FULL COMP: The Voice of the Restaurant Industry Revolution Podcast
1) Lauren Fernandez on Perfecting Restaurant Profitability
Lauren Fernandez went from working in restaurants, to working on restaurants, to influencing the industry at scale. After cutting her teeth as a corporate executive turned franchisee, she’s taken the ...Show More
2) No Playbook, No Apologies: Alon Shaya on Leading with Story, Not Strategy
What if the most powerful thing you bring to your restaurant isn’t a recipe—but your story?Alon Shaya built Pomegranate Hospitality not on a model, but on a mission: to lead with identity, not conform...Show More
3) Fabio Viviani on Crafting a Concept Guaranteed to Succeed
The pandemic taught many of us many different lessons but it taught Chef Fabio Vivani how to fight back. The chef spent the years rebounding from the pandemic curating a concept that he believes is no...Show More
4) Office Hours: Why You Shouldn’t Reward Regulars
I’m Josh Kopel, a Michelin-awarded restaurateur and the creator of the Restaurant Scaling System. I’ve spent decades in the industry, building, scaling, and coaching restaurants to become more profita...Show More
5) Stop Playing It Safe: Katherine Miller on the Real Risk of Staying Apolitical
What if staying quiet is the riskiest move you can make?Katherine Miller built her career where politics and policy collide—and she’s not afraid to bring chefs into the fight. From her early days in d...Show More
6) The Prince of Portland: Celebrity Chef Gregory Gourdet
When you open a restaurant you've investing in more than a business, you're investing in a community. As we change and evolve as individuals so do our communities and few places more beautifully illu...Show More
7) Office Hours: Influence Fatigue — Why Your Customers Don’t Trust Your Marketing (and What to Do Instead)
I’m Josh Kopel, a Michelin-awarded restaurateur and the creator of the Restaurant Scaling System. I’ve spent decades in the industry, building, scaling, and coaching restaurants to become more profita...Show More
8) Your Tech Is Costing You More Than Labor. Ankit Gupta on Building a System That Actually Makes You Money
What if the biggest threat to your restaurant isn’t bad food or poor service—but bad tech?That’s the bet Ankit Gupta is making. After shaping food delivery at tech companies globally, he saw a blind s...Show More
9) Ellen Yin on Building an Unbreakable Restaurant Culture
I believe restaurants have always had a pervasive culture, albeit at times not the healthiest culture. Restaurateur Ellen Yin is out to change that and she’s leading by example. Today we sit down to d...Show More
10) Office Hours: Stop Fixing Symptoms — The Real Reason Restaurants Burn Out
I’m Josh Kopel, a Michelin-awarded restaurateur and the creator of the Restaurant Scaling System. I’ve spent decades in the industry, building, scaling, and coaching restaurants to become more profita...Show More