; July 30, 2024

The ‘Bento Box Queen’ joined TikTok in 2020 and now has Millions of Followers

34 mins; July 23, 2024

7shifts Was Founded in a Sandwich Shop in Canada. A Decade Later, it is Used by 1 Million Restaurant Pros

28 mins; July 16, 2024

When Celebrity Chef Joe Flamm Got His First Taste of Food TV, He Knew The Spotlight Was For Him.

31 mins; July 09, 2024

Mayim Bialik Found Fame by Pretending to be Others. Now She’s Built a Media Company by Being Real.

38 mins; July 02, 2024

Rosanna Scotto and Jenna Ruggiero Talk How to Succeed in a Family Business

46 mins; June 25, 2024

How this Pizza Pioneer is Building his Empire like an Athlete

51 mins; June 18, 2024

How the New Creator Economy is Transforming Wine and Food Festivals

36 mins; June 11, 2024

Joe’s Kansas City BBQ Opened in a Gas Station and is now an Iconic Brand

40 mins; June 04, 2024

A Hospitality Trailblazer Created a Safe Space for Celebrities to Eat Out in NYC

36 mins; May 28, 2024

Renowned Restaurateur Michael Mina’s Secrets to Exceptional Guest Experiences

47 mins; May 21, 2024

The Scrappy Origin Story of Toast, a Game-Changing Restaurant Tech Company

57 mins; May 14, 2024

Ditch The Elevator Pitch. Your ‘Ghetto Country Brandmother’ Has Spoken.

45 mins; May 07, 2024

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