- 251
- Episodes
- 42
- Transcribed
- 36
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
- 90M
- YouTube views
About Restaurant Influencers
Restaurant Influencers is a weekly restaurant marketing and hospitality podcast and video series from Entrepreneur Media, presented by title sponsor and partner Toast. Hosted by San Diego restaurant owner and founder of Cali BBQ Media, Shawn Walchef, the podcast breaks down how top operators and industry leaders use Digital Hospitality and Smartphone Storytelling to build loyal digital communities and drive real revenue. Discover actionable social media, brand-building, and restaurant tech strategies to show up and engage where customers spend their time online.
- Publisher
- Entrepreneur Media
- Category
- business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 4 Jan 2022
- Latest episode
- 27 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
42 of 251 episodes have a transcript.
27 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Danny Meyer Once Thought Profit Got in the Way of Hospitality. He Explains Why He Was Wrong
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why Operating 650 Auto Body Shops Doesn’t Stop This CEO From Hosting His Own Podcast
13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
They Sold BBQ to Their Rugby Friends. Then Quit Their Jobs to Go All In.
Inside a recent episode
Danny Meyer Once Thought Profit Got in the Way of Hospitality. He Explains Why He Was Wrong
Published 27 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It was the first time I've ever baked anything, and I went to the store and got the Toll House cookies. Oh, good. Maybe I'll get a cut from Nestle on this whole thing. Hopefully. Toll House sponsorship. I hadn't thought about that. Let's loop them in. I mean, we need more people making cookies with their kids. Can you share why'd you put it in and what does it mean? I put the story in, and it's just my theory. Who knows if it's true or not? But I think about... how we can always improve the job we do of hiring, not just for how good of a cook someone is, but what their emotional skills are. What's their motivation while they're cooking? […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Restaurant Influencers
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Danny Meyer
- Matt Ebert
- Matt Kears
- Josh Alcock
- Ed Bogan
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 90,422,969
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 23 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 13 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 72 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 74
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 82
Contact Restaurant Influencers
- Guest appearances
- Does not typically book guests
Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.
Questions about Restaurant Influencers
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Restaurant Influencers take guests?
The show does not typically feature guests, based on episode analyses.
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