Restaurant Influencers

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

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

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

This Restaurant Tech Cost Him a Client — Then Changed Everything

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

How These Entrepreneurs Turned a Seasonal Venue Into a Nightlife Powerhouse Spanning Multiple States

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Food Trucks Drive the Culinary Passion for this Food Network Star

Creating a New Podcast Network for the Restaurant Industry