Restaurant Influencers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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