Industry Only at The Cheese Store

About Industry Only at The Cheese Store

For chefs, writers, and restaurant-industry insiders, the private tasting room at The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills is a place for celebration of food, drink, community, and of course, cheese, and a no-holds-barred arena for conversations on the state of the hospitality industry at large. Dominick DiBartolomeo (owner, The Cheese Store, Domenico’s Foods) & Andy Wang (writer, founder of Industry Only) welcome friends & colleagues to the store for conversations about running award-winning kitchens, developing world-famous dishes and how, no, they can’t help you get that last-minute reservation.

Publisher

Dominick DiBartolomeo and Andy Wang

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Apr 2024

Latest episode

18 Jul 2025

Latest episodes

33 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   18 Jul 2025

   benny blanco Knows His Stuff | Industry Only at The Cheese Store Podcast

   Grammy-winning producer benny blanco drops by the Cheese Store to talk shop with Dom. They get into his early days bouncing between instruments (and cuisines), the thrill of landing hits for Britney and Katy while getting evicted, and how his real passion might actually be grocery shopping. There’s studio gossip, steak techniques, and a lot of opinions about soft cheese. Plus, benny shares his death row meal and defends garlic as a foundational life force.Keep up with benny: www.instagram.com/itsbennyblanco Open Wide: A Cookbook for Friends: https://www.harpercollins.com/pages/openwide

2. 

   27 Jun 2025

   The Hustle of Hospitality with Daniel Shelton (The Lime Truck, Snibbs)

   Entrepreneur Daniel Shemtob discusses resilience and purpose in hospitality after a wildfire, exploring the connection between footwear and pasta shapes in an interview with Industry Only at The Cheese Store.

3. 

   20 Jun 2025

   “That’s My Soul Food” ft. Paul Stanley (KISS)

   Paul Stanley discusses his passion for cooking, Italian food, and hospitality with hosts Dom and Andy Wang in an interview, revealing the parallels between rock and roll and cooking.

Who has been a guest on Industry Only at The Cheese Store

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

• Daniel Shelton
• Paul Stanley
• Chef Mei Lin
• Marc
• Med

Reach and audience

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

YouTube views

68,008

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

15 ratings

Spotify

4.1 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 70 / 100

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

Quality

60

Social presence

94

YouTube

76

Engagement

77

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Guest appearances

Books guests

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