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Restaurant Wealth Podcast
by Coach Michael
The Restaurant Wealth Podcast is built for independent restaurant owners who are done surviving and ready to build a business that actually pays them. Host Michael Kontras, restaurant coach and creator of the Elite Restaurant Operating System (EROS) — cuts through the noise with real talk on food cost, labor, leadership, and what it actually takes to run a profitable restaurant. Every episode delivers operator-level insight, no theory, just the strategies, systems, and mindset shifts that move the needle. If you own or operate a restaurant and you want to build real wealth, not just a job with a higher stress level, this show is for you.
Episodes
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Quick Bites — Ep. 7: The Channel Test — You Don't Run One Menu. You Run Four.
Your $42 lobster pasta is the best thing you make. It is also, on delivery, a one star review waiting to happen — and for the person who ordered it, that cold broken plate is the first time they ever tried your food. Coach Michael breaks down the Channel Test, the discipline that stops your...
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Quick Bites - Ep. 6: The Story - The Menu Item Nobody Else Can Copy And Why It Should Cost More
Most restaurant menus are underpriced because they treat one-of-a-kind dishes like ordinary items. Coach Michael breaks down the final piece of the Five Jobs Method, the Story, and shows how the right origin story can turn a forgotten line on the menu into a profit driver. The big mistake?…
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Quick Bites — Ep. 5: The Hedge — The Menu Item That Saves Entire Tables From Walking Out
The hidden menu item that keeps entire tables from walking away is probably the one you’re most tempted to cut. Coach Michael breaks down why your vegetarian, gluten-free, and kids’ options are not “low performers” - they’re the hedge that protects the whole check.If your restaurant is built for...
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Quick Bites — Ep. 4: The Anchor — The Item That Makes Everything Else Look Reasonable
There's an item on your menu you've thought about cutting, it's expensive, barely sells, feels like dead weight. Don't touch it. In Part 4 of the Quick Bites series, Coach Michael breaks down the Anchor: the high-end item whose entire job is to make everything else on your menu look reasonable....
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Quick Bites — Ep. 3: The Engine — The Item That Quietly Pays Your Rent
Your favorite menu item might be lying to you. In Part 3 of the Quick Bites series, Coach Michael breaks down the Engine — the unglamorous, high-volume item that generates more actual dollars than anything else on your menu. Learn why you have to think in margin dollars, not percentages, how to...
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Quick Bites — Ep. 2: The Hook — The Item That Does Your Marketing
Every restaurant needs one item that's the reason people come — the dish that shows up in reviews by name, gets photographed, and pulls people across town to find you. It's called the Hook, and it does more marketing for you than $5,000 a month in ads. The problem? Most owners don't have one.…
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Quick Bites — Ep. 1: People Don't Buy Menu Items. They Hire Them
The menu framework most restaurants still use was built in 1982 for a world that no longer exists. It asks how an item performs instead of what job it's hired to do. This is Part 1 of an 8-part series that breaks down a new way to look at your menu — and shows you why 30 to 40 percent of most…
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Why Every Restaurant Owner Needs a Coach (And What It Actually Costs You Not to Have One)
Most restaurant owners are working harder than ever and still not paying themselves what they deserve. In this episode, Coach Michael sits down with fellow restaurant coach Al Kanbar of Silver Spoon MIA to break down exactly why coaching works, what it looks like in the real world, and the true...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Restaurant Wealth Podcast is built for independent restaurant owners who are done surviving and ready to build a business that actually pays them.
Host Michael Kontras, restaurant coach and creator of the Elite Restaurant Operating System (EROS) — cuts through the noise with real talk on food cost, labor, leadership, and what it actually takes to run a profitable restaurant.
Every episode delivers operator-level insight, no theory, just the strategies, systems, and mindset shifts that move the needle.
If you own or operate a restaurant and you want to build real wealth, not just a job with a higher stress level, this show is for you.
HOSTED BY
Coach Michael
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The Restaurant Wealth Podcast is built for independent restaurant owners who are done surviving and ready to build a business that actually pays them. Host Michael Kontras, restaurant coach and creator of the Elite Restaurant Operating System (EROS) — cuts through the noise with real talk on food...
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Restaurant Wealth Podcast is created and hosted by Coach Michael.
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