Give an Ovation: The Restaurant Guest Experience Podcast
Hosted by Zack Oates · Ovation
5.0from 19 ratings
- 444
- Episodes
- 50
- Transcribed
- 19
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About Give an Ovation: The Restaurant Guest Experience Podcast
Give an Ovation: The Restaurant Guest Experience Podcast is your backstage pass to the minds of hospitality leaders, innovators, and operators who are redefining what it means to serve. Hosted by Zack Oates, founder of Ovation, each episode dives into real-world tactics and inspiring stories from restaurant pros who know how to create five-star guest experiences—both in-store and off-premise. From fast casual to fine dining, catering to curbside, learn how to drive loyalty, empower your staff, and deliver hospitality that hits home. Whether you're a restaurant owner, operator, marketer, or tech partner, this podcast will leave you with practical insights and plenty of reasons to celebrate and Give an Ovation.
- Publisher
- Ovation
- Category
- arts · business · business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 20 Feb 2020
- Latest episode
- 6 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
50 of 444 episodes have a transcript.
6 Oct 2026
Growing Little Greek Without Repeating the Past with Nick Vojnovic
28 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
From 20 Dinners a Day to a Texas Institution with Skeeter Miller of County Line
31 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
How Toastique Turned Healthy Eating Into a Daily Habit with Brianna Keefe
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From 20 Dinners a Day to a Texas Institution with Skeeter Miller of County Line
Published 28 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So we don't have any more franchises, which is nice. So we have six county lines. I think the youngest county line is 39 years old. So anyway, that's wow. That's amazing. Yeah. The key is, and this may be one of your questions, I'm not sure, if we did things the way I did them 51 years ago, we may not be in business. And the reason why I say that is because the success, in order to be successful for 51 years, in my opinion, is that you have to be willing to change. You can't keep in the same paradigm. You have to look at what's going on around you and how you really understand it is, is you have to be engaged with your employees. […]
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- Nick Vojnovic
- Skeeter Miller
- Brianna Keefe
- John Dikos
- John Owen
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 13 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 6 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100
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- Quality
- 79
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 77
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- Does not typically book guests
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Who hosts Give an Ovation: The Restaurant Guest Experience Podcast?
Zack Oates host the show. Published by Ovation.
How often do new episodes come out?
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Does Give an Ovation: The Restaurant Guest Experience Podcast take guests?
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