Hospitality Hangout
Michael Schatzberg & Jimmy Frischling - Hospitality Insiders | Expert Strategies & Trends.', Hosts: Michael Schatzberg and Jimmy Frischling | Branded Hospitality Media, Hospitality Insiders | Michael Schatzberg & Jimmy Frischling | Branded Hospitality Media
4.6from 36 ratings
- 326
- Episodes
- 66
- Transcribed
- 36
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
- 87
- YouTube views
About Hospitality Hangout
The Hospitality Hangout is where the restaurant industry gets real. Hosted by Schatzy, the Restaurant Guy, and Jimmy, the Finance Guy, this funny, unfiltered hospitality podcast dives into restaurant trends, food service innovation, hospitality technology, and the investment strategies shaping the future of the industry. With decades of hands-on experience operating restaurants and structuring capital markets deals, these two bring real-world insight from the kitchen to the boardroom. They connect the biggest operators, boldest founders, and sharpest investors in hospitality for conversations you won’t hear anywhere else. Each week you’ll hear from C-suite restaurant executives, franchise leaders, emerging brand founders, hospitality tech innovators, and private equity investors who are building the next era of food and hospitality. Expect insider stories, sharp opinions, real numbers, and plenty of laughs. No fluff. No corporate spin. Just honest conversations about what is actually happening in restaurants and food service. If you care about scaling restaurants, raising capital, building brands, or staying ahead of hospitality trends, this is your show. Grab a drink, pull up a chair, and let’s talk shop. Welcome to The Hospitality Hangout.
- Publisher
- Michael Schatzberg & Jimmy Frischling - Hospitality Insiders | Expert Strategies & Trends.', Hosts: Michael Schatzberg and Jimmy Frischling | Branded Hospitality Media, Hospitality Insiders | Michael Schatzberg & Jimmy Frischling | Branded Hospitality Media
- Category
- arts · business · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 2 Apr 2018
- Latest episode
- 15 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
66 of 326 episodes have a transcript.
15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Foodfluencers: Why Alice Mushrooms Wants You to Eat Chocolate Every Day
13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
No Child Should Go Hungry: Billy Shore on Building Something Bigger Than Yourself
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Foodfluencers: Free the Hummus With Little Sesame’s Nick Wiseman
Inside a recent episode
The Foodfluencers: Why Alice Mushrooms Wants You to Eat Chocolate Every Day
Published 15 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And she very much understood, I think, when you look at the functional mushroom space, everything's a powder, a pill, a tincture. It tastes pretty bad and it's a chore to take. But it was really like, OK, how do we make this accessible, taste good and attractive to the modern consumer? Right. So she was looking for ways to do that, started playing around with chocolate in her kitchen because the thing that she really knew from pharmaceuticals is um, how the delivery method of medication affects patient compliance, which is a fancy way of saying if something sucks to take, no one's going to take it. […]
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- Charlotte Cruze
- Billy Shore
- Nick Wiseman
- Greg Zamfotis
- Jackie Gebel
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 87
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 14 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.4 / 5
- 22 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100
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- Quality
- 75
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 63
- Engagement
- 82
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