Growth League Podcast

About Growth League Podcast

Table Talks is a podcast for marketing leaders in the restaurant industry. Each episode features CMOs, VPs of Marketing, and growth executives from multi-location brands sharing how they scale revenue, align corporate and local marketing, and build systems that actually work. We go beyond tactics to explore leadership, structure, and the decisions that drive sustainable growth. If you’re leading marketing for a growing restaurant brand — this is your table.

Publisher

Hook + Ladder Digital

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Nov 2020

Latest episode

31 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

163 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   31 Aug 2026

   Episode 66, Dessie Brown, Director of Marketing at Feng Cha

   True leadership is about providing support, stepping back, and giving your employees the platform to present their own wins to executives. Dessie Brown shares his playbook on team empowerment.

2. 

   27 Aug 2026

   Episode 65, Evan Pardue, Senior Director, Marketing & Brand at Condado Tacos

   Most marketing leaders try to build brands from behind a desk—crafting slogans in isolation and hoping operations can deliver. But real differentiation isn't built in a boardroom. It's forged on the front lines by the team members engaging with guests every single day. In this episode, Evan Pardue breaks down how merging Customer Experience (CX) with Brand leadership transformed their entire growth strategy.

3. 

   7 Aug 2026

   Episode 64, David "Rev" Ciancio, Chief Marketing Officer at Salad House & Handcraft Burgers and Brew

   Most restaurant marketers spend millions trying to convert one-time visitors into second-time diners, completely ignoring the macro-habits of human behavior. In this episode of the podcast, fractional CMO and industry veteran David "Rev" Ciancio breaks down why chasing first-time drop-offs is "fundamentally stupid" and reveals the exact data-driven playbook he used to unlock $300,000 in revenue from just three emails. From bridging the gap between brand storytelling and hard performance numbers to aligning operations with marketing ("markerations"), Rev delivers an unfiltered, high-stakes masterclass on scaling multi-unit restaurant concepts.

Who has been a guest on Growth League Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Kevin Jaskolka
• Liza Marner
• Madelaine Brewer
• Jess Chung
• Jennifer Zureikat

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 35 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

47

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60